Thurman vacates WBC belt.

[Master]

Nothing against Keith. But over a year inactive? In a division such as welter with all that talent hovering around? Get better and come back and fight for it.

I think Thurman may be one of those athletes that has talent, understands his sport, dedicates himself to training and trying to refine his craft- HOWEVER, like many basketball busts and busts in other sports due to injury, his BODY may not be able to handle the level of competition and training needed to be great over time.

A similar case of this comes to mind is Meldrick Taylor. Great fighter. Well schooled and trained. But his body clearly could not handle the rigours of the sport. Same issue with Naseem Hamed- his hands could not take what he was able to dish out.

What are you on about?

Taylor got "ruined" in the Chavez fight and Naz did not have hand problems.