Keith “no smoke” Thurman says...

[Primo Carnera]

Thurman is getting a lot of undue hate here. Thurman has fought and beat the best. As many of you have said he is no Sugar Ray which makes his victories even more impressive. These victories were hard won and no easy feat. You all want him to take on Spence, Crawford and others in 2018 after injury? Give the man a chance.

Well said. He’s done nothing wrong as of yet.

Dunno about that. Until about 3 years ago, he was going through guy's like a dose of salts. But like many, as he's gone up in class, he's looking less invincible.
And he's typical of modern day boxers, it's called the "Floyd effect."
They have a bit of success, and all of a sudden, they fight less, want more dough and talk like they're still causing carnage! They think "well Floyd made $200 mill , so I'm worth more than I'm getting.
To get in those positions, you have to KEEP beating top guys, KEEP fighting and KEEP winning.
Less talk, more do!

[Spicoli]

Garcia, he beat Garcia . Anyone boasting to be best 147 should at least be able-willing to face same. He sounds all about self preservation and long game which you can understand. For all the gimmicky one liners Thurman is no dummy but if he thinks Spence or Crawford will be waiting on his 'star' or letter from his Doctor before they shift the division he's assuming way to much.

[Kirkland Laing]

Garcia, he beat Garcia . Anyone boasting to be best 147 should at least be able-willing to face same. He sounds all about self preservation and long game which you can understand. For all the gimmicky one liners Thurman is no dummy but if he thinks Spence or Crawford will be waiting on his 'star' or letter from his Doctor before they shift the division he's assuming way to much.

Garcia is in the same boat as Thurman. Now that they've won a belt and made a name for themselves they want massive money for easy fights.