Keith “?Time” Thurman- Demands”Popularity?” When The Name Errol Spence Jr Checks In.
– Scottie “The Context” White
What a year in boxing for the Heavyweight and Welterweight classes. The match ups have been dynamic, and for the most part we’ve taken what we can get to satisfy our salivated cravings in seeing the best contend the best. Boxing is indeed a business first that spoon feeds the masses with what makes dollars – definitely makes sense.
Undefeated former unified champion Keith Thurman and Current WBA Super world titlist has always been a vocal mouthpiece in catering to the mic’d up lens of media with his philosophical proverbs. Several months earlier while Thurman hiatus the sport to heal a pair of unfortunate injuries, we can recall Brian Custer asking Thurman who was still the two-belt possessor, will we see you fight IBF star Errol Spence Jr sometime in the near future. Thurman response was circuitous with backstory chatter seeing Spence Jr rise in his career, the tenaciousness he brings to boxing and pretty much skipped around the centerpiece of the initial question.
This has been a common denominator for Thurman, he’s great for open work-out banter, corralling the media saddles for impromptu interviews but is consistent will shifting into neutral when gassing up the opportunity to square up with welterweight compeer Spence jr.
On the eve of facing boxing eight-division king WBA (REG) Manny Pacquaio, many questions are swaying on the wave of backlash in this bout due to Pacquaio the elder on deck as the next competitor for Thurman. Though his resume is indeed commendable, Thurman return was shaky like a tricycle on gravel, he was hurt by Josesito Lopez at a point during their fight but would survive to earn a unanimous decision victory. This fight was below the graded tier of previous opponents Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter. With that said, plaudits to Thurman being the winner of both hard fought defenses of his titles.
So here we are cogitating if Thurman wins versus Pacquiao and Spence Jr defeats Porter in their unification bout, then it’s no need for anymore genuflecting from Thurman. If boxing is unable to ink the popular vote in signing Spence Jr and Terence Crawford, then we must send out a military search party for a 360 perimeter to detain both Thurman and Spence Jr, to converse in making this epic unification bout, one that will lava this welterweight kilauea erupting that core explosion that we know lyes in wait for a undisputed welterweight champion since Zab “Super”Judah.”
Thurman wall street hasn’t crashed but concern to his thin layer of credibility fragments those who support him as being one of the best welterweights in the world and yearning for that ultimate collision that we know exist right here- right now. Media waves are minuscule ripples at times, because what radiates on paper, tends to debris quickly into the crevasses of the social media shorelines. Then mysteriously all the floating rubber duckies amass to disgruntle swells of disappointment insinuating the fighter is DUCKING, DUCKING, DUCKING. Yes, my accountability sometimes is to replay the collective opinions of onlookers, naysayers, and straight up haters. Thurman echoed these words –
“People talk about ducking this, ducking that,” Thurman said. “To duck it, you gotta be presented with something and then decline it. That’s an official this guy is not trying to fight that guy. So that’s never happened to me in my career. I accept all the challengers, especially if it’s a great challenge.”
“Keith Thurman versus Errol Spence is the next Floyd-Pacquiao. It’s the next Oscar-Tito Trinidad, and we need to make sure that the world knows. Once I handle this (against Pacquiao), and I elevate myself and (Spence) elevates himself, then we fight on another elevated platform. We could have fought two years ago for what; $1.6 million, $1.8 million? What does that do? And what does that do for the winner?”
“I also believe that Errol Spence has a little more popularity to grow in the sport of boxing,”
Hear me out listeners, aren’t we in need of a light care package. Send some aged wine, finest cheese and crackers, so the next egging excuse we hear “Get a belt | Little more popularity | Who has he fought |How many tickets he sold? We can informally lift our glasses in laughter for a collaborative toast and say; “Now that right there is some B*llsh!t.
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