Keith Thurman

Keith Thurman
Statistics
Real name Keith Thurman Jr.
Nickname(s) One Time
Rated at
Height 5 ft 7 1⁄2 in (171 cm)[1]
Reach 69 in (175 cm)
Nationality American
Born (1988-11-23) November 23, 1988
Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 28
Wins 27
Wins by KO 22
Losses 0
No contests 1

Keith Thurman Jr. (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer who has held the WBA welterweight title since 2013.[2] As of August 2016 he is ranked the world's second best welterweight by BoxRec[3] and The Ring magazine,[4] and fourth best by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.[5] BoxRec also ranks him as the world's sixth best boxer, pound for pound.[3] Nicknamed "One Time", Thurman is known as a knockout artist and one of hardest punchers in the welterweight division.[6][7]

Amateur career

Keith Thurman was born November 23, 1988 in Clearwater, Florida to an African-American father and a European-American mother of Polish and Hungarian descent.[8] Thurmans's first amateur fight was in 1997. He was trained by the late Benjamin Getty who worked with Sugar Ray Leonard. Getty took Thurman under his belt as a child and helped shape him into the fighter he is today. Thurman is now coached by Dan Birmingham.[9] Thurman finished his amateur career with 101 victories (76 KO's), he won 6 National Championships including the 2006 PAL National Championships. In 2007 he lost twice to world champion Demetrius Andrade at the Olympic Trials and won the Silver Medal.[10][11]

Professional career

Early career

On November 9, 2007 an 18 year old Thurman debuted as a light middleweight against Kensky Rodney a the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa, Florida in a scheduled 4 round fight. Thurman won via 1st-round KO after a body shot floored Rodney.[12] On August 8, 2008 Thurman defeated undefeated Jamaican Omar Bell (6-0, 4 KOs) via first-round knockout following an uppercut and left hand. Thurman faced off against Francisco Garcia in April 2009. The fight lasted less than 3 minutes after an accidental clash of heads halted the fight and it was announced as a no contest. In November 2009, Thurman was taken the 8 round distance by Brazilian Edvan Dos Santos Barros (10-7-1, 7 KOs). The scorecards read 80-71 79-72 (twice) all in favour of Thurman.[13]

On July 23, 2010 Thurman beat the undefeated Stalinn Lopez (7-0, 3 KOs), the fight was on TeleFutura.[14] Over the course of the next few years, Thurman developed from being a 'puncher' to become a more well rounded 'boxer puncher'. On November 26, 2012 Keith brutally knocked 36 year old Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KOs) out in the 4th round to win the WBO NABO super welterweight title. Quintana announced his retirement from professional boxing after the loss.[15]

Welterweight

Thurman vs. Zaveck

On March 9, 2013 Thurman who had 19 wins in as many fights moved down to 147 weight and fought on the undercard of Hopkins-Cloud at the Barclays Center in New York City. His opponent was 36 year old Slovenian Jan Zaveck (32-2, 18 KOs). Thurman won via unanimous decision after a one-sided 12 round bout, all three judges scored it 120-108 for Thurman, who in the process also won the WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title. This fight was also a WBO Welterweight Title Eliminator. It was the first time Thurman fought in a scheduled 12-round bout and his first time to go beyond the eighth round.[16]

WBA interim welterweight champion

Thurman vs. Chaves

On July 7, 2013 Keith Thurman won the Interim WBA Welterweight title at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas by knocking out Diego Gabriel Chaves (22-0, 18 KOs) in the 10th round of a very competitive fight. At the time of the knockout, Thurman led on all three cards: 87-83, 87-83, 86-84 thanks in part to a knockdown in round 9 which was the beginning of the end for Chaves. Thurman had been landing extremely strong body shots the entire fight and finally dropped Chaves with one of the same. The end for Chaves came after another hook to the body and a huge overhand right to the forehead. Thurman was never in trouble but absorbed some strong body work as well from Chavez. They traded close rounds early until Chavez really slowed around the 7th, opening the door for Thurman's left hook. On January 28, 2015 his Interim was elevated to the full WBA Welterweight championship.

Thurman vs. Soto Karass

On December 14, 2013 Thurman had his first defense of his Interim WBA title against the battle tested Jesus Soto Karass (28-8-3, 18 KOs). Soto Karass was coming off a stunning knockout victory over former champion Andre Berto and was a difficult opponent. After a slow start Thurman took over the fight in the middle rounds as he floored Soto Karass in the fifth round before landing a brutal combination in the ninth round sending Soto Karass to the canvas for a second time in the fight and stopping him. Thurman was ahead on all the cards (79-72, 78-73 & 80-71) and turned another strong performance.[17]

Thurman vs. Diaz, Bundu

On April 26, 2014 Thurman defeated veteran Mexican Julio Diaz (40-9-1, 29 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California to retain his Interim WBA World title. Diaz was knocked down in round 2 and did not return from his corner for round 4. Thurman received a $600,000 purse.[18]

Thurman next defended the title on the undercard of Khan vs. Alexander on December 13 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas against 40 year old undefeated Italian Leonard Bundu (31-0-2, 11 KOs). Thurman was taken the distance for only the third time in professional career as he won a clear decision (120-107, 3 times). Bundu was knocked down once in the opening round.[19]

WBA welterweight champion

Thurman vs. Guerrero

Thurman fought 31 year old American former world champion Robert Guerrero (32-2-1, 18 KOs) on March 7, 2015 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Thurman started the fight off aggressively and dominated early on. During the bout there was some exciting exchanges between Guerrero and Thurman, although Thurman won most of those exchanges and able to outbox Guerrero rather easily for most of the fight. There was an accidental head-butt left Thurman with swelling on the left side of his forehead in round 3, but that did not hamper Thurman's aggressiveness.[20] He knocked Guerrero down in the 9th round before going on to win a (120-107, 118-109 and 118-108) unanimous decision in a rather one-sided bout.[21] Thurman received a purse of $1.5 million, whilst Guerrero $1.225 million received. According to CompuBox stats, Thurman connected on 211 of 598 punches (35 percent), and Guerrero landed 104 of 497 (21 percent).[20]

Thurman vs. Collazo

The undefeated Thurman fought at the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida, outside his hometown of Clearwater, on July 11, 2015, when he faced off against veteran slugger Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs).[22] Collazo badly hurt Thurman with a body shot in the fifth round but he fight ended after the 7th round due to an injury near the eye of Collazo, which blocked his vision. Thurman was declared the winner via TKO (69-64, 68-65, and 69-64).[23] Thurman commented on fighting Floyd Mayweather after the bout saying, "I'm a young, strong champion, Floyd. Come get it, I'm undefeated like you, baby. Come take my 0 baby! Come take my 0! I'm ready. I'm ready." Collazo received a $500,000 purse compared to Thurman's $1.5 million. Thurman landed 119 of 348 punches (34 percent) while Collazo connected on just 76 of 244 (31 percent).[24]

Thurman vs. Porter

It was announced on February 17, that Thurman would defend his title on the line against Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) on March 12, 2016 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.[25] On February 23, Thurman's promoter said he had been forced to postpone his upcoming fight with Porter after being injured in a car accident. Lou Di Bella has insisted the injury is not serious or career threatening, but admits the American was lucky to have escaped major injury. Thurman, following the advice of his doctors, was on the sidelines for approximately six weeks before resuming training.[26] Porter announced that his rescheduled world title clash against Thurman will take place on June 25 at the Barclays Center.[27] The World Boxing Association then ordered the winner of the Thurman and Porter to face interim WBA welterweight champion David Avanesyan (22-1-1, 11 KOs), who beat #3 WBA Shane Mosley (49-10-1, 41 KOs) on May 28.[28][29]

In an old-fashioned fight of the year candidate, Thurman successfully defended his title, before a crowd of 12,718, when all three judges scored an identical 115-113 in his favor. Thurman rocked Porter badly on multiple occasions in the fight, he was also hurt himself by a body shot in the eighth round. Thurman earned a $1.4 million purse. This was the first main event televised by CBS in prime time since February 15, 1978, when Muhammad Ali lost a 15-round split decision and the heavyweight title to Leon Spinks in a massive upset. Thurman landed 235 of 539 punches (44 percent) and Porter landed 236 of 662 (36 percent). After the fight, there was immediate talks of a rematch.[30] The fight averaged 3.1 million viewers, according to ESPN. The card itself averaged 2.4 million viewers.[31] The live gate was over $1.1 million in ticket sales, the highest gate in the history of Barclays Center to date, it was also the second highest attendance in the history of Barclays Center, with over 12,000 paying customers in attendance.[32]

On July 15, WBA announced Thurman would have a mandatory defence against interim WBA champion David Avanesyan (22-1-1, 11 KOs). Both camps have until August 13 to negotiate the fight or the WBA will order a purse bid.[33] Due to negotiations breaking down, the WBA elevated Avanesyan to 'regular' champion and Thurman was named at the WBA's 'super' champion.[34]

Thurman vs. Garcia

On October 25, Showtime announced several fights to take place towards the end of 2016 and early 2017. One of them was the much anticipated welterweight unification fight between Thurman and fellow undefeated welterweight champion Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs), who holds the WBC title. Garcia defeated journeyman Samuel Vargas in a tune-up fight on November 12, which officially set up the fight for March 4, 2017 at the Barclays Center in New York City.[35] Unlike Garcia, Thurman chose not to have any tune-up and would fight Garcia after a long 9 month rest.[36][37] Thurman was ringside at Garcia vs. Vargas and entered the ring after the bout was over. In an interview, he stated, “You have two big punchers meeting on March 4, I don’t see how the fight can go 12 rounds. I see myself as the best competition that Danny has ever faced." Garcia replied by simply telling Thurman, he was next.[38]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary
28 fights 27 wins 0 losses
By knockout 22 0
By decision 5 0
No contests 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
29 N/A N/A United States Danny García N/A – (12) Mar 4, 2017 United States TBA Defending WBA welterweight title;
For WBC welterweight title
28 Win 27–0 (1) United States Shawn Porter UD 12 Jun 25, 2016 United States Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S. Retained WBA welterweight title
27 Win 26–0 (1) United States Luis Collazo RTD 7 (12), 3:00 Jul 11, 2015 United States USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S. Retained WBA welterweight title
26 Win 25–0 (1) United States Robert Guerrero UD 12 Mar 7, 2015 United States MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBA welterweight title
25 Win 24–0 (1) Italy Leonard Bundu UD 12 Dec 13, 2014 United States MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBA interim welterweight title
24 Win 23–0 (1) Mexico Julio Díaz RTD 3 (12), 3:00 Apr 26, 2014 United States StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S. Retained WBA interim welterweight title
23 Win 22–0 (1) Mexico Jesús Soto Karass TKO 9 (12), 2:21 Dec 14, 2013 United States AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Retained WBA interim welterweight title
22 Win 21–0 (1) Argentina Diego Chaves KO 10 (12), 0:28 Jul 27, 2013 United States AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Won WBA interim welterweight title
21 Win 20–0 (1) Slovenia Jan Zaveck UD 12 Mar 9, 2013 United States Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S. Won WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title
20 Win 19–0 (1) Puerto Rico Carlos Quintana TKO 4 (10), 2:19 Nov 24, 2012 United States Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California, U.S. Won WBO–NABO junior middleweight title
19 Win 18–0 (1) Mexico Orlando Lora TKO 6 (10), 1:37 Jul 21, 2012 United States U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
18 Win 17–0 (1) United States Brandon Hoskins TKO 3 (8), 0:25 May 5, 2012 United States MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
17 Win 16–0 (1) United States Christopher Fernandez TKO 1 (8), 2:50 Feb 25, 2012 United States Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
16 Win 15–0 (1) United States Favio Medina TKO 4 (8), 2:34 Nov 27, 2010 United States MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
15 Win 14–0 (1) United States Quandray Robertson KO 3 (6), 2:40 Oct 18, 2010 United States Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
14 Win 13–0 (1) Cuba Stalinn Lopez KO 2 (6), 1:17 Jul 23, 2010 United States Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, California, U.S.
13 Win 12–0 (1) Peru Leonardo Rojas TKO 2 (8), 2:07 Nov 28, 2009 Canada Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
12 Win 11–0 (1) Brazil Edvan Dos Santos Barros UD 8 Nov 6, 2009 United States Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
11 Win 10–0 (1) United States Travis Hartman TKO 2 (6), 1:00 Aug 14, 2009 United States Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
10 Win 9–0 (1) United States Marteze Logan TKO 3 (6), 0:46 Jun 26, 2009 United States Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
9 NC 8–0 (1) Mexico Francisco Garcia NC 1 (6), 3:00 Apr 4, 2009 United States Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, U.S. NC after both boxers were unable to continue from an accidental head clash
8 Win 8–0 United States Marcus Luck TKO 1 (6), 1:53 Nov 7, 2008 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
7 Win 7–0 Jamaica Omar Bell KO 1 (6), 2:01 Aug 15, 2008 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
6 Win 6–0 United States Jason Jordan KO 1 (6), 2:34 Jun 27, 2008 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 United States Jessie Davis KO 1 (4), 2:49 May 9, 2008 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Puerto Rico Carlos Pena TKO 1 (4), 1:31 Apr 5, 2008 United States Hilton Bayfront, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 United States Brandon Buchanon KO 1 (4), 1:08 Feb 14, 2008 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 United States Tramiane Boone KO 1 (4), 0:22 Jan 18, 2008 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Panama Kensky Rodney TKO 1 (4), 2:03 Nov 9, 2007 United States A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S. Professional debut

Titles in boxing

Regional titles
Preceded by
Carlos Quintana		 WBO–NABO junior middleweight champion
November 24, 2012 – March 2013
Vacated 		Vacant
Title next held by
Glen Tapia
Preceded by
Jan Zaveck		 WBO Inter-Continental welterweight champion
March 9, 2013 – November 2013
Vacated 		Vacant
Title next held by
Gabriel Bracero
World titles
Preceded by
Diego Chaves		 WBA welterweight champion
Interim title
July 27, 2013 – January 28, 2015
Promoted 		Vacant
Title next held by
Andre Berto
Vacant
Title last held by
Floyd Mayweather Jr.		 WBA welterweight champion
January 28, 2015 – present 		Incumbent

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/keith-thurman
  3. 1 2 "Boxer Ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Welterweight Ratings". The Ring. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "12 July 2016". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Keith Thurman: KO Artist". Showtime. December 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ Fischer, Doug (April 25, 2014). "Keith Thurman's boxer-puncher evolution continues with Julio Diaz". The Ring. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrwvdhVX2lo
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  10. ↑ "Featured Prospect: Keith Thurman Jr". Boxinginsider.com. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
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  13. ↑ "Thurman taken the 8 round distance for first time in career". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  14. ↑ Join the discussion: Click to view comments, add yours. "Voices in ear and heart exhort Clearwater boxer Keith Thurman to continue climb - Tampa Bay Times". Tampabay.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
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  16. ↑ "Keith Thurman vs. Jan Zaveck - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
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  20. 1 2 "Thurman dominates Guerrero to retain title". Retrieved 2016-07-12.
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  28. ↑ Christ, Scott (2016-05-29). "Mosley vs Avanesyan results: David Avanesyan retains interim belt, moves on to face Thurman-Porter winner". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  29. ↑ "WBA orders Thurman-Porter winner to face Mosley- Avanesyan winner". Boxing News 24. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  30. ↑ "Thurman outslugs Porter to retain title in thriller". Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  31. ↑ "Thurman-Porter, Joshua-Breazeale ratings numbers - Boxing News". 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  32. ↑ "live gate & attendance record". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  33. ↑ "WBA names Keith Thurman's mandatory challenger - Boxing News". 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  34. ↑ Shaw, Gary. "Avanesyan made 'regular' WBA champ, Thurman boosted to 'super'". WBN - World Boxing News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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