Amir Khan has tipped Danny Garcia to overcome Keith Thurman in their thrilling showdown to set up a riveting rematch between the pair later this year.
WBC champion Garcia and WBA champion Thurman meet in what is one of this year’s biggest and most exciting fights, exclusively live on BoxNation this Saturday night.
By Eric Baldwin: WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman wants his fight against WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia to be viewed by a huge audience of 6 million viewers this Saturday night in their fight on Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS. It’s certainly possible that the Thurman-Garcia fight could be seen by that many boxing fans, as Thurman’s fight against Shawn Porter was seen by a peak of 3.94 million viewers on CBS last July, and that was an opponent that wasn’t a world champion and arguably isn’t as popular as Garcia.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman is counting on a knocking out WBC champion Danny Garcia in a spectacular fashion on March 4, possibly with a single punch. Thurman believes that a sensational knockout of Garcia will not only move him to the No.5 spot in the pound-for-pound rankings, but also make him the No.1 welterweight in the division.
Thurman sees a spectacular win over Garcia as making him the “new face” in the 147lb division. It would make Thurman the replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. There hasn’t been a replacement for Mayweather as of yet, because no one in the welterweight division has stepped forward to claim the spot by beating a top guy that the boxing fans respect.
By Eric Baldwin: WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman )27-0, 22 KOs) says WBC belt holder Danny Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) has made a grave mistake in signing the contract to fight him on March 4, because he’s going to knock him out and take his WBC title in the process.
Thurman, 28, respects the punching power of Garcia, but he sees his own knockout power as being a level above his. Thurman points out that when Garcia hits guys, they go down and then get right back up. In contrast, when he knocks guys down, they stay down and don’t get back up.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) says before he faces unbeaten Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) in the future, he wants the fight to be built up by the media to the point where it’s a mega-fight rather than a normal fight.
Thurman points out that Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t agree to fight Manny Pacquiao when the boxing public wanted him to. He waited until he was ready to make that fight happen before he finally agreed to do it.
By Jeff Aranow: WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia believes he’s one win away from taking over Floyd Mayweather’s place at the No.1 fighter in the 147lb division if he can beat WBA champion Keith Thurman in their unification fight on March 4. In Garcia’s view, the winner of his fight against Thurman will be the best fighter in the welterweight division.
I’m not sure if the other top 147lb fighters Errol Spence Jr. and Kell Brook will agree to that opinion, but some boxing fans will agree with what Garcia is saying.
The highly anticipated unification showdown between unbeaten welterweight world champions Keith “One Time” Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) and Danny “Swift” Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) will headline SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, Saturday, March 4 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The broadcast, which will air live from 9–11 p.m. ET/6–8 p.m. PT, is just the second primetime boxing presentation on the CBS Television Network in nearly 40 years. The first, headlined by a thrilling fight between Thurman and Shawn Porter, was a 2016 Fight of the Year candidate and one of the most watched boxing events of the year. The March 4 broadcast, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for CBS Television, both divisions of the CBS Corporation.
By Dan Ambrose: Amir “King” Khan doesn’t think too much of the fighters that WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) has built his resume on during his 10-year pro career. Khan says that Thurman has been knocking out bums during his career.
Thurman, 28, will be fighting in two months from now against WBC 147lb champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) on March 4 at a still to be determined venue in New York. The fight will be televised on Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime.
By Jaime Ortega: Danny Garcia finally decided to take on Keith Thurman. The WBC and WBA unification title promises to be a legacy fight between two undefeated fighters that encompass different styles of boxing. The sharp stationary shooter versus the explosive poignant boxer.
Yet despite all the hype that surrounds the March fourth match up, it won’t be as entertaining as Shawn Porter versus Thurman for a number of reasons. First: Porter was overly aggressive – Danny won’t be as aggressive. Second: Porter never gasses-out, whereas Danny has shown to gas-out in the latter rounds of a fight — especially against Lamont Peterson. Third: Thurman has shown the ability to control the pace of the fight regardless of the style –if he was able to control Shawn’s tempo – he will surely control Danny’s.