Gavin is a skillful fighter but his conditioning is questionable to say the least. he could have been great. Bundu must be pretty good to beat him agreed.
noones "crazy on him" people are just saying its a decent fight. its obviously to step Thurman up gradually because he is an obvious star of the future if he is managed right.
I don't have an issue with Haymon fighters, just Haymon and his scheming. He tried to take over GBP and when it didn't work out he turned 2014 into mismatch-heaven and he blatantly had one of his fighters vacate a title in a fight he was initially keen to take and that's just the tip of the iceberg where he's concerned. 95% of boxing writers are against him, most fans are against him, one of the two major networks have washed their hands of him and there's a second Cold War in effect thanks to him. Fighters are told to thank him but I know some aren't happy with the opposition they've been facing. Karceno and Dontae are black American youtube boxing analysts (of sorts), they push a certain agenda and support black American fighters, particularly those under the Haymon umbrella. I'm not a fan of that approach to boxing but in their case it makes some sense, yours is harder to fathom. But hey, each to their own.
Possible reasons why he took the Thurman fight 1) Its in Vegas 2) Its on HBO cheif support to Khan v Alexander and could be pitted against the winner/loser 3) Money