It’s been 717 days since former WBA & WBC welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman last fought on February 5, 2022, and he has no fights scheduled for PBC on Amazon Prime. It’s questionable whether Thurman will ever fight again.

From Champion to Ghost

When Thurman still had ambition, his rise to the top of the welterweight ladder was remarkable. He became a world champion in 2015, winning the WBA 147-lb title, beating Robert Guerrero, then defeating Luis Collazo, Shawn Porter, and Danny Garcia in his next three fights.

Those four wins were the high points of Thurman’s career, as laid low by injuries, weight gain, and settling into sedentary life.

In 2019, Thurman came back to lose to 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao in a fight that he could have won if he’d been active and not put on so much weight. The defeat and the massive money Thurman made from the fight seemed to take away his desire to stay active.

PBC’s Maze of Inactivity

One of PBC’s fighters, Thurman, has been riding the bench, watching other fighters compete, making good money, and not getting in the action. Thurman’s prime is disappearing, and he’s not getting the fights he needs or wants.

While Errol Spence Jr. has been making good dough, Thurman has done nothing, and he’s arguably a better fighter than the Texas native ever was. Spence just made a mountain of money in his loss to Terence Crawford last July, and that should have been Thurman taking that fight.

Would this kind of thing happen to Thurman if he were signed with Top Rank or Matchroom?

The 35-year-old Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs) has fought just once in the last five years since 2019, beating Mario Barrios by a one-sided twelve-round unanimous decision in 2022.

Before that fight, Thurman had been out of the ring for 931 days since his loss to Manny Pacquiao on July 20, 2019. It’s so sad how Thurman, who was briefly considered the best welterweight on the planet, has wasted his career by enjoying the fruits of his labor and sitting inactive.

With raking in money hand over fist in Saudi Arabia, Thurman has been left out of the party by his own volition. He won’t get off the couch.

Whispers of Retirement

Nearing 36 years old and with no scheduled fights, Thurman may be retiring without an announcement. ‘One Time’ has been out of the ring for so long that he’s no longer popular, and the paydays that he could have commanded in the past are no more.