Keith Thurman

(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp) By Dan Ambrose: Welterweight Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is putting the finishing touches on his training camp for his March 7th fight against WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be televised on NBC as part of the “Premier Boxing Champions” series.

Guerrero expects the fight to be a war with the two of them trading power shots from start to finish. If this is the case then it’s going to be a huge departure from Thurman’s last fight against Leonard Bundu. In that fight, Thurman ran from Bundu for 12 rounds in winning a dull 12 round decision.

By Dan Ambrose: Newly crowned WBA World welterweight champion Keith Thurman (24-0, 21 KOs) says he’ll be looking to be the first fighter to KO former two division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-2-1, 18 KOs) in their fight on March 7th in this Premier Boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Guerrero, #2 WBC, #4 WBA, #7 IBF, has never been knocked out before during his 14-year pro career so it would be a big deal if the 26-year-old Thurman were able to get a stoppage win over Guerrero. But for Thurman to accomplish that task, he’s going to need to stay in the pocket more than he has in his previous fights.

By Dan Ambrose: Thus far, WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (24-0, 21 KOs) has been pretty well sheltered his handlers in terms of the match-making that’s been done for him. His best opponents thus far have been Jesus Soto Karass, Jan Zaveck, Carlos Quintana, Leonard Bundu, and Diego Chaves.

Karass and Chaves both staggered Thurman, and Bundu had him on the run for 12 rounds. Thurman will be defending his title against former two division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-2-1, 18 KOs) on March 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dan Ambrose: On Wednesday, the World Boxing Association elevated interim WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (24-0, 21 KOs) from interim champion to the full WBA 147 pound champion. However, that doesn’t mean that the 26-year-old Thurman is the main champ for the WBA, because they’ve got Floyd Mayweather Jr, who the WBA calls their “Super World welterweight” champion.

The WBA has kind of made it confusing for boxing fans with their interim, regular and Super World titles that they hand out to champions in the same weight class. The good news is the WBA now has just two champions at 147. The bad news is they’ll likely soon appoint a WBA interim champion.

By Dan Esch: Boxing fans and Thurman / Guerrero fans alike are salivating in anticipation for a fight “rumored” to be taking place on March 7th 2015. Right away if you don’t know, one of the major points of this fight is that supposedly and I say supposedly because it is still not confirmed yet but this card will be FREE meaning it will be aired on regular NBC television not PPV, HBO or SHOWTIME. I give respect were respect is due and the man behind this card on NBC is none other than Al Haymon the “behind the scenes” manager for many of the star boxers of today.

Haymon has been getting some bad press and negative feedback on some of his “miss matched” fights i.e. Garcia vs. Salka in 2014 but maybe that was the “plan”.