PBC on ESPN 7/11 - Keith Thurman vs Luis Collazo
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IDC about Bradley, he's safe over there fighting TR Welterweights.
Thurman beats Brook, Porter, and Maidana imo. Could be close fights, but Thurman would get the nod imo.
Knicksman20
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I like his will to win. The fact he didnt take a knee against Collazo after that body shot (picture perfect body shot too) and instead tried to finish the round showed me alot of heart. I like Thurman and even though he has flaws, he's still a very good boxer and a hard puncher.
I would pick Thurman over every Welterweight today outside of Floyd & Manny...and that's going strictly off Thurman's skills.
Yeah that body shot was nasty. Seeing him under that kind of adversity shows what type of fighter he is & I was impressed. I wanna see the same kind of adversity from Spence to see how he'd react
I don't think so honestly because for all the charges of how badly he handles pressure he still was coasting/did coast along on scorecards to decisive wins against all 3 of the opponents he has fought that way against.Maybe it's because his comp is increasing and he doesnt deal with pressure that well? I dont know. I'd like the answer myself
I think maybe because he did it with Bundu and was successful with it he just became enamored with the style for some reason.
Teddy Atlas needs to get him back to that barber shop and ask him about it.
Lol brook porter are all at the same level as KT. Bradley is a level above those guys.
Tell me why you'd think he'd beat Bradley (pressure, body puncher, stamina, can cut off the ring) but chino (okay chin awkward style, never beat a tier 1 opponent) or Brook (basic 1-2-3 orthodox fighter, basura resume, doesn't really do anything special) are 50/50 fights breh?
krackdagawd
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I don't get why dudes are giving Thurman shyt for boxing the way he has been lately, I prefer this style I bet he will get more mileage out of it anyway. 
Then he gets in there with a guy he can't ko gets outboxed and everyone goes "he should have worked on his boxing more" like dudes have done with countless power punchers over the years
I bet he will get more mileage out of it anyway. Then he gets in there with a guy he can't ko gets outboxed and everyone goes "he should have worked on his boxing more" like dudes have done with countless power punchers over the years
Word krack, too harsh on keith.
King P
Legends Never Die
I just see Bradley losing on some 7-5 shyt, and getting hurt in the process. He can give Thurman fits at times, but doesn't have the power to hurt Thurman like that. Plus he has a tendency to abandon his gameplan and being too much of a warrior.
Brook at least has power and will be able to counter the shyt outta Thurman. And Maidana has the ability to cut off the ring and the power to hurt Thurman badly. And even though it's 50/50, 8d still favor Thurman over those 2 if you forced me to pick
The Fukin Prophecy
RIP Champ
I dont like this new Keith...Its as if he is trying to be Floyd but he aint nowhere near as skilled a boxer and ends up just running...
I liked the Joe Louis style boxer-puncher with a mean streak One Time...
This new Keith will still crush clowns like Khan and Brook but put him in the ring against Timmy/Porter/Maidana and he is going to have a ton of trouble...This new Keith is more focussed on his legs than punching and we all know he has no inside game...He moves well but he doesn't box effectively enougg imo to keep these dudes off him...
I liked the Joe Louis style boxer-puncher with a mean streak One Time...
This new Keith will still crush clowns like Khan and Brook but put him in the ring against Timmy/Porter/Maidana and he is going to have a ton of trouble...This new Keith is more focussed on his legs than punching and we all know he has no inside game...He moves well but he doesn't box effectively enougg imo to keep these dudes off him...
krackdagawd
Inspire.
You can't win rounds running. He won all of the rounds except for 1.
He has no inside game but you don't want to see him box from outside
He does't box well to keep guys off him? He kept Bundu off of him while winning rounds and made Collazo tap out
The only example we have of him not being able to keep guys off of him was the Guerrero fight were he blew his wad trying to get him out of there in the same style nikkas are
over.Like I said I prefer this Thurman, if what he is doing is running then Floyd ran in the 2nd Maidana fight.
Running is what ODLH did against Trinidad rounds 9-12 or what Lara did against Canelo rounds 6-12....or what Thurman did after he got caught with the body shot by Collazo the rest of the round.
He wasnt running in that fight though.
He wasnt running in that fight though.
nikkas is nitpicking the fukk outta Thurman, but
He still lands bombs without taking too much punishment. He's skittish like Freitas was, but way more controlled.
In the OG thread, I said Collazo could surprise Keith with something, and everybody kept saying how Thurman was supposed to handle him with no problems. He dealt with one lil problem and nikkas is acting like he still ain't dominate the fight.
He still lands bombs without taking too much punishment. He's skittish like Freitas was, but way more controlled.
In the OG thread, I said Collazo could surprise Keith with something, and everybody kept saying how Thurman was supposed to handle him with no problems. He dealt with one lil problem and nikkas is acting like he still ain't dominate the fight.
Knicksman20
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nikkas is nitpicking the fukk outta Thurman, but
He still lands bombs without taking too much punishment. He's skittish like Freitas was, but way more controlled.
In the OG thread, I said Collazo could surprise Keith with something, and everybody kept saying how Thurman was supposed to handle him with no problems. He dealt with one lil problem and nikkas is acting like he still ain't dominate the fight.
That's because there's some that wanna discredit him & big up their personal favorites in the division. If we learned anything in this fight is that Thurman is smart & has heart. 2 things a champion needs to succeed
Porter and Thurman have already said they would not fight on a Floyd undercard. Porter went as far as saying that Floyd shouldn't say his name unless he's talking about a fight.