Tim Tszyu vs Keith Thurman WBO super welterweight Title March 31

[Yaunfitda]

Regardless of who wins or loses though, I think both these fighters are gonna put up a good fight and we might see a blockbuster boxing match right here. As OP mentioned both fighters are still pretty much in their primes and they have little to lose this early in their career so we might see these being the new Marquez Pacquiao rivalry of this season if not our era lol.

Thurman's prime was 7 years ago when he was beating Danny Garcia, Shawn Porter, and Robert Guerrero. It is debatable how good he still is but not many people would still consider him in his prime. The fight against Pacquiao came when Manny was 40 years old and at the very end of his career. Manny had one more fight afterwards and he didn't look good at all.

Inactivity doesn't always affect fighters in a negative way but this is the third time Thurman's had a 2-year layoff in his career. This tells us he is not fully committed to boxing. He showed no interest in fighting Spence or Crawford when the opportunity was there. Tszyu is a younger and hungrier fighter. Thurman doesn't have any real experience at this weight class either. Tszyu might not be considered extraordinary but he is good enough to beat Thurman at this stage of his career.

For me it's obvious that he no longer interested on boxing, and that's why he was been out for 2 years. His injury really did it for him because when he come back, it was a different Thurman, his power is no longer there and maybe just boxing around for the money. His lost to Manny already proved that his motivate and fire might be really gone and after that he was on/off in boxing. Obviously he can still run his mouth in this fight, but as far as performance, Tszyu being the younger and the champion might have the advantage here. Let's watch here the kick-off press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTOgKPSpch4

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[coin-investor]

For me it's obvious that he no longer interested on boxing, and that's why he was been out for 2 years. His injury really did it for him because when he come back, it was a different Thurman, his power is no longer there and maybe just boxing around for the money. His lost to Manny already proved that his motivate and fire might be really gone and after that he was on/off in boxing. Obviously he can still run his mouth in this fight, but as far as performance, Tszyu being the younger and the champion might have the advantage here. Let's watch here the kick-off press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTOgKPSpch4

Thurman is being Thurman on this press conference and keeps praising himself, making us believe that he is still the great Thurman that we've known, I just don't like that he's belittling Tszyu's achievement and capability as if he is so sure that he can beat Tszyu and its good to know that Tzsyu is not even bothered by Thurman's thrash talking he even call Tszyu as an Australian with a Mexican style belittling Mexican boxers as slow and flatfooted, this is disrespecting Mexican boxers.
I hope Tszyu punishes Thurman like Pacquiao did, I'm sure on fight night many Mexicans will be rooting for Tszyu because of what Thurman said against the Mexican boxers.

[robelneo]

For me it's obvious that he no longer interested on boxing, and that's why he was been out for 2 years. His injury really did it for him because when he come back, it was a different Thurman, his power is no longer there and maybe just boxing around for the money. His lost to Manny already proved that his motivate and fire might be really gone and after that he was on/off in boxing. Obviously he can still run his mouth in this fight, but as far as performance, Tszyu being the younger and the champion might have the advantage here. Let's watch here the kick-off press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTOgKPSpch4

Every Thurman fight is very entertaining in the press conference, he was so amusing in his match against Pacquiao and he's at it again, obviously, Tszyu is very annoyed he has been against trash talkers but it's hard to deal with a trash talker like Thurman he always beat you.

I guess Thurman has mastered the art of thrash talking, It is good for the fight, boxing fans want to see action and a lot of talks in the press release and Thurman can provide that and this will sell the fight.
But of course, fight fans want to see action so it is very interesting to see how both fighters will react to the earlier thrash talk can Thurman that Tszyu is slow and flatfooted, and can Tszyu chase and eventually knock Thurman out?
It's still a month away but we'll see more thrash talks coming from both parties.

[coin-investor]

Only two weeks before the fight, and there's this announcement that the winner of this fight may have a chance to fight Crawford.

Ford looks at the fight as a chance for either to land a fight with the generational great Crawford.

“Like I said, the winner of this fight may have a chance to fight Terence Crawford,” said Ford. “That is motivation right there.”

KEITH THURMAN-TIM TSZYU WINNER MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO FIGHT TERENCE CRAWFORD

This is added motivation for these two to go all out as Crawford is considered one of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters he is the undisputed welterweight champion and has a big attraction on ticket sales.

Thurman has been chasing Crawford for many years, and for Tszyu this is a big leap in his career if he beats Thurman and sets a match against Crawford, he will bypass Janis Ennis who is considered the only fighter who could give Crawford a good fight.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Due to an injury, Keith Thurman has pulled out of this fight. Instead Tim Tszyu will face “The Towering Inferno” Sebastian Fundora. Fundora isn’t well known so it will be hard for this fight to sell PPVs but this should be a more competitive fight. Tszyu vs. Thurman would have been a catchweight non-title fight because the WBO didn’t consider Thurman as deserving but now Tszyu vs. Fundora will be for both the WBO and vacant WBC titles.

https://www.boxingscene.com/sebastian-fundora-comes-replace-injured-keith-thurman-against-tim-tszyu-on-march-30--182215

[Dave1]

Due to an injury, Keith Thurman has pulled out of this fight. Instead Tim Tszyu will face “The Towering Inferno” Sebastian Fundora. Fundora isn’t well known so it will be hard for this fight to sell PPVs but this should be a more competitive fight. Tszyu vs. Thurman would have been a catchweight non-title fight because the WBO didn’t consider Thurman as deserving but now Tszyu vs. Fundora will be for both the WBO and vacant WBC titles.

https://www.boxingscene.com/sebastian-fundora-comes-replace-injured-keith-thurman-against-tim-tszyu-on-march-30--182215

Too bad, and I think this could be the last straw for Thurman, he could be out again for this year and at his age of 35, it's probably that he is already lost some steps and no longer in his prime. That big loss to Manny could have really take a toll on him mentally.

Tim is the WBO champion and Fundora is on the WBC, not a champion but a rank fighter at #3.

Good test for Tim here, as Fundora is tall and lanky, but I'm seeing Tim will win by decision and will break down Fundora even if he has the height and length advantage.

[TravelMug]

Due to an injury, Keith Thurman has pulled out of this fight. Instead Tim Tszyu will face “The Towering Inferno” Sebastian Fundora. Fundora isn’t well known so it will be hard for this fight to sell PPVs but this should be a more competitive fight. Tszyu vs. Thurman would have been a catchweight non-title fight because the WBO didn’t consider Thurman as deserving but now Tszyu vs. Fundora will be for both the WBO and vacant WBC titles.

https://www.boxingscene.com/sebastian-fundora-comes-replace-injured-keith-thurman-against-tim-tszyu-on-march-30--182215

I thought that Brian Mendoza is the interim WBC belt holder for their version of 154 lbs. But it seems that Fundora vs Serhii Bohachuk as undercard is for the vacant belt. So I'm confused as to what happen to Mendoza. I would understand about Charlo, they could have stripped him and then elevated Brian. But if this fight push through, still might be as good as Tim vs Thurman. Fundora is 6'5 and that will be his advantage, if he knows how to use it as for sure Tim and his team doesn't want the fight to be in range. It should be the hard and grind fight that Tim is known for. Phone booth fight that no one is giving an inch but they are just throwing bombs in close distance. Good chance for Fundora though to have a belt if this is going for unification.

[FinneysTrueVision]

I thought that Brian Mendoza is the interim WBC belt holder for their version of 154 lbs. But it seems that Fundora vs Serhii Bohachuk as undercard is for the vacant belt. So I'm confused as to what happen to Mendoza. I would understand about Charlo, they could have stripped him and then elevated Brian. But if this fight push through, still might be as good as Tim vs Thurman. Fundora is 6'5 and that will be his advantage, if he knows how to use it as for sure Tim and his team doesn't want the fight to be in range. It should be the hard and grind fight that Tim is known for. Phone booth fight that no one is giving an inch but they are just throwing bombs in close distance. Good chance for Fundora though to have a belt if this is going for unification.

It’s complete nonsense what the WBC is doing with all these world titles. Mendoza beat Fundora for the interim WBC title but he vacated it to fight Tszyu for the WBO title. Now Fundora, who is coming off a loss, gets to fight for the full WBC title that was stripped from Charlo. As for Mendoza, the WBC decided that having one 154 lb championship on this card isn’t enough so Mendoza will once again fight for the interim belt against Serhii Bohachuk on the preliminaries.