Once Upon A Time Thurman

Finally returns on Saturday, against WHOsesito Lopez.

Ring rust or not, he better stop Lopez.

 

Hoping Lopez scores the upset.

 

It'd be hilarious, but it's highly doubtful.

WHOsesito is terrible.

 

Show some respect for the riverside rocky

 

I think Thurman will out speed him and dance around to get the win. Keith hasn’t been the same offensive minded guy since the Collazo fight.

 

There was a 1 hour feature on this fight, Thurman vs Lopez, on terrestrial TV here in the UK.

The sort of thing that 20 years ago you couldn't get without paying for it, if even.

I used to lap this shit up, but I changed the channel after a few seconds.

A lot of long-shots of Keith nursing his bad hand, holding his bad shoulder, prancing about the ring, slow-motion shots of each of the 12 meaningful punches he landed in the Garcia fight while a Budget Liev Schreiber chatted over the images about this and that.

Nobody gives a shit and rightly so.

 

"And this is the limb that started hurting me the second time Spence called me out."

 

I’ve never bought the extent of the injures. Seriously, it takes 2 years to recover from elbow surgery?

 

No-one gives a shit about Keith Thurman, I know that much.

 

On paper, Thurman SHOULD be appealing.

He's articulate (minus his lisp), he's good lookin, and he has a certain charisma about him.... but he's just boring. His personality simply doesnt appeal to anyone.

 

He looks like he couldve been in Santana or a Prog-rock or AOR band from 1977:

 

It's Obvious Thurman Became CONTENT...Top of the Food Chain in his Division (@ the Time), Recently Unified, Got Married, etc...

But if he Didn't Regain Semblances of his Former Hunger, Lopez Could Be a Tough Out...Maybe a 5% Chance of Lopez BEATING Thurman, if That, but There's PRESSURE on Keith to Stop a Tough, Gritty Dude Known for Being Stopped...

That Said, Vasyl Lomachenko AND Jarrett Hurd Both Struggled @ Times in Comeback Fights, and Neither of Them was On the Shelf Remotely Close to 22 Months...





REED

 

Like I said, years ago I would have been glued to that sort of show, but now, with plenty to choose from, an hour listening to Thurman is an hour wasted.

He's just dull.

 

This polish butterbean splattered the black rooster easier than wilder did

 

Thurman's Not QUITE There Just Yet, but Tonight's Bout & Future Fights are CRITICAL to How He'll Be Perceived...





REED

 

Spence and Crawford both put a serious hurting on Thurman

 

Spence-Thurman ain't even worth watching after tonight.

 

Thurman look like shit, but he's been out for almost 2 years, so it was expected. Let's see if he can get back to his previous level

 

2 years or not, he shouldn't be going the distance with no WHOsesito.

 

Thurman hasn’t been a puncher in years.

 

agreed, it was a terrible performance form him, and I pick Spence big time of they ever fight. But this was not the real Thurman

 

Despite the Layoff, this Bout Progressed SIMILAR to Most of Thurman's Last Several Bouts...Brisk Start, Hurts Opponent Early, Power Dips/Foe Adjusts to Thurman's Power, Thurman Gets Hurt and Holds On to Win...

Yes, he Can Perform Better, But He'll Also Be Facing STIFFER Opposition...REED Wouldn't Pick Thurman Over ANY Elite Welter @ This Point...Jessie Vargas Outworks Him...Even Thurman-Broner is ARGUABLY a 50-50 Fight...



REED

 

Thurman is shot

 

Thurman ain't losing to Broner.

 

Could thurman withstand the barrage of right hands from 3 time champ randall bailey at this point?


3 time > > > 1 time

 

I'd take josesito Lopez over broner

 

The shot Pacquiao may very well handle this shot version of Thurman

 

Bring on Jeff Horn!

 

Pacquiao might fancy a Thurman fight if he saw this tonight.

I would still take Keith over Garcia, Khan, and Broner.

He’s even money with Porter and Jessie Vargas.

And he loses soundly to Spence, Crawford, and possibly Pacquiao.

 

They should do Munguia-Thurman