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 night time on the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia.
Thurman acquired the job accomplished, dropping Jarvis a few instances within the third spherical earlier than the referee halted the competition. You’ll be able to 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 combating after getting up off the canvas. Thurman had nailed him with a proper hand that put him down laborious.
What’s Subsequent?
Jarvis, 27, scurried to the nook for a final stand, and dropped by a left hook from Thurman. That was a very good punch however Brock seemed like he would have gone down with something at that time.
After the struggle, Thurman was his standard long-winded self on the post-fight press convention, speaking about his lengthy profession and previous accomplishments. No matter. He says he’d be keen on becoming Tim Tszyu subsequent except an even 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 considered one of his exhibits.
Thurman can be a perfect 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 needs to struggle within the U.S, why not tackle the man that destroyed Tszyu in three rounds? Murtzaliev crushed Tim on October nineteenth final 12 months, dropping him 4 instances in a bloodbath in Orlando, Florida.
It will be fascinating to see if Thurman can be prepared to take that struggle or if he would all of a sudden 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 can be like a shark within the ring with ‘One Time,’ and I can’t see that struggle going a couple of spherical except 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.
“Sure, the referee may have stopped the struggle, but when Brock had any likelihood of getting out of the spherical on an enormous PPV stage like this, there would have been extra motion and extra leisure to come back,” mentioned Keith Thurman to the media on the post-fight press convention after this third spherical knockout of Brock Jarvis on Wednesday night time in Australia.
“I didn’t enable that to occur. I pressed the gasoline and closed out the present. When you’ve got an opponent weak on their toes, you need 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 vital to get the assertion.
“Tim Tszyu shouldn’t be finalized. He’s coming off two losses. He must get a W. I can’t say if a fantastic contract from the united stateswere to come back that I wouldn’t signal it and maintain curiosity in Tszyu,” mentioned Thurman. “We are able to negotiate these issues [for a fight with Tszyu’s promoters, No Limit] if I don’t have a greater supply that comes.”
Earlier than he stopped combating regularly six years in the past, his profession wins have been towards Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia. He was simply largely identified for these wins, after which disappeared after shedding to 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao in 2019.
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