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“You’re not gonna see it in ‘18, baby. This is the get-back year...you’re not gonna be able to see it...I mean, I’m not gonna step in once — there’s a lot of competition. I believe Errol Spence is a great champion. But he can defend the title that he just acquired — he can defend that another time this year. I’m gonna defend these [belts] this year. After that I can expand — because I just became the unified champion, correct? I just became unified, he just became champion with his first title defense. I’ve yet to defend my unification. And I’m gonna be defending it after an injury.

“So this is all a get-back year. I hope later this year we can do an exciting fight for you, but it will not be EJ. EJ is to come, in the near future, but not that soon.”

Counter-puncher wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 11:56 if you look very closely between Thurman's legs, you'll see the shadows that foretell a huge, gaping chasm of a vagina

Counter-puncher wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 11:56 if you look very closely between Thurman's legs, you'll see the shadows that foretell a huge, gaping chasm of a vagina

Stuarty30 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 12:28 I wouldn't expect Thurman to face Spence straight away after an operation but the way he's talking doesn't show him in a good light. Was hoping for Spence v Thurman this year then Spence v Crawford next year!

boxing_rocks wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 12:29

Counter-puncher wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 11:56 if you look very closely between Thurman's legs, you'll see the shadows that foretell a huge, gaping chasm of a vagina

Yeah, and he haven't washed it for a while, as it smells fishy.

Freedom2013 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 19:09 Thurman making himself look very bad to the fans.

SenorPipino wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 13:12 Thurman has been shooting down a matchup with Spence for several years.

Saying he won't face Spence in 2018 is old news.

Thurman is right when he said, on prior occasions, that the match needs to marinate for a while to gain some major sizzle.

It's a big time showdown, but it doesn't really step up the pulse of anyone except hardcore fans.

These guys are currently not fully on the radar of a casual boxing followers.

It will never be the modern welterweight equivalent of Leonard-Hearns or Leonard-Duran. A couple iconic bouts that transcended boxing.

But I think there's a lot of room for anticipation to grow...along with the fighters' paychecks.

By waiting 5 years, Mayweather and Pacquiao turned a proposed $50 million payday into a staggering $200 million one.

Put Spence-Thurman on hold for at least 18 months, maybe 2 years, and it becomes a box office colosus.

Hold it within a year and it disappoints financially

That's the business of boxing.

phillykid wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 23:39

SenorPipino wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 13:12 Thurman has been shooting down a matchup with Spence for several years.

Saying he won't face Spence in 2018 is old news.

Thurman is right when he said, on prior occasions, that the match needs to marinate for a while to gain some major sizzle.

It's a big time showdown, but it doesn't really step up the pulse of anyone except hardcore fans.

These guys are currently not fully on the radar of a casual boxing followers.

It will never be the modern welterweight equivalent of Leonard-Hearns or Leonard-Duran. A couple iconic bouts that transcended boxing.

But I think there's a lot of room for anticipation to grow...along with the fighters' paychecks.

By waiting 5 years, Mayweather and Pacquiao turned a proposed $50 million payday into a staggering $200 million one.

Put Spence-Thurman on hold for at least 18 months, maybe 2 years, and it becomes a box office colosus.

Hold it within a year and it disappoints financially

That's the business of boxing.

Yep i didn't expect Thurman to face Spence this year either, hopefully early 2019 this fight happens.

Thurman shouldn't let this fight marinate too long though, the more he puts this off the more Spence will improve and Keith will soon have no chance at all of beating this guy.

Thurman still currently has a few advantages over Spence that could help him MAYBE pull out the win if they fight sometime this year.

IKSRTFO wrote: ↑25 Jan 2018, 23:50 Such as? I have my own possible assumption but I want to hear yours?

Lackeos wrote: ↑26 Jan 2018, 01:49 Neither fighter, nor analysts know for certain which fighter would win this match-up. There are idiots who incorrectly believe that they know. Some of those idiots are in this thread.

Mexi-Box wrote: ↑26 Jan 2018, 13:02 Porter arguably already beat Thurman.

Impractical Poster wrote: ↑26 Jan 2018, 15:46 You all are quick to crucify someone.

Not only has Thurman been inactive, but he's coming off an injury. Do we just ignore who has faced to date and crucify him for wanting to delay a fight with a killer like Spence?

I believe Spence would win. But it's far from a foregone conclusion. When fans don't get what they want when they want it, they become the most irrational bunch I've ever seen. It's like PMS time for boxing fans.

Let's keep things in perspective here. Most of you just dislike Thurman, and the sooner he loses, the better.