Keith Thurman says that he wants to fight Terenka Crawford and Errol Spence in 2026. “Once upon a time” Thurman (31-1, 23 KO) states that he is fighting this year, he will be ready to make “great fights” in 2026. He will be “I am waiting for contracts. “
Thurman’s “crazy ideas” for the future
Thurman sounds like he was clinically crazy with his crazy ideas, as if his mind is still trapped in 2016, and is in the current year 2025. He does not see the mess he made of his career with inactivity, sitting on the trainer, not fighting and fluttering the gums.
35 -year -old Spence has not fought for two years since his defeat with Crawford in 2023 and he would probably not be interested in fighting Thurman if he was out of his pension. It is not. Keith did not want to have anything to do with the fight with Errol when he was at the top of his game in 2016 and 2017. Spence wanted to fight Thurman at the time, but there was no interest in “once”.
Thurman vs. Crawford: A Forgotten Era
36 -year -old Thurman has been too dynamic in the last six years to be considered a real option for Buda. There is no interest of fans of this fight, because Thurman is seen as a senior warrior from the previous generation. Although technically it is a year younger than 37-year-old Crawford, his inaction and chronic injuries make him perceive as a fossil from a past era.
“The fight of Spence, the fight of Bud Crawford, are the fights of my generation, which, I think, will understand many fans of fighting why we make these fights happen. These are good fights,” said Keith Thurman to make Millcity boxing about his desire to fight Errol Spence and Terenka Crawford.
Crawford fights with Canelo Alvarez in September and will get huge money for this fight with the season in Riyadh. If Terenka does not retire after the fight or does not get a rematch, he would look for the largest, most crucial name. It would probably have 154 against Master WBC Sebastian Fund.
“They already know that my style is more challenging for a kennel than in the style of Spence. I would like to launch it once in the game,” said Thurman about the fact that there is never the opportunity to fight Crawford. “We never saw amateurs in the ring. At least we saw each other in the ring in professionals.”
Thurman looked elderly and slowly in his last fight with Brock Jarvis in March last year. Keith left the three -year release, and the only thing he had was his power. It was still, but his hand and foot speed disappeared. He moved around the ring as if he had rust in the ponds.
Thurman: “Waiting for contracts”
“You [Crawford] He became unquestioned [at 147]. I think we could fight [Bud and Spence] become. It would be fun. I intend to keep my position and wait for the contract. We hope that we will really have something electrifying soon that we can give you.
“At the end of this year we will only return to creating great and great fights,” said Thurman.
It is unlikely that Thurman “once” is involved in any “enormous” fighting until the end of 2025 or in 2026 sounds illusory. Keith has fought only twice in the last six years, since 2019. His delicate, aging body had problems maintaining health to survive training camps.
Evander Holyfield was unsure who to favour in a fantasy showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and one of his former rivals.
Like Holyfield, Usyk became the consensus top dog at 200lbs before moving up to heavyweight and, once again, cementing himself as the very best.
Even while contending with a notable size disadvantage, the Ukrainian was able to dethrone Anthony Joshua before eventually becoming the undisputed king against Tyson Fury.
Having twice beaten the two Brits, Usyk is now widely regarded as one of the all-time greats, among the likes of HolyfieldMuhammad Ali and Joe Louis.
At the same time, though, Holyfield is not convinced that the unbeaten southpaw would have defeated a prime Mike Tyson.
‘The Real Deal’ fought ‘Iron’ Mike in 1996, causing a sizable upset by stopping the formidable puncher in round 11, before winning their immediate rematch via an infamous third-round disqualification.
And while this was not even the most formidable version of Tyson, Holyfield would nonetheless back his former foe to defeat the majority of heavyweights throughout history.
When it comes to a clash with Usyk, however, the American has told Daily Mail Boxing that he would struggle to predict a winner.
“I don’t exactly know [who would win] that one.”
Like Usyk, Tyson was never the biggest heavyweight but, because of his speed and explosiveness he was able to win his first 19 fights by knockout and become a dominant world champion during the late 1980s.
Usyk, on the other hand, relies more on his technical prowess and, against Tyson, would need to be almost punch-perfect in order to emerge victorious.
Ryan Garcia has named the fighter that he believes can put an end to Shakur Stevenson’s 25-fight undefeated record.
Stevenson stepped up in weight to dominate Teofimo Lopez and claim the WBO super-lightweight title back in Januaryfully intending on returning to his natural lightweight division during the aftermath, until those plans were derailed when he was stripped of his 135lb title.
As a result, Stevenson has kept hold of his 140lb marble but has not fought since, despite links to a showdown with Garcia in spring, which collapsed when the Newark southpaw declared that he would not be willing to move up in weight once again.
Now, Garcia is scheduled to face Conor Benn next month, whilst Stevenson has recently signed with Zuffa Boxing and is searching for an opponent for his second outing of 2026.
Speaking to FightHypeGarcia revealed that he would favour IBF lightweight world champion Raymond Muratalla to come out on top if he and Stevenson collide.
“That would be a good a** fight. He [Muratalla] is smart, he is not going to just go in there and just [be reckless].
“I just think that Raymond has a lot of things that would give Shakur problems. It won’t be an easy fight for Shakur, that is for sure.
“[If it was] a three-round fight, I would give it to Shakur, even a six-round fight. A 12-round fight? I am siding with Muratalla.”
Muratalla is set to vacate his IBF crown and move into the super-lightweight division imminently, with the WBO having recently stated that he could be named as Stevenson’s mandatory challenger when he does.
Robert Garcia, the trainer and manager of Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, has expressed his annoyance with a lack of communication from Team Nayoa Inoue.
‘The Monster’ made a seventh successful defence of his undisputed crown in May, unanimously outpointing Junto Nakatani in their all-Japanese encounter.
As a result, Inoue is not only considered the super-bantamweight king but, on a pound-for-pound metric, many would also place him at the top of the tree.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, made his bantamweight debut in June, becoming a three-division world champion by dethroning WBA champion Antonio Vargas with a sixth-round finish.
While there is much talk surrounding a potential clash between Rodriguez and Inoue, it would seem that no official negotiations have actually taken place.
Or at least, it is far from certain that the pair will square off in March 2027, when Inoue is reportedly looking to stage his next outing. He recently stated that he will not hang around at 122lbs waiting for ‘Bam’, and will move on if the fight does not happen in Q1 of 2027.
On the proposed showdown, coach Garcia has told Ring Magazine that he and ‘Bam’ have no problem with the deadline.
“There’s been talk that Inoue says he’s moving up [to featherweight] sooner than later – that he probably won’t wait [for the Rodriguez fight] past March of next year.
“We’re okay with that, but nobody’s told me that. Nobody from Inoue’s team has approached me saying, ‘Look, Robert. This is what Inoue wants. He wants to know if you guys are interested in the fight’.
“Yeah, we’re interested in the fight. But I’m not trying to change the date. I would love Bam to get one more fight at 118[lbs].”
Garcia went on to name WBO bantamweight champion Christian Medina as the ideal opponent for Rodriguez in November, before he hopefully steps up to 122lbs and challenges Inoue.
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