Keith Thurman boxing news
By J. Ortega: Casual fans came to the strange conclusion that Errol Spence beat Kell Brook, consequently earning the right to be ranked the number one welterweight at 147lbs. Brook indeed has good skills that allowed him to become the IBF champion, but is he truly more skillful and better overall than Keith Thurman? The answer is a resounding, no.
By Jeff Aranow: Lightweight champion Mikey Garcia was impressed with Errol Spence’s 11th round stoppage win over IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook last Saturday night on May 27, and he feels that Spence is right up there with WBA/WBC 147 pound champion Keith Thurman as the best 2 fighters in the division. Mikey says he views Spence as having the better overall boxing skills than Thurman.
By Scott Gilfoid: Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) just finished bagging the IBF welterweight title off of champion Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) last Saturday night in stopping him in the 11th round in England. The win over Brook let the boxing world know that there is a new star in the welterweight division in Spence, and he’s ready to win all of the remaining world titles in the division Spence ‘s win over Brook came against arguably the second best fighter at 147.
By David Alexander: Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) proved to be the real deal last Saturday night in Bramall Lane, UK by beating Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) in 11 rounds by stoppage in front of 27,000 hostile fans. Spence became the IBF welterweight champion by beating ‘Special K’ in his hometown of Sheffield, England.
By J. Ortega: Past Saturday, Errol Spence Jr. ended the virtue out of Kell Brook with a good performance that broke Brook’s eye socket in front of his hometown, making him take a knee and quit. Before Brook quit, the match-up was even in terms of competitiveness. I believe Brook drained to 147lb, after he came down from 160lbs, took a toll on his physique fatigued in the later rounds. Unlike his fight with Shawn Porter, Brook’s endurance went systematically down in the later rounds, so Spence took full advantage of his performance and slowly mowed down Brook.
By Jim Dower: Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) “pressed out” an 11th round knockout victory over IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) on Saturday night, and then immediately Spence called out WBA/WBC 147 lb. champion Keith “One Time” Thurman for a unification fight. Spence likely won’t be getting a fight against Thurman until possibly late in 2017, as he’s out of commission for the time being after having elbow surgery.
By David Alexander: In front of a passionate crowd at Bramall Lane in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England, Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) made a strong case for pound-for-pound recognition by forcing Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) to submit due to a badly swollen left eye. Special K was over matched in rounds 8,9,10 and eventually the 11th when he dropped to his knee and told the ref he couldn’t continue.
By David Alexander: Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs), a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team, will challenge Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOS) on Saturday for the IBF welterweight title in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England, before about 30,000 fans. A boxer’s style can reflect his personality at large. Take, for example, the two greatest of their generation: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather fights at a distance, not allowing anybody in, his guard almost always up. Pacquiao, conversely, often charges ahead, occasionally taking unnecessary risks, leaving himself exposed. Many would say the two men possess those traits outside the ring as well.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman has doubts about whether Kell Brook will be able to get past Errol Spence Jr. this Saturday night in their fight on Sky Box Office PPV in the UK. Thurman realize what Brook is up against in facing the 27-year-old knockout artist Spence.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank fighter Terence “Bud” Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) used the shotgun approach last Saturday night in calling out Manny Pacquiao, Keith Thurman and Julius Indongo for his next fight following his 10th round TKO victory over Felix Diaz (19-2, 9 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York. Crawford had little problem dispatching the 33-year-old Diaz in a fight that was not competitive, compelling or particularly interesting from the very start.