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Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) obliterated his overmatched comeback opponent Brock Jarvis (22-2, 20 KOs), knocking him out within the third spherical in a scheduled ten spherical contest on Wednesday evening on the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia.
Thurman obtained the job achieved, dropping Jarvis a few occasions within the third spherical earlier than the referee halted the competition. You may argue that the struggle ought to have been stopped after the primary spherical knockdown as a result of Jarvis seemed in no situation to renew preventing after getting up off the canvas. Thurman had nailed him with a proper hand that put him down exhausting.
What’s Subsequent?
Jarvis, 27, scurried to the nook for a final stand, and dropped by a left hook from Thurman. That was a superb punch however Brock seemed like he would have gone down with something at that time.
After the struggle, Thurman was his regular long-winded self on the post-fight press convention, speaking about his lengthy profession and previous accomplishments. No matter. He says he’d be interested by becoming Tim Tszyu subsequent until a much bigger supply comes from the U.S. He’s clearly hoping for Turki Alalshikh to supply a bundle of dough for him for use at certainly one of his reveals.
Thurman could be an excellent opponent for IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev to struggle on June twenty eighth on Alcatraz. Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he can’t take the struggle with Bakhram for that occasion as a result of he’s nonetheless injured from his final bout on February twenty second.
If Thurman desires to struggle within the U.S, why not tackle the man that destroyed Tszyu in three rounds? Murtzaliev crushed Tim on October nineteenth final yr, dropping him 4 occasions in a bloodbath in Orlando, Florida.
It will be fascinating to see if Thurman could be prepared to take that struggle or if he would instantly begin speaking about accidents like Vergil Jr. It will be enjoyable to see how lengthy Thurman lasts towards Bakhram. Nonetheless, based mostly on how the 36-year-old ‘One Time’ seemed tonight, I can’t see it going previous one or two rounds. Thurman seemed barely world class towards an opponent with a glass chin.
Murtazaliev could be like a shark within the ring with ‘One Time,’ and I can’t see that struggle going multiple spherical until Thurman runs. His mobility seemed gone tonight after three years of inactivity. It seemed like he had rust in his as soon as limber legs. If I didn’t know Thurman’s age, I’d guess he was a 45-year-old. He’s not beating anybody wanting like this.
“Yes, the referee could have stopped the fight, but if Brock had any chance of getting out of the round on a big PPV stage like this, there would have been more action and more entertainment to come,” stated Keith Thurman to the media on the post-fight press convention after this third spherical knockout of Brock Jarvis on Wednesday evening in Australia.
“I didn’t enable that to occur. I pressed the gasoline and closed out the present. When you’ve gotten an opponent weak on their ft, it’s important to press the present and sadly, I used to be given that chance. I didn’t hesitate to do what we do as fighters of world class. It was necessary to get the assertion.
“Tim Tszyu is not finalized. He’s coming off two losses. He needs to get a W. I can’t say if a great contract from the U.S were to come that I wouldn’t sign it and hold interest in Tszyu,” stated Thurman. “We can negotiate those things [for a fight with Tszyu’s promoters, No Limit] if I don’t have a better offer that comes.”
Earlier than he stopped preventing regularly six years in the past, his profession wins had been towards Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia. He was simply principally identified for these wins, after which disappeared after dropping to 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao in 2019.
