Thurman: My time is now
The February 5 clash between former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman and former super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Both Thurman and Barrios will look to rebound from their first career defeats with statement victories. Thurman will be returning to the ring after a 30-month absence.
Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, go on sale tomorrow at 10AM.
Keith Thurman: “It’s been a long time coming for my return to the ring, and I can’t wait to compete again. In 2022, I will remind the world of boxing that Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman is a fighter not to forget. I look not to the past nor to the future, I’m back now, and I’m ready to fight. I dream big, and now is the time to make that dream a reality. Get ready, because I’m putting in the work to put on a show against Mario Barrios on February 5 on pay-per-view. It’s begun and my time is now.”
Hopefully Thurman will have his hunger coming back in this fight. In his last few fights, he appeared rather distracted due to his personal life and his hunger to fight was gone. We will see soon. Happy holidays to everyone!
happy holidays scoob! the people behind this one must be banking on a late christmas miracle as who would buy this on PPV?
Talk about a stagnant career, think it’s time for Keith ‘Part Time’ Thurman to just let it go
It’s not just his. It’s most of the PBC fighters. They are overpaid, overrated and under accomplished. They all think they are the greatest fighter walking the face of the earth while actively ducking every big fight and tough fight. These guys are pathetic. And I hate to say it because I’m a huge fan of his….. but Errol Spence is a punk and an embarrassment to himself, his family and the sport of boxing. The way he has been blatantly ducking Terrence Crawford is shameful. The sport of boxing deserves better.
Hope he didn’t run out of money
He hasn’t been “one time” in a long time. Interesting match up though no where near ppv. Thurman gets caught and hurt at times … will not be surprised if Barrios lands something big. Let’s see what Thurman has left.
Barrios landing something big on Thurman LMAOOOOOOOO
“Both Thurman and Barrios will look to rebound from their first career defeats with statement victories. Thurman will be returning to the ring after a 30-month absence.”
– And they are putting this on PPV??
– Reality check: Should be on regular Showtime.
– Ripoff….
This is literally a Tune up fight for Thurman and they got it on PPV. Fuck them. I’m not even watching it.
Well, we will see if Thurman has any remaining gas in the tank or is he going on fumes. Maybe Thurman will return to the title chasing mix at 147.
I guess is a bad time to return or isn’t? Pacquiao and Porter are gone, Spence is chasing Ugas belts, and there are Jaron Enis and Vergil Ortiz searching a crack to go in. So, if Thurman is serious about boxing, he should have chosen a guy like Josesito Lopez or David Avanesyan or some else at that level to start, rather than a just beaten 140. The road ahead for Thurman seems to be very foggy and bumpy imo.
He already fought and beat Josesito Lopez after a long layoff. He hasn’t fought in a long time so he needs to work his way back into elite competition. It is called ring rust for a reason.
Josesito deserved a rematch, also he has won 2 fights against decent opposition since then. He almost knocked out Thurnan and the veredict was a majority decision in Thurman’s favor. Thurman is at the level of Spence, Crawford, Ugas, Enis, Josesito is not, just a great gatekeeper that could test Thurman again.
Buracho: agreed. This is opponent just reassures me that Thurman is unsure about himself. Lets be realistic, the dude jus got Ko’d by Tank Davis. Taking nothing away from Tank, but now Thurman wants a crack at him. Thats like a high school kid going down to a middle school and picking fights. I hope Barrios find a way to win. That wld be fun to watch
Keith “Once upon a Time” Thurman
Oh well you said it champ…Keith “long time” Thurman hehehe
What a joke Keith Thurman!Please fight in your weight class and stop trying to bully 140 pounders there are plenty of fighters at 147 that will retire you.Mr.Ennis hmmmm
Giving too much credibility to expanded number of divisions. 135-147 was welterweight for years.
Fights like this hurt boxing. This SHOULD NOT be PPV. They need to go back to the Once a month format.
keith “one time at band camp” thurman
keith “one time i fought pacman 2 years ago” thurman
Keith “One Time payment or 12 monthly payments” Thurman
Keith “One Times Zero = Zero” Thurman
this is fun!
Keith “not in a long time ” Thurman
Keith “got no time ” Thurman
Keith “running out of time” Thurman
Keith “was a fighter at one time ” Thurman
Thurman acquitted himself well against Pacquiao. If not for the knock down it was a very close match. But how far gone was Pacquiao in that fight? In light of Ugas beating Pac pretty convincingly it doesn’t look too good for Keith.
I used to like Thurman. I don’t think he got enough credit for beating Swift or Showtime but he immediately rested on those laurels and quickly lost interest in fighting after those wins. I think Barrios could really test Keith. It’s not a super bad match up considering where Keith is. But it’s certainly not PPV.
I remember in the 90’s sooo many matches were on PPV. I remember Bobby Czyz and Bash Ali were the headliner on one PPV card. It was honestly the worst night of boxing I ever watched in 40+ years of watching boxing.
whaat? thurman doesnt need 8 months to get ready for this??