Over at the nation this is what Keith had to say Paulie Malignaggi made an excuse and Shawn Porters team made an excuse not to fight me, Thurman responded when asked for examples. But he wasnt done. Robert Guerrero said no according to Richard Schaefer. Marcos Maidana pulled out of a fight with me. There might be another big name that I cant remember right now but we get a lot of No and all I do is say Yes!
And maidana too but he probably pulled out at thought of potentially getting the floyd fight(which he did) so not a complete duck
Fighting Thurman is high risk low reward. He's still proving himself but packs real power and boxing ability. I think Thurman should just keep koing these gatekeepers, and they won't be able to ignore and avoid him for too long. He's got the all the tools to be great and the verbal skills to be an main attraction.
Thurman Go ask Provodnikov , Lets see if he says no . He probably does not even know the meaning of "NO"
Paulie had bigger fish to fry at that time. I don't recall the circumstance around a Porter or Maidana fight. Guerrero passing on that fight was perplexing to me and could be seen as a duck.
Not a duck at all. It's not ducking to turn down a fight with a no mark to fight the biggest boxer in the game.
Thurman is in a tough place because his resume is **** but people are too scared to help him strengthen that resume by getting in the ring with him
shawn porter is not a surprise as he was looking at fights which generate more money... at the time it was not worth it... now a shaw porter vs thurnman fight is more lucrative
Paulie and shawn probably made more money fighting each other can't really call that a duck. Money talks
I agree shawn v Keith is probably the best fight for both guys. But I think porter has to fight Brook