I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
In the midst of having great fights, sometimes you have good fights and sometimes you just have a fight. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
There are beautiful things about the sport of boxing and there are ugly things. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I think Ben Getty would have been a tremendous fan of Canelo Alvarez. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
A lot of fighters have skills, they have talent. The one thing that you can't train is a strong mind. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
It's in my dreams, being champion and staying champion and being one of the major champions in the sport. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I look up to Bernard Hopkins as a fighter. I'm honored to be his co-main event and to be able to give… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
You can't have a No. 1 fighter when you have three undefeated champions. It's just the dumbest thing in the world. Let's… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I mean, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence... that's a great fight. But Keith Thurman vs. Errol Spence and Keith Thurman vs. 'Bud'… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Everybody knows the day I beat Diego Chaves, I became the WBA interim world titlist, which made me the No. 1 contender… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Ben Getty knew boxing. Even if I didn't believe in myself... he knew what he was talking about. For him to believe… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
19 Keith Thurman has to remind you who Keith Thurman is, why Keith Thurman is one of the baddest men at 147,… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing about creating a knockout is sometimes you feel absolutely nothing. As soon as impact connects to their chin… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I'm a hobbiest. There's a lot of hobbies that I have. But I've never devoted anything that I've devoted my time and… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Ben believed in me when I was a little boy, when no one else was around, so it's why I wear his… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
You can never hit someone to the body and cause them to go unconscious. To be hit in the body is an… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
That's what I'm trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I don't need Mayweather, but it is an entertaining fight for the American public. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
As a fighter I hold a certain level of pride and can only deal so much with the politics. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Manny Pacquiao's just not a technical guy. He's a world class fighter and that's what always makes him one of the fan's… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
When I say I'm a true welterweight I'm talking about every fighter that has ever moved into the welterweight division. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I have a beautiful story with my original trainer from the age of 7 to the age of 20 when he passed… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Losing to a Hall of Famer, a legend, Manny Pacquiao, it is what it is. It was a great fight and the… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I want to show fans what I do best, which is hurt people in the ring and create knockouts. And at the… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
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… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
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… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
What I try to do is find a weakness in my opponent. A way that I can hit you. One good, clean shot. Try… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
When it comes to boxing I find a way to clear my mind. When it comes to boxing you have to fight. Clear your… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
I'm an exciting fighter and I always live up to the hype, unlike some other fighters who disappoint. — Keith Thurman Copy Share
Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
So far the biggest accomplishment I give myself is getting the silver in the Olympic Trials. Even though it's kind of a defeat. Not… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
There are certain fighters that if they want to remain relevant they will have to get through me. — Keith Thurman Copy Share
In the midst of having great fights, sometimes you have good fights and sometimes you just have a fight. — Keith Thurman Copy Share
I call myself the world's best faker. It was hard to get piano lessons, it was hard to dedicate myself into reading the music,… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
I've always wanted be as great as I could possibly be at the sport of boxing. — Keith Thurman Copy Share
I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man, to hit a man. — Keith Thurman Copy Share
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity - I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
I want to show fans what I do best, which is hurt people in the ring and create knockouts. And at the end of… — Keith Thurman Copy Share
