By Daniel Hughes: I will be the first to hold my hand up and admit the fighters I have always followed and enjoyed watching are pressure fighters. I also enjoy those with heavy hands, the fighters that can turn a fight on one shot. The divisions I believe that will currently throw up great fights, the fights the fans want are both the light welterweight and welterweight categories.
The names in both divisions you can make your minds up on who will provide the best fights. Many potential fights out there we would all like to see. These divisions have the potential to on a worldwide scale produce the kind of excitement that will showcase boxing a sport that hinders itself by the politics of who you are signed to.
By Allan Fox: WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (23-1, 21 KO’s) would like to get a fight against boxing’s biggest star Floyd Mayweather Jr. before he wraps up his career at some point, but Thurman doesn’t mind even if he doesn’t wind up facing him. Thurman sees himself as the next generation of boxing stars, and he feels he’ll be taking over once Mayweather retires. 
By Dan Ambrose: IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (24-0-1, 15 KO’s) and WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman’s recent victories have given them a push up the Ring’s rankings at welterweight. Porter destroyed Paulie Malignaggi in 4 rounds on April 19th of this month in an impressive performance at the DC Armory in Washington, DC. Boxing fans expected Porter to beat Malignaggi, but few thought that it would be in such a brutal manner.
By Chris Williams: WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (23-0, 21 KO’s) says he’ll be shooting for a big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) next year in 2015, after he hopefully fights IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter next. Thurman believes he knows how to beat Mayweather now after studying his style, and he’s going to try and overpower him the same way he overpowered 34-year-old former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz last Saturday night in stopping him in 3 rounds at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Rocky Esposito: Tonight the Interim WBA World Welterweight Champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (23-0-0 / 21KOS) defeated former two time IBF lightweight Champion Julio “The Kidd” Diaz (40-10-1 / 5KOs) by a 3rd Round TKO at the great outdoor venue, the Stubhub Center in Carson California.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (23-0, 21 KO’s) stopped 34-year-old former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-10-1, 29 KO’s) in a 3rd round stoppage on Saturday night at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California, USA. In between the 3rd and the 4th rounds, Diaz’s corner decided to halt the fight due to a rib injury that he had suffered in the 3rd.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (22-0, 20 KO’s) made weight on Friday in for his fight against 34-year-old Julio Diaz (40-9-1, 29 KO’s) on Saturday night at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California, USA. Thurman weighed in at 145.5lbs. Diaz came in at 146.5lbs. 
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions has set up WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (22-0, 20 KO’s) with a stay busy fight this Saturday night against 34-year-old Julio Diaz (40-9-1. 29 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California, USA. Thurman should be fighting better opposition than this, but Golden Boy and his adviser Al Haymon are keeping the training wheels on a little while longer to see if he can deal with a guy like Diaz before they start letting him fight really good opposition. 
By Allan Fox: This Saturday night WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (22-0, 20 KO’s) will be testing his skills against former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-9-1, 29 KO’s) on Showtime at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Besides the Thurman-Diaz fight, light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (34-3, 32 KO’s) will be facing lightweight John Molina (27-3, 22 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the vacant WBC Continental Americas light welterweight title.