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Keith Thurman set for first fight since 2019, to face Mario Barrios, sources say

At long last, Keith Thurman is set for his ring return.

Thurman and Mario Barrios have struck a deal for a welterweight fight that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions event on Fox pay-per-view on Jan. 29, 2022, sources told ESPN on Thursday. A location has not been finalized.

Thurman, 33, will end a careerlong 30-month layoff when he takes on Barrios. Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) suffered his first pro defeat -- and lost his welterweight title -- in his most recent bout, a split decision against Manny Pacquiao in July 2019.

The Clearwater, Florida, native was floored in Round 1 by the future Hall of Famer but finished strong in an excellent action fight.

Barrios is also coming off a loss. The San Antonio native was stopped by Gervonta Davis in Round 11 of a 140-pound bout in June. Now, Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) will campaign at 147 pounds.

At 5-foot-10, Barrios possessed uncanny height for the 130- and 135-pound divisions. The 26-year-old even towered over many 140-pounders, and he will again have a height advantage over the 5-7½ Thurman.

But Thurman is undeniably the bigger fighter, a careerlong 147-pounder who owns wins over Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero.

For Thurman, it's a second straight headline appearance on pay-per-view, part of a growing number of such offerings from PBC on Fox that is expected to continue throughout 2022. PBC will also stage a Fox PPV between heavyweights Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin on New Year's Day.

Former 140'er

He's getting paid for sure..

Dan Rafael was mentioning PPV before..

hmm..

Seems like FOX only extended the PBC deal to another year to make some money back.

That’s 2 FOX PBC PPV’s in January alone.

Both shouldn’t be PPV in my opinion.

Price will probably be set low.

Will we see any PBC on FOX or FS1 cards next year?

Who knows.

ffs ppv for thuurman vs barrios

That is two FOX ppvs that I will not buy in January.
I hope FOX has at least one more ppv that same month.
There is no possibility that I buy the first two regardless of price.
Why not make it three or four?

Good fighter Thurman, but he boxes so infrequently he should change his name from "One Time" to "Part Time".

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 19:38

Out of the 78 replies to that tweet, 72 if them are complaining or saying its not a PPV.
Will they get the message?

They're tweets Kiwi.
I'm sure they can be bought and sold, I wouldn't put much stock in that.

Any higher bidders than a 50K PPV?

I'd bid $7 for the main event alone.

One fee for one fight so to speak.
ppv

KiwiRider wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 00:39

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 19:38

Out of the 78 replies to that tweet, 72 if them are complaining or saying its not a PPV.
Will they get the message?

They would have had a similar response to the Ortiz/Martin PPV announcement. It just shows the greed of those involved.

Hopefully it does rubbish numbers and they’ll get the idea.

Evander wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 01:27 They're tweets Kiwi.
I'm sure they can be bought and sold, I wouldn't put much stock in that.

Huh?
It didn't seem like bots, just a bunch of boxing fans saying enough is enough.

maverick23 wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 03:31

KiwiRider wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 00:39

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 19:38

Out of the 78 replies to that tweet, 72 if them are complaining or saying its not a PPV.
Will they get the message?

They would have had a similar response to the Ortiz/Martin PPV announcement. It just shows the greed of those involved.

Hopefully it does rubbish numbers and they’ll get the idea.

They’ll still carry on.

It will do some buys.. the fact that some will buy it, it will be enough.

Five years ago I would have heavily-favoured Keith Thurman to beat an opponent like Mario Barrios, but I no longer have any confidence in him.

If Thurman’s talents haven’t significantly eroded, then he should win, but an upset is very feasible indeed.

In fact, if the betting odds portray Mario as a significant underdog, I’ll be sorely tempted to place a bet on him.

ya thurman should win but i'll have a bet on barrios

Keith Thurman set for first fight since 2019, to face Mario Barrios, sources say

At long last, Keith Thurman is set for his ring return.

Thurman and Mario Barrios have struck a deal for a welterweight fight that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions event on Fox pay-per-view on Jan. 29, 2022, sources told ESPN on Thursday. A location has not been finalized.

Thurman, 33, will end a careerlong 30-month layoff when he takes on Barrios. Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) suffered his first pro defeat -- and lost his welterweight title -- in his most recent bout, a split decision against Manny Pacquiao in July 2019.

The Clearwater, Florida, native was floored in Round 1 by the future Hall of Famer but finished strong in an excellent action fight.

Barrios is also coming off a loss. The San Antonio native was stopped by Gervonta Davis in Round 11 of a 140-pound bout in June. Now, Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) will campaign at 147 pounds.

At 5-foot-10, Barrios possessed uncanny height for the 130- and 135-pound divisions. The 26-year-old even towered over many 140-pounders, and he will again have a height advantage over the 5-7½ Thurman.

But Thurman is undeniably the bigger fighter, a careerlong 147-pounder who owns wins over Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero.

For Thurman, it's a second straight headline appearance on pay-per-view, part of a growing number of such offerings from PBC on Fox that is expected to continue throughout 2022. PBC will also stage a Fox PPV between heavyweights Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin on New Year's Day.

fuk thats a weak ppv. Keith wont of won a fight for 3 years, and barrios is only known for losing to tank at 140... this will do 11 buys.

gregregegg wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 06:13 fuk thats a weak ppv. Keith wont of won a fight for 3 years, and barrios is only known for losing to tank at 140... this will do 11 buys.

Shields did 7k buys on her ppv.

Has there been any reported ppv's below 100k in recent times on US cards?

Bar the Crawford-Postol.

Seems like at least 100k buy ppv's regardless, probably because they're reporters or bloggers..

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 06:21

gregregegg wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 06:13 fuk thats a weak ppv. Keith wont of won a fight for 3 years, and barrios is only known for losing to tank at 140... this will do 11 buys.

Shields did 7k buys on her ppv.

Has there been any reported ppv's below 100k in recent times on US cards?

Bar the Crawford-Postol.

Seems like at least 100k buy ppv's regardless, probably because they're reporters or bloggers..

This will have a fair chance going sub 100k i think, unless its cheap like the ortiz vs martin one. Hard to imagine they could get people beliving in thurman again, and barros just isnt high levle. Both are coming off decent PPVs, but they wernt the ones people were paying to see.

gregregegg wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 06:33

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 06:21

gregregegg wrote: ↑10 Dec 2021, 06:13 fuk thats a weak ppv. Keith wont of won a fight for 3 years, and barrios is only known for losing to tank at 140... this will do 11 buys.

Shields did 7k buys on her ppv.

Has there been any reported ppv's below 100k in recent times on US cards?

Bar the Crawford-Postol.

Seems like at least 100k buy ppv's regardless, probably because they're reporters or bloggers..

This will have a fair chance going sub 100k i think, unless its cheap like the ortiz vs martin one. Hard to imagine they could get people beliving in thurman again, and barros just isnt high levle. Both are coming off decent PPVs, but they wernt the ones people were paying to see.

Yeh waiting on the press release.

They’ll probably give us the figure then.

“[Laughs hysterically]. That’s hilarious. I mean, Keith Thurman, man, ‘come on, Keith!’ What you doing, Keith?! He a mercenary now.

“Keith is all about that bread. That’s it. Keith is one foot in, one foot out, he’s looking for — similar to Mikey Garcia, same thing — he looking for the best fight, a fight he know he can possibly win or maybe win, and get the most money from. So Barrios is that guy.”

Keith "One Time (per decade)" Thurman.

Aww Timmy
Say it like it is..