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Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) made his profitable return to the ring with a 3rd spherical technical knockout of Brock Jarvis (22-2, 20 KOs) on Wednesday evening on the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney.
The previous WBC and WBO welterweight champion Thurman, 36, dropped Jarvis twice within the third spherical with massive pictures to the pinnacle. Referee Will Soulos halted the combat after the second knockdown. The official time of the stoppage was at 2:19 of the spherical.
On the primary knockdown, ‘One Time’ Thurman landed a proper hand to the pinnacle of Jarvis that despatched him down onerous. He beat the rely when he received again up, however regarded in dangerous form when the motion restarted.
Keith then went for the kill, unloading on Jarvis and knocked him flat with a left hook to the pinnacle. The referee Soulos instantly stopped the combat as a result of Brock was not going to stand up from this knockdown.
Within the first spherical, Thurman threw nearly nothing, transferring across the ring, making an attempt to remain out of vary of the youthful, extra highly effective 27-year-old Jarvis. In the midst of the spherical, Jarvis rushed Thurman, nailing him with repeatedly highly effective physique pictures that clearly bothered the getting old former welterweight champion.
Jarvis loaded up on a left hook that hardly missed Thurman’s head within the closing seconds of the spherical. That was a shot that might have completed injury if it had linked.
Thurman landed two onerous physique pictures in spherical two that received Jarvis’ consideration, seeming to harm him a bit. The Aussie regarded tentative after getting hit with these punches, and wasn’t as aggressive as he’d been within the earlier spherical.
Nonetheless, Keith didn’t do a lot to separate himself from the tougher pictures that Brock was hitting him with. You can see the large distinction in youth between the 2 on this spherical. Thurman resembled a a lot older particular person.
In spherical three, Thurman stalked Jarvis across the ring, throwing highly effective however very gradual proper fingers and left hooks. ‘One Time’ then trapped Jarvis towards the ropes and landed a superbly positioned proper hand to place him down onerous on the canvas. Surprisingly, Brock received again up from the knockdown, however he regarded in no situation to be nonetheless combating. Thurman went after him and completed the job with a left hook that laid him out on the canvas.
Velocity Misplaced
The combat was Thurman’s first in over three years since February 5, 2022, and he regarded significantly slower than he had in his final contest towards Mario Barrios that yr. Thurman has rather a lot from his recreation by way of hand velocity and mobility from then, which isn’t going to return again.
With this win over Jarvis, Thurman is predicted to face former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu in the summertime in Australia. Tszyu has misplaced his final two fights, and is coming off a vicious third spherical knockdown loss towards IBF champion Bakhram Murtazaliev.
You’d must favor Tszyu over Thurman in that combat due to how gradual and previous Keith regarded tonight. The shortage of velocity and work price would put Thurman on the mercy of just about any high 15 junior middleweight. He’s misplaced an excessive amount of from his recreation to beat any top-tier 154-pounders. Based mostly on his efficiency tonight, I can’t consider any notable contender that Thurman might defeat.
