With what no jab and a hands down defense, do you understand this boxing shyt and understand what happens when a hands down fighter faces a trench fighter....One time aint Devon Alexander tho, Porter will have to respect that man
See this is the hard part in this scenario, he has to find the distance to land that shot and Porter doesn't concede that you have to earn it, he will stick to Thurman like crazy glue....On top of this another fail in this scenario is that Thurman has trex reach, creating distance and moving away to walk him into a shot wont benefit him like that Porter aint dumb enough to walk into a KO like Karrass
Honestly from what I watch with my strongest convictions, Broner and Malinaggi both beats the shyt out of Thurman, now Porter would bring a whole different dimension of problems on top of him having a pretty solid beard...............
Thurman simply needs a name for me to gauge him correctly, and even gauging him on his level and on his scale he's a c class fighter, he showed nothing but tumbleweeds vs Zavek, was getting the shyt boxed out of by Chaves before he landed a fluke body ko, was getting worked by Karrass bum ass, he failed to showcase in showcase matches vs handpicked guys..........he failed to showcase anything after his mouth got him that hype and buzz. Say what you want about a Broner for getting his ass whooped by he talked the talked and stood tall and ran from no higher level fighters even post Malinaggi when it was clear he wasn't quite ready for that level..........
Bottom line I'm tired of hearing of Thurman in theoretical matches, for all the talk of fighters ducking, how is looking for a bigger payday, vs more proven fighters ducking, what does a Thurman win does to anyone not named Khan or Broner(haymon hype train), absolutely nothing......Not to mention there were a myriad of other fights he could have took, why not a Josestio Lopez, he's a bum nikka too, do they not trust a Thurman vs him, I mean any live body........
But I digress
Adjustments vs C levels fighters
It's simply a million big big names from 140-154 he could of chose, but he faces who?????????????????/That's fair.
He does have to fight SOMEBODY and he could've fought Josesito Lopez
Hell, he could fight Zab Judah at least to have the "name" on his resume (even though Judah is done). What about Andre Berto? Luis Collazo was available before he fought Ortiz.
Porter ain't the same nikka once he feels some power
Having said that hed be making a good name for himself at 147 undefeated with wins against
Devon
Paulie
Brook
He'll be alright, young fighters go through that....The same could be said about ThurmanPorter ain't the same nikka once he feels some power
Having said that hed be making a good name for himself at 147 undefeated with wins against
Devon
Paulie
Brook
He went through his tough spots but he persevered, and re matched to quell any noise, he's one of those old school fighters that came up the right way contrary to a Thurman, he stayed underground for years sparring big name fighters and holding his own and making a name for himself, he could have spewed sparring stories to generate hype and buzz but no he kept his mouth shut and kept working. IMO Porter is no where near his prime yet, 2-3 more fights than he'll start to get that KO confidence
nikkas is mad