By: Sean Crose
Keith Thurman is infamous for being injured. For a person who has had a comparatively sensible profession, a lot of it appears to have been spent in frustration as the whole lot from an accident to bother along with his hand has saved him from preventing when scheduled. Now nevertheless, it’s not Thurman who’s been injured however his opponent for subsequent week, Sebastian Fundora. The towering WBC junior middleweight champion harmed his hand in coaching. Though the combat nonetheless appears to be a go, it gained’t go down on October twenty fifth as have been deliberate. Thurman and followers must wait to see the combat which hopefully will now go down early subsequent yr.
Though Thurman is arguably previous his prime, there’s a lot to love about this combat. Thurman has at all times been an thrilling fighter to observe. He’s solely misplaced one combat and that was to Manny Pacquiao. A throwdown in opposition to the youthful, far taller Fundora is nothing if not intriguing. Though Fundora could be the doubtless favourite strolling in, there’s little question that Thurman may probably flip again the clock and shock the defending champion with an upset.
One of many extra colourful figures within the sport, Thurman is thought to attract in eyeballs to his fights. Presenting himself as one thing of a free spirit, Thurman has at all times stood out from friends like Adrien Broner, Shawn Porter, and Danny Garcia. He’s additionally been a hard-hitting and fairly expert boxer. Whether or not he’s enjoying a woodwind instrument, spending time along with his household or figuring out in a Florida health club, Thurman has a knack for making issues fascinating. Fundora however, sees boxing as a household affair…as a result of it’s. His sister is a world titleist and his father could be very a lot concerned in his profession. A lanky, gutsy fighter, the person is a tricky out for anybody at junior middleweight.
The complete October twenty fifth card has been scratched, doubtless as a result of it was going to be a pay-per-view occasion and it’s arduous to promote a pay-per-view with out the most important fighters on the cardboard squaring off. For now, Thurman and Fundora must wait till Fedora is effectively sufficient to combat. Accidents are a part of the combat sport in any case and this type of factor is to be anticipated. Nonetheless, such situations are irritating, each for the fighters and for the followers. Individuals need to see Thurman and Fundora wholesome and squaring off in any case. And the earlier the higher.
