Keith Thurman boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) figures that he and WBA champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) both have done more than enough with their careers to deserve a big money fight against WBA/WBC/WBO 147lb champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September of this year.
Brook feels that the two of them are being considered by Mayweather for his last fight of his career on September 12th. However, Mayweather hasn’t said a thing about wanting to fight Thurman or Brook.
(Photo credit: Suzanne Teresa/Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: After #8 WBA welterweight contender Errol Spence’s 3rd round annihilation victory over Phil Lo Greco (26-2, 14 KOs) last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, promoter/boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. told the media that he’d like to see either the unbeaten Spence (17-0, 14 KOs) or Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) face WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (26-0, 21 KOs) on his undercard of his next fight on September 12th at the MGM Grand.
Spence, 25, is all for it, saying “Hopefully in September I can fight Floyd…err, Keith Thurman,” as quoted by ESPN.com.
(Photo Credit: Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: With many fighters making their prediction on tonight’s welterweight fight between Adrien Broner (30-1, 22 KOs) and Shown Porter (25-1-1, 16 KOs), WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman decided to make his own prediction on who he believed will have his hand raised at the end of the fight.
Thurman is picking Porter to come out victorious in this fight that will be televised on NBC at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thurman thinks that Porter’s aggressiveness will be key to him getting the win over the 25-year-old Broner.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman doesn’t think Amir Khan deserves the fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September. Thurman notes that Khan hasn’t ever fought a strong punching welterweight, and the last time he fought a puncher in 2012, he was knocked out in the 4th round by light welterweight Danny Garcia.
Instead of Khan being the one to get the lucky lottery ticket for the Mayweather fight, Thurman thinks either himself of IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook should be the one that gets the fight.
(Photo credit: Idris Erba/Mayweather Promotions) By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he sparred with unbeaten #8 WBA 147 pound contender Errol Spence (16-0, 13 KOs) in the past, and he feels he’s now ready to challenge WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman in his next fight after Spence gets past junior middleweight Phil Lo Greco (26-1, 14 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Spence-Lo Greco fight will be the co-feature bout on the Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter card on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC. Spence, 25, was originally scheduled to fight slugger Roberto Garcia, but he was heavy this week and wasn’t going to be able to make the weight, so he was switched out for Lo Greco.
By Allan Fox: Harold Lederman of HBO thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) should face WBA World welterweight champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) next in his fight on September 12th. Lederman believes that the 26-year-old Thurman is the best welterweight out there who could give Mayweather a good fight.
Thurman isn’t in the running for Mayweather’s next fight, however. The guys that are being talked about as the two leading candidates for Mayweather to fight are Amir Khan and Kell Brook.
By Dan Ambrose: The July 11th match-up between WBA World welterweight champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) and former WBA 147lb champion Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) finally has a venue for the fight. It’ll be taking place at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.
TAMPA (June 4, 2015) – Undefeated superstar Keith “One Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) returns to the ring in his home state to face former world champion Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) on Saturday, July 11 in the main event of the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN show live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from the USF Sun Dome in Tampa.
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan still doesn’t know if he’s going to be getting the Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight in September, but that’s not keeping Khan from spreading his big fishing net around to try and catch some of the other big names in the boxing world who might be willing to entertain a fight with him in the near future.
What’s surprising is that Khan has included some big punchers among the list in Miguel Cotto and Keith Thurman. What’s not surprising is that Khan says that IBF welterweight Kell Brook isn’t on his list, and that he’s not going to fight him due to Brook still not facing the guys that he feels he should be facing.
By Scott Gilfoid: While Amir Khan’s attention is currently on a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. for this September, Khan is now saying that he’s interested in facing WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman.
Earlier today, Khan surprised a lot of boxing fans by revealing that he’s close to confirming a September fight against Mayweather. But by Khan saying that he’s interested in fighting Cotto and Thurman, it looks like a transparent attempt by Khan to get a better deal with Mayweather.