thurman looked like the terminator working his way up the ranks....a scary destructive force. but he hasn't looked too spectacular in his last 5 fights...i could give thurman a pass for bundu because nobody reallized bundu was that good. But then thurman faced a clearly shopworn robert guerrero and to be honest, i thought floyd was far more impressive in beating guerrero ...and the floyd fight was when guerrero was still in his prime.
collazzo came thisclose to stopping thurman before getting beat into submission himself...and porter arguably beat thurman...that's how close and competitive the fight was.
then comes danny garcia, moving up in weight, who also gives thurman a pretty close fight.
i think at this point we know just how good thurman is...he is what we think he is. like ggg, he was dominant on his way up....but then at the truly championship level, he was made to appear good but nothing special.
If it wasn't for spence i'd give thurman another year or two as champ at ww, then a move up to 154 where he'd really struggle. But, now that thurman has agreed to a spence fight, it's pretty clear the end of the thurman era is upon us.
spence is a big, natural welter...he's phenomenally skilled, with KO power and an iron chin. He showed up thurman by blowing away bundu, brook and peterson. They say triangular theories don't work in boxing and it's sometimes true...but for the most part, they do. it's just logic. thurman's best hope against spence is no hope at all...he'd need to get really, really lucky.
Keith Thurman is Danny Garcia 0nly bigger and hits harder, they are basically the same fighter with the same styles and that's all, any decent or better boxer beats both and that's why Danny had so much trouble against that boxer that was giving him angles and jabs and counter punching him to death and Danny needed a gift decision to win. Keith Thurman is the same type of fighter and uses the same fighting style, so any decent boxer counter puncher with a great jab and great footwork beats Keith to.
The only problem Spence Jr, has is he tends to over power you and out work you, due to his size and strength advantage at 147, him being naturally bigger and stronger, it might not hurt him against Keith or the others contenders at 147, but at super welter weight and middle weight, Spence is going to have serious trouble going up against his equal in natural strength and size, so he better work on that footwork and dancing and slipping punches, because those top guys will hurt him, if he keeps taking those counter punches, he's been getting hit with and I don't want this to happen to him like it did to this guy, below.
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Because Terry Norris was the same way, seek and destroy Boxer, that didn't move his head, always thinking he could over power his opponents, until he fights Boxers that can take his power and give it back. Julian Jackson was the same way, they all are, your seek and destroy fighters, that pose and don't move their heads, leaning to much on punching power and brute strength.
So Spence won't have any trouble against Keith, their fight will be like Thurman vs Garcia, with Spence just over powering Keith and stopping him late.
These poser boxers never last long in boxing due to the knockouts they endure from staying to long in the pocket getting countered and not moving their heads and I hope Spence Jr knows this and works on his defense and head movement and footwork, like Floyd Mayweather did commingling up in weight, getting hit more, when trading and standing to long in the pocket, not using great footwork and head movement, like he finally did, when he fought Diego Corrales.