I don't particularly like Thurman's style of boxing, I think he has many flaws and holes but it seems to be working for him so it's ok I guess. I still don't think that with that style he has the longevity to stay on top of the stacked 147 division.
Thurman is a complete fighter. He can box, he can punch, he can move, he has good stamina, power and speed. He is the best welterweight in my opinion, nothing i have seen from Errol Spence in his fight with Brook convinced me that he is better than Keith Thurman and i'm a fan of both fighters, both are clearly elite level welterweights.
Tito has power in both hands. Huge height and reach. Thurman does not. They are both boxer punchers. Except Tito can actually really punch.
What makes you think that Thurman is not a hard puncher ? Shawn Porter said that he was the hardest puncher he ever faced and Leonard Bundu said Thurman punches harder than Spence and that he felt shockwaves through his arms whenever he blocked his punches.
Shawn Porter, Robert Guerrero and Danny Garcia have never been knocked out, your argument doesn't convince me, i think the opinions of Porter and Bundu are more worth than your opinion.
Part of being a big puncher is to knockdown or even stop guys who have never been stopped before. Like what Golovkin did to Martin Murray. If you have this so called "one time" power then start cracking some good chins.
He knocked 22 guys out in 29 fights and you are saying that he isn't a puncher only because he didn't knock out everyone, it doesn't work that way, he is not the hardest punching welterweight of all time but he is probably the hardest puncher in the welterweight division right now.
Thing about Thurman who I defintely see as an elite fighter or one of the best at least at the moment.. he has that will to win.. Always finds a way to adapt and somehow wins the fight... Hes a really good fighter plus lets not forget the power.. Guy has a lot of power.. Id love to see him fight Spence.. Thatd be a good scrap.. Id slightly favor thurman but pretty much a 50/50 fight.
I said the guy can't knockdown any of the top guys. He cannot do that. I never said he was the hardest punching Welterweight ever. And no Spence hits harder because Spence has stopped a top guy. Forget even scoring a KD. Spence actually stopped Brook.
How do you do know that he can't do it only because he didn't do it so far ? Bundu said that Thurman hits harder than Spence and he was knocked out by Spence and not by Thurman, only because Spence stopped Kell Brook doesn't prove that he hits harder, it's nonsense.
Spence just knocked somebody who has never been knocked out by a man his size. So that's something. Thurman can only knockdown and stop domestic guys.
Well, domestic guys still have a chin, the guys with the best chins are not necessarily great boxers. I believe Bundu when he says that Thurman is the harder puncher because he is the only guy who fought against both of them.
keith thurman is more then ok. has speed power n smarts . hes a jack of all trades. n his ring iq is greatest attributes. he fought garcia beautifully .