Keith "One-Time" Thurman hasn't gotten back in the ring since a stoppage victory over Julio Diaz in April, and hasn't been able to land the big-time fights he craves. Despite a perfect 23-0-0 record with 21 knockouts, his detractors say that the quality of competition isn't up to par to land megafights with the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Thurman recently responded to those critics, placing the blame in the camps of the fighters he's called out.
"For those who believe that I haven't done anything to truly deserve it, I can understand where you (fans) are coming from but it's not truly my fault their (promoters) not putting me in the ring with top 10 fighters I deserve better fights than this," Thurman said.
Then, Thurman specifically dropped several big names he has tried to fight to no avail.
"How Many times did I ask to fight Robert Guerrero who was in the top 10? Earlier this year we asked to fight Shawn Porter and his dad said "not necessary we can do that later for bigger money". Marcos Maidana was supposed to be my HBO debut but he (Maidana) pulled out three weeks ahead of time."
Over the weekend Thurman also commented on the September rematch between Mayweather and Maidana, and said he isn't particularly excited for it.
"I definitely didn't want it to happen again," Thurman said. "I didn't want to see that again, that's boring. As a matter of fact, watching Floyd 80-90 percent is boring. The only pleasure I get is when he lets his hands go, when he shows the world the skills he has, and the reason why he is Floyd 'Money' Mayweather, the reason why he does have a six fight contract with Showtime."
Thurman currently has no date scheduled for his next bout.
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