Floyd Mayweather Roasted By Keith Thurman For Avoiding Fights

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Keith Thurman
Thurman always wanted a crack at the undefeated champion.

Keith Thurman is set to take on Manny Pacquiao tomorrow and based on his pre-fight comments, he is very confident that he will come out victorious. Thurman is 29-0 in his career and believes he can be one of the greatest fighters ever. If he's able to defeat Pacquiao, his name-recognition will certainly go through the roof which can only mean good things for his brand. Once upon a time though, Thurman was trying to get a fight against Floyd Mayweather. In a recent interview with TMZ, Thurman threw some heavy shots at Floyd, saying he avoided him for years while trying to get a match.

"If he wanted a real fight, he would have saw me years ago," Thurman said. "You never wanted to fight me. I was right there right underneath you for years. I was the #1 contender of the WBA and then they made you super champion so that our names didn't have to be in the same sentence together."

Once Thurman fights Pacquiao, his plans are to take on Errol Spence and Terrence Crawford who fans have been begging him to fight for years. There is no doubt that Thurman is exciting a fighter so it should be interesting to see if he can put his money where his mouth is, come Saturday.

Pacquiao has remained fairly quiet in terms of trash talk so it remains to be seen how he'll perform tomorrow.


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Alexander Cole is the current editor-in-chief of HotNewHipHop. He started at HotNewHipHop back in 2018 where he began as a Sports and Sneakers writer. It was here where he began to hone his craft, putting his journalism degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, to good use. Since that time, he has documented some of the biggest stories in the hip-hop world. From the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to the disturbing allegations against Diddy, Alex has helped HotNewHipHop navigate large-scale stories as they happen. In 2021, he went to the Bahamas for the Big 3's Championship Game. It was here where he got to interview legendary figures like Ice Cube, Clyde Drexler, and Stephen Jackson. He has also interviewed other superstar athletes such as Antonio Brown, Damian Lillard, and Paul Pierce. This is in addition to conversations with social media provocateurs like Jake Paul, and younger respected artists like Kaycyy, Lil Tecca, and Jeleel!
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