Good Interview From Wba Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman!

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  1. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Porter stopped and clinched when Thurman hurt him.. He also took an assault to the body and still fought 12 hard round after everyone claimed his body to be vulnerable. The fight was close but a win for Porter isn't very arguable. This is coming from somebody who backed Porter going into the bout.
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I backed him too, and I scored it for Porter by a point, and I wasn't alone, have the people scoring along did as well. Thurman's performance was nothing to cow about, he ran and countered, Brook countered and held, Brook's strategy paid off a lot more, and is bizarrely far more admirable, he outmuscled a mini tank like Porter and beat him at his own game.
     
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  3. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    He has balls and impressed the hell out of me, but he should have never fought GGG. Terrible decision by Brook and his team. If he had problems making 147, for example. Why not go to 154 where fighters are bigger and hit harder rather than fighting GGG. Thurman has a point there.
     
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  4. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Was it really? His reputation grew by leaps and bounds and I'm pretty sure at this point Thurman and in all likelihood Spence want nothing to do with Kell. Kell was able to dance in the fire and last 5 rounds with the scariest guy in the sport, alongside Kovalev, most Welters and JMW's would be a walk in the park in comparison.
     
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  5. Bad News Brit

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    Maybe Thurman can't comprehend guys not hiding behind Al Haymon?
     
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  6. Bad News Brit

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    Disagree.

    Brook losing to Golovkin in the manner that he did put him on the radar of the likes of Canelo and Cotto which would be mega PPV fights on both sides of the pond- plus HBO want to sign him up.

    Beating Vargas, the other option he had for something like a 6th of the money Vargas was getting, then he hasn't really moved from the position he was in (not to mention taking a fight for little money that he and not his opponent is generating all the revenue for).

    He's 30 how long does he have left as his peak beating guys like that trying to secure a mega fight. Even if he moved to 154, who would immediately be looking to fight him had he not boosted his profile with GGG? The likes of Martirosyan or Soro? Not really gonna earn him much recognition is it?
     
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  7. drenlou

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    Yeah but that eye took a beating.. it will balloon everytime he gets hit solid on that eye from now on.. Margarito-esque.
     
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  8. drenlou

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    His eye is never going to be the same as long as he still fighting in the ring. He showed tremendous heart and skills in there but at what price? Sure he put his name out there, but that eye will always puff and will be a target.
     
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  9. CST80

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    His eye will be fine, unlike Margarito who stood there and got his orbital bone driven into his eyeball for an additional 9 rounds from Pac, and then went on to have it bashed for another 9 rounds by Cotto, Brook was defensively sound and it took minimal damage, and because he's so hard to hit flush, it'll take minimal damage in the future as well.
     
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  10. Bad News Brit

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    Ingle pulled him out at the right time. His eye hadn't got to bad, not like Magarito when he was battered against Pacquiao. And unlike Magarito, Brook doesn't try and block every punch thrown with his face. Paulie Malignaggi suffered a similar injury years back but he doesn't end up like Margarito every fight.

    And let's say he fights Amir Khan next (who said he wouldn't fight Brook because he's not well known enough worldwide- well now he is) at Wembley, beats him then gets Canelo or Cotto on HBO. He would make more from GGG, Khan, Cotto/Canelo alone than he would fighting for 12-15 fights getting about 300k or whatever he was looking at fighting the likes of Vargas.
     
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  11. drenlou

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    I'm not so sure about his eye being fine at all.
     
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  12. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Yeah, HBO wants him to fight Canelo so it was a win for Brook financially, especially if HBO is going to dip into their pockets and pay for it. Too bad they will try to make the Canelo fight while Brook is coming off of a loss, but they did this for Pacquiao for years.
     
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  13. IsaL

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    He had a very close fight against Porter. Is that what your basing your bold prediction on? Surely not because of anything he's done in the UK.
     
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  14. Bad News Brit

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    Yeah, there is Cotto too. Most of the other 154 guys are PBC guys, so Brook would be a logical opponent for him if he carries on.
     
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  15. CST80

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    Oh are these more of your brilliant scoring observations? The fight wasn't remotely close. 117-111 is the only score that was viable, the judge that scored it 114-114 was brain damaged.
     
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