Arum better keep Bradley away from Keith Thurman

bradley12By Dan Ambrose: All I can say after watching WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) go life and death with light welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KO’s) tonight is Bradley’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank better make sure that he has Bradley put off facing his mandatory challenger Keith Thurman for as long as possible to further milk his title because once Bradley faces Thurman, it’s going to be pretty much all over for Bradley.

Had that been Keith Thurman in the ring with Bradley tonight, Bradley wouldn’t have seen the 6th round. Thurman would have finished Bradley off quickly. As it was, Provodnikov had Bradley out on his feet in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 12th rounds.

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Thurman: Malignaggi better fight Broner or else he’ll have to fight me

thuman32By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated welterweight contender #4 WBA, Keith Thurman (20-0, 18 KO’s) is impatient to get a title shot against one of the welterweight champions after his impressive 12 round unanimous decision win over former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck last Saturday night in Brooklyn, New York.

Thurman thinks the current welterweight champions are mainly just interested in facing smaller guys from the lower weight classes rather than fighting true welterweights like himself.

You can’t disagree with that in some ways because Floyd Mayweather Jr. is fighting a former lightweight, and WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is fighting a light welterweight this Saturday against Ruslan Provodnikov, and WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi is facing lightweight Adrien Broner on June 22nd.

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Zaveck: Thurman is going to have a great future

thurman3By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten welterweight contender Keith Thurman (20-0, 18 KO’s) made a fan out of former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (32-3, 18 KO’s) after being him badly in a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night on the Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud undercard on HBO. Thurman hurt Zaveck a number of times in the fight and completely shut him out by the scores of 120-108, 120-108 and 120-108.

Zaveck told ESPN “He was much better than me…I give him my congratulations…He’s going to have a great future.”

Thurman looked great in his third fight on HBO. None of the fights have been close, and he took some criticism after the fight from WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi about his soft opposition.

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Thurman and Malignaggi trash talk at post-fight press conference

thurman43By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated welterweight contender Keith Thurman (20-0, 18 KO’s) made the mistake of addressing WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi at Thurman’s post-fight press conference last Saturday night following his lopsided 12 round unanimous decision victory over former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Thurman ended up finding himself on the receiving end of a verbal thrashing by the much better speaking Malignaggi, and I’m sure Thurman now regrets even mentioning Malignaggi.

Thurman: “Hey Paulie, how long you going to duck me, son? What do I have to do to get you to step inside the ring?”

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Thurman: I wish Mayweather had beaten Pacquiao two years ago so the hype wouldn’t been created

pac87By Chris Williams: Undefeated welterweight contender Keith Thurman (19-0, 18 KO’s) says he sees Manny Pacquiao as a flawed fighter, and he wasn’t surprised when Juan Manuel Marquez knocked him out last year in December in the 6th round. Thurman wishes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. had defeated Pacquiao before a couple of years ago in order to stop all the Pacquiao mania that came about.

Thurman said to Maxboxing.com “He’s [Pacquiao] made a real nice career for himself but he is a very beatable fighter…I wished Floyd Mayweather would have beat him two years ago so they wouldn’t have created this hype. And like Marquez told everybody, he’s a little bit smarter.”

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Keith Thurman wants Canelo Alvarez if he gets past Zaveck on Saturday

thurman54By Dan Ambrose: Among the top fighters that unbeaten Keith Thurman (19-0, 18 KO’s) wants to fight in the near future is WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) if Thurman can get past former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (32-2, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night in their WBO welterweight eliminator bout on HBO at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Besides Canelo, Thurman also wants to fight WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley, and the winner of the fight between IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander and Kell Brook. Bradley is the more realistic option for Thurman because he’ll be Bradley’s mandatory challenger if he beats Zaveck tomorrow night. However, getting Bradley to agree to fight him may takes ages, and Thurman can’t just sit idle waiting for Bradley to finally face him.

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Keith Thurman: I want Bradley, Malignaggi, Alexander or Brook next after Zaveck

thurman542By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated #4 WBA welterweight contender Keith “One Time” Thurman (19-0, 18 KO’s) says he’s gunning for WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley, WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi or the winner of the IBF clash between 147 lb. champion Devon Alexander and Kell Brook, if Thurman can get past former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (32-2, 18 KO’s) this Saturday night in their WBO welterweight eliminator bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Thurman said to RingTV “I look forward to a fight against Tim Bradley…Paulie Malignaggi, the winner of Devon Alexander-Brook. So if Devon Alexander loses to Kell Brook, I would love to fight Kell Brook.”

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Thurman: I’m going to outclass Zaveck

thurman432By Allan Fox: Undefeated welterweight contender Keith Thurman (19-0, 18 KO’s) sees himself totally dominated former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (32-2, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night in their WBO welterweight title eliminator bout on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkin vs. Tavoris Cloud bout on HBO at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Thurman said “I know I am prepared. I am going to outclass him. I am confident I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.”

It’s interesting that Thurman is talking of stealing rounds, as if that’s what he would have to do in order to win the fight. Thurman isn’t the type that just tries to get inside and steal rounds.

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Canelo, Thurman, Broner, Crawford- the Future Faces of Boxing?

thurman74By Lance Lank: Just a couple years ago it seemed that after Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao retired from the sport of boxing that there would be no new stars. That there would be no one that the public would be interested in, let alone pay money to see fight on PPV cards.

The only rising star seemed to be Andre Ward, but having already easily beaten every top contender at 168 and the best at 175 there were no opponents left that might pose the slightest problem to the super middleweight king. That much has stayed true. Sure, Ward can move up to 175 and fight Tavoris Cloud, but that might not seem so good if Cloud gets beat by the ageless wonder Bernard Hopkins this Saturday.

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Keith Thurman: Why “One Time” is the Real Deal

thurman53by James Le Blanc: Keith “One Time” Thurman (19-0, 18 KO’s) has an opportunity yet again on HBO this weekend to win over some fans as well as gain some more respect from top fighters in the welterweight division.  Some say Keith is overrated and clever match making has put Thurman in the position to score most of his fights by KO. It appears as though HBO and Golden Boy Promotions are shoving an unproven Thurman down our throats like they did Andre Berto, who has proven to be far from elite, losing 2 of his last 3 fights and being dropped 4 times altogether.

Thurman was criticized last year for calling out the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Paulie mMlignaggi, and Timothy Bradley all belt holders in the Welterweight division. But here are a few things that you may not know about Thurman.

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