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Keith Thurman had the media consuming out of his hand at the moment, promoting his March twelfth combat in opposition to Brock Jarvis throughout his exercise. Thurman is preventing Jarvis in a 10-round bout at junior middleweight on the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia.
Thurman will get a giant payday in opposition to former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu if he’s victorious in opposition to Brock Jarvis (22-1, 20 KOs). This combat units up the a lot larger one for the 36-year-old Thurman in opposition to Tszyu, who continues to be fashionable in Australia regardless of shedding his final two fights in opposition to Bakhram Murtazaliev and Sebastian Fundora.
“Hit and Not Get Hit”
“If I want to have eyes on me and I want to pop up on everyone’s feed, I think a terrific knockout does that,” mentioned Keith Thurman through the media exercise to advertise his 10-round combat in opposition to Aussie Brock Jarvis on March twelfth in Sydney.
“I’m ready to fight at 36. The definition of boxing is to ‘hit and not get hit,’ and after five years, that philosophy has not changed,” mentioned Thurman about why he’s coming again after a three-year layoff to combat Jarvis. “I’m here to showcase my skills and my talent.”
Liam Paro knocked Brock Jarvis out within the first spherical on October 15, 2022. He was solely out of his class going up in opposition to Paro, and obliterated in a combat that was on no account aggressive. Since that loss, Brock, 27, has fought simply twice, beating second-tier fighters Adrian Rodriguez (13-10-2) and Marlon Paniamogan (11-2-1).
The previous WBA and WBC welterweight champion Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs) says persons are pushed by “fear, passion, and love.” Followers aren’t shopping for that as why Keith is coming again. He’s clearly coming again for the cash.
If previous ‘One Time’ was nonetheless in love with the game, he wouldn’t have been so inactive since 2017. He says he’s had harm issues, however that doesn’t wash with folks, Accidents don’t maintain a fighter as inactive as Thurman has been.