Keith Thurman Quotes

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Keith Thurman

Profession : Boxer

Birth : November 23, 1988

Robert Guerrero was a tremendous warrior.

Keith Thurman

A lot of opinions just really don't get to me. If anything, some of them were humorous and my favorite, you know - I'm Keith 'One Time' Thurman. I'm Keith 'Run Time' Thurman, Keith 'Sometime' Thurman, Keith 'Once Upon a Time' Thurman. That was pretty amusing.

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I'm proud to be champion and I always want to be champion.

Keith Thurman

I like to carry some nerves with me for each fight.

Keith Thurman

There are beautiful things about the sport of boxing and there are ugly things.

Keith Thurman

Everybody knows the day I beat Diego Chaves, I became the WBA interim world titlist, which made me the No. 1 contender for whomever was the WBA titlist.

Keith Thurman

As a fighter I hold a certain level of pride and can only deal so much with the politics.

Keith Thurman

Boxing is a sport, but it's also a business.

Keith Thurman

Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be very interesting for me, my career and the sport of boxing outside of Floyd Mayweather.

Keith Thurman

I don't need Mayweather, but it is an entertaining fight for the American public.

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I'm one of the baddest men in the world of boxing.

Keith Thurman

I never fit into any box, even in my boxing style, and when you try to put a label on me it's like I have to disprove the label. I'm weird like that.

Keith Thurman

I've worked really hard to hurt people in my life so I admire people who heal people.

Keith Thurman

I dropped out of high school so I could attend another kind of school, an internship of champions. I dropped out to live my dreams.

Keith Thurman

I'm just not a team sports guy. I can't rely on somebody else for victory. I can't stand if they fumble a ball. I can't stand if they move offsides. I can't stand not being in the game.

Keith Thurman

A lot of people knew at the national tournaments that I was a big puncher. We were known as 'Samson,' the boy with the long hair.

Keith Thurman

I think Ben Getty would have been a tremendous fan of Canelo Alvarez.

Keith Thurman

I've always wanted be as great as I could possibly be at the sport of boxing.

Keith Thurman

I want to show fans what I do best, which is hurt people in the ring and create knockouts. And at the end of the day, that's what fans want to see.

Keith Thurman

The most interesting thing about creating a knockout is sometimes you feel absolutely nothing. As soon as impact connects to their chin everything goes limp and their muscles aren't fighting back so you're punch is able to go all the way through.

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