Keith Fitzgerald Thurman Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2015 to 2019, and previously the WBC title from 2017 to 2018. He was trained by the late Benjamin Getty who worked with Sugar Ray Leonard. Thurman is considered one of the hardest punchers in the welter weight division.
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Keith Fitzgerald Thurman Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title From 2015 to 2019, and previously the WBC title from 2017 to 2018. He was trained by the late Benjamin Getty who worked with Sugar Ray Leonard. Thurman finished his amateur career with 101 victories, he won 6 National Championships including the 2006 PAL National Championships. In 2007 he lost twice to world champion Demetrius Andrade at the Olympic Trials and won the silver medal. On November 9, 2007 an 18 year old Thurman debuted as a light middleweight against Kensky Rodney at the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa, Florida in a scheduled 4 round fight. On August 8, 2008 Thurman defeated undefeated Jamaican Omar Bell via first-round knockout following an uppercut and left hand. On July 23, 2010 Thurman beat the undefeated Stalinn Lopez, the fight was on TeleFutura. On March 9, 2013 Thurman who had 19 wins in as many fights moved down to welterweights weight and fought on the undercard of Hopkins-Cloud at the Barclays Center in New York City. On October 12, 2013 it was announced that Thurman would make his first defense of the Interim WBA world title against Jesus Soto Karass. On December 14, 2013, Thurman took over the middle rounds as he landed a brutal combination for the fifth round before sending Soto to the canvas in the ninth round.
As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world’s fourth best active Welterweight by The Ring magazine, fifth by BoxRec, and sixth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Nicknamed ‘One Time’, Thurman is considered one of the hardest punchers in the welter weight division. He has also won the WBO Inter-Continental weltersweight title and the IBF super weltersterweight title. His most recent fight was against Jan Zaveck on July 27, 2013 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. He won via unanimous decision after a one-sided 12 round bout, all three judges scored it 120-108 for Thurman, who in the process also wonThe WBO NABO super welterwood title. Despite being the mandatory to the Wobo title, on July27, 2013 Thurman challenged Diego Gabriel Chaves for the InterIM WBA welter Weight title. He knocked out Chaves in the 10th round of a very competitive fight. At the time of the knockout Thurman led on all three cards: 87–83, 87-83, 86-84 thanks in part to a knockdown in round 9 which was the beginning of the end for Chaves. The fight lasted less than 3 minutes after an accidental clash of heads halted the fight and it was announce as a no contest. In November 2009 Thurman was taken the 8 round distance by Brazilian Edvan Dos Santos Barros. The scorecards read 80-71 79-72 all in favour of Thurman.
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