Keith Thurman Quotes

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Keith Thurman

Profession : Boxer

Birth : November 23, 1988

It's the undisputed title I want.

Keith Thurman

I was never big on entourages. I've always been someone who does things on his own. I like to travel and go places on my own.

Keith Thurman

I like the freedom boxing has provided me, and I like to have people who I can trust around me. There's no need to make it complex when it's no longer simple.

Keith Thurman

Ben believed in me when I was a little boy, when no one else was around, so it's why I wear his name on my trunks every time I step in the ring. I want the world to know they're watching a Ben Getty fighter.

Keith Thurman

Mike Tyson loved throwing hooks to the body and then coming up, even with the same hand... He knew that he was on the inside, and from there he had the perfect angle to come right up instead of going around the elbows.

Keith Thurman

Ben Getty knew boxing. Even if I didn't believe in myself... he knew what he was talking about. For him to believe means I should believe it, too.

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Sometimes I feel like I'm living a dream.

Keith Thurman

I'm dedicated to living out my dream.

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I dedicate some of my power to Mike Tyson. I watched a lot of film on Mike Tyson. Then we started taking notes on Muhammad Ali. We took notes on Sugar Ray Leonard. What was that fighter known for? Why was he so difficult to beat in his time, in his era and, you know, why was he at the top?

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There's different kind of champions. There's the champion that becomes champion and they're not champion for long. And then you have the guy who becomes champion and he stays at the top for like a decade. And those fighters tend to be very intelligent.

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People who know Keith Thurman know I'm one of the most exciting welterweights in the division - I don't think anything has changed that.

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That's what I'm trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring.

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There's no quit in Keith Thurman.

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At the end of the day, you know, Keith Thurman is just not a 9-to-5 kind of guy.

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Failure does not scare me.

Keith Thurman

The life of the sport is to participate for the fans, to hear the uproar, to hear the cheers.

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Everybody in the welterweight division is shooting for that Mayweather sweepstakes.

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I'm here to entertain the world of boxing.

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I'm here to dominate the welterweight division.

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Shawn Porter is a terrific fighter and he's a great friend of mine. He's a devastating boxer-puncher like myself.

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