Via Dan Ambrose: “One Time” inactive Keith Thurman says he’s like a “dungeon dragon waiting to be released from captivity to attack Mario Barrios on February 5 on FOX Sports PPV at Michelob Ultra Arena , Las Vegas.
The series is coming out of former WBA/WBC welterweight champion Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) next month and he’ll be official free from the chains against former WBA 140-pound 140-pound champion younger than 26 years old Barrios (26-1, 17KOs).
Clearly, Barrios has been thoroughly tested by Thurman’s management at Premier Boxing Champions and is seen as a zero threat to him, but you never know.
You don’t want to say it but this is a cherry pick for Thurman, but also understandable, because he hasn’t been in the ring for years, enjoying the millions of dollars he made in battle. ultimately against Manny Pacquiao.
Barrios is about to lose the knockout round to diminutive “Tank” Davis 5’5″, so he shouldn’t be a threat to Thurman unless he actually loses outright. He may have.
Thurman looks old, and not the man who beat Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter days ago. While 33 is young for some, it can also be 50 for others. Maybe Thurman is one of those fast aging types.
Thurman spent a lot of time on the couch
When you get a fighter jet that’s basically been on the couch four of the last five years, stare, like Thurman, he will most likely lose to Barrios.
It’s no surprise that Thurman has put on a lot of weight in his time off the ring, but he’s lost weight and doesn’t look unrecognizable anymore.
Thurman’s management clearly knows his physical well after being fired the last 2.5 years and they must be really worried about his ability to win this match.
Just watching Thurman throw punches and move around the ring in his training clips on YouTube, you can see a lot of his joints are stiff, which is a sign of someone who hasn’t been sitting for a long time. five.
The joints stiffen due to a sedentary lifestyle and do not recur. Thurman may still be able to punch, but his speed and movement will never be the same.
Barrios ready to spoil Thurman’s return
“All I will say is make sure you’re ready because on February 5th, I’ll be there,” Mario Barrios said to FOX Sports at PBC in the Keith Thurman warning.
“In a perfect world, any way I could walk out with a raised hand,” Barrios said when asked what would be the ideal outcome for his fight with Thurman.
Keith Thurman said: “The fact that I’ve been out of the ring for over two years is one of the reasons why Barrios is so confident going into this challenge. “But that confidence was a mistake.
“He was a great champion, but he never got to this caliber,” said Thurman of former 140-lb WBA belt, Barrios. “He hasn’t seen this speed yet. He did not see this power.
“Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman is like a dragon in a dungeon just waiting to be released. Welding weight division is another division. On February 5th, Mario Barrios will discover that reason,” Thurman said.
The fact that Thurman sat motionless all these years must have been pure torture, but he only blamed himself.
If he agrees to the offer made by PBC, they can return him to the ring in 2020 and he will not leave the ring for two and a half years.
That’s what happens when a boxer becomes a millionaire. When you have millions of dollars in the bank, it’s hard to get up from the sofa to get back to work.
