1/26 PBC on FOX Keith Thurman vs Josesito Lopez (WBA Welterweight Title) / Kownacki vs Washington

[patscorpio]

He shelled up against Garcia.

Actually , both guys shelled up, and Thurman came away with a boring win.

Thurman is definitely not above shelling up, as I’ve seen him do it.

this..the only time ive seen a fighter successfully make Keith fight, regardless of movement or defense, is porter...porter put keith under pressure from the opening bell and thats why cats swore up and down that porter won that fight and why the scores were so close

 

[Knicksman20]

the bolded needs to be highlighted and emphasized... this is indeed troubling for kool keith

You may be right but I think it had more to do with Keith's ring rust & not having his timing. He couldn't get his counters in consistently. I also think Lopez fought one of the smartest fights in his career. Had he fought like he did against Berto like a Kamikaze it would've been lights out

 

[patscorpio]

You may be right but I think it had more to do with Keith's ring rust & not having his timing. He couldn't get his counters in consistently. I also think Lopez fought one of the smartest fights in his career. Had he fought like he did against Berto like a Kamikaze it would've been lights out

smart fight..not this one..the fight he fought before this one again miguel cruz was smart...he showed off his underrated boxing skills in that one..this fight josesito got tagged plenty and couldnt cut off the ring on keith outside of round 7 ..he was throwing wild ass haymakers hoping he could gas keith out and trigger that ring rust

 

[Knicksman20]

smart fight..not this one..the fight he fought before this one again miguel cruz was smart...he showed off his underrated boxing skills in that one..this fight josesito got tagged plenty and couldnt cut off the ring on keith outside of round 7 ..he was throwing wild ass haymakers hoping he could gas keith out and trigger that ring rust

He didn't get into too many exchanges & only went after Keith when he wasn't as dangerous. He knew the threat of him getting hurt after that wasn't as big. Old Lopez wouldn't do that. He would live by the sword die by the sword

 

[reservoirdogs]

smart fight..not this one..the fight he fought before this one again miguel cruz was smart...he showed off his underrated boxing skills in that one..this fight josesito got tagged plenty and couldnt cut off the ring on keith outside of round 7 ..he was throwing wild ass haymakers hoping he could gas keith out and trigger that ring rust

I think he was less wild than usual too but he couldn't just showcase his skills against Thurman like he did against Cruz, Thurman didn't allow that.
I think if Josesito would have punched on the fly a little more he could have been more successful he basically let Thurman glide in the ring, hopping laterally, only rarely tried to stop him on his tracks with a hook, he mostly seemed content to only attack Keith when he's on the ropes but it was hard for him to acquire such position cause Thurman is just much quicker on his feet than him, rusty or not. Of course this approach also could have raised the risk of a KO loss to Lopez but imo there would be more point to it than be patient with an opponent who doesn't stand in front of you and always moving.

You remember Usyk beat Gassiev (executed much better than Thurman though) by never letting him set, always being on the move, and Gassiev, the methodical, slow footed fighter he is couldn't bring out the dog from himself just followed Usyk all night. That's where methodical dudes can be at a disadvantage, where their shuffling, patient stuff doesn't work cause their opponent just moves and punches too damn fast and pulls away with the fight while the methodical dude is being content with following him around waiting for the good spot. Lopez can be wild but was pretty methodical last night.

 

[David_TheMan]

Like I said elsewhere..people have to calm down. You can't expect Thurman to come back like Floyd did from his layoff and put on a masterful performance against Marquez. Floyd's training is a different level compared to everyone else. That's where he does all the real work. The fight is just following his game plan.

Thurman looked alright but he'll definitely look better next time. No doubt about it.

Yeah, and Mayweather just retired, Thurman had hand and shoulder injuries and couldn't even spar regularly like floyd did.
Just a lot of talk over nothing and over stating how hurt Thurman was

 

[BushidoBrown]

Props to Thurman for making it through that 7th round

Showed the heart of a champion barely surviving the deep waters he was in.

A shame that this will be used to shyt on him by online fans/Spence Stans. But I’d be lying to say I wasn’t disappointed with his performance after the 4th round. to Lopez ( who may been on the juice)was relentless and how he just kept coming forward up until about the 10th was impressive. Really good fight In all.

seriously the amount of disrespect im seeing in here for thurman (a still unbeaten fighter) got me like
nikkas got all types of jokes about oh he might get injured walking to the ring and XYZ woulda beaten him

but every time hes been tested he comes out on top. The record is 29-0
Men lie women lie, numbers dont
To all the clowns and naysayers
til he actually takes an L keep ya mouths shut

 

[David_TheMan]

seriously the amount if disrespect im seeing in here for thurman (a still unbeaten fighter) got me like
nikkas got all types of jokes about oh he might get injured walking to the ring and XYZ woulda beaten him

but every time hes been tested he comes out on top. The record is 29-0
Men lie women lie, numbers dont
To all the clowns and naysayers
til he actually takes an L keep ya mouths shut

Its the Spence fanboys talking all the shyt and disgruntled swiftset.
They mad because they know Thurman is at the top and they have to go through him, so they are trying to diminish him so they can try to side step him (spence fans) or act like he stole a fight from them (swiftset)

shyt is sad.

 

[BushidoBrown]

Its the Spence fanboys talking all the shyt and disgruntled swiftset.
They mad because they know Thurman is at the top and they have to go through him, so they are trying to diminish him so they can try to side step him (spence fans) or act like he stole a fight from them (swiftset)

shyt is sad.

i got nothing but respect and reverence for spence
i think that would be the biggest test yet for thurman. honestly dont know who would come out on top. Spence is rock solid NH

Thurman and Spence are my two favorite personalities in boxing. Best demeanors, charismatic, back up their talk, never too hype etc.

 

[David_TheMan]

i got nothing but respect and reverence for spence
i think that would be the biggest test yet for thurman. honestly dont know who would come out on top. Spence is rock solid NH

Thurman and Spence are my two favorite personalities in boxing. Best demeanors, charismatic, back up their talk, never too hype etc.

Thurman has been tested fought different styles, adapted and overcame.
Spence is a great young champion, he hasn't had great opposition, he hasn't had to dig deep and adjust.
I'll say Crawford v. Thurman is the fight that needs to be made.

 

[BushidoBrown]

yo does anybody know how much the winner earned in this match? (And the losers share)?

i was lookin all over google for that shyt couldnt find nothin

 

[BushidoBrown]

Thurman has been tested fought different styles, adapted and overcame.
Spence is a great young champion, he hasn't had great opposition, he hasn't had to dig deep and adjust.
I'll say Crawford v. Thurman is the fight that needs to be made.

Crawford is another monster

 

[krackdagawd]

the bolded needs to be highlighted and emphasized... this is indeed troubling for kool keith

doubt most of these dudes even saw that fight this was supposed to be a damn tune up case and point

Broner out trash cant even beat vargas clearly. Manny could barely touch him broner is a terrible counter puncher only reason he lost

Manny will get kod by thurman garcia. Crawfors either one he is slow as fukk now manny is a tune up fight for thurman and should his next fight

Lopez is big andand was probably on the juice and thurman gas tank ran out early

Manny couldnt hit broner barely he not hitting thurman and he will not be as aggressive because he will respect thurman power

Broner is trash so tell me how good Lopez is

Lopez on the juice now

 

[David_TheMan]

doubt most of these dudes even saw that fight this was supposed to be a damn tune up case and point




Broner is trash so tell me how good Lopez is

Lopez on the juice now

Lopez KO of Ortiz is better than any win Broner ever got at 147

 

[krackdagawd]

Lopez KO of Ortiz is better than any win Broner ever got at 147

nikka got stopped by a WASHED Berto fam are we really in here doing this. this was supposed to be a tune up after 2 years of inactivity hence why many didn't complain about this fight but he damn near stopped him had Thurman's eyes more crossed than the refs after the left hook that started it all