{"id":481568,"date":"2026-03-18T04:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T04:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:32:10","slug":"keith-thurman-plans-early-ending-for-fundora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481568\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Thurman Plans Early Ending For Fundora"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At 35, with long intervals between fights and a new trainer in his corner, this isn\u2019t a gradual return. It\u2019s a jump, and he knows it. In the three fights Thurman has had since 2019, he\u2019s not fought anyone like Fundora.<\/p>\n

When he lost to the 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao, he was facing a faded version, yet he was still out of his class. Now, seven years later, one has to wonder how Thurman will do against the lanky 6\u20196\u2033 Fundora.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will definitely solidify me as a Hall of Famer,\u201d Thurman said, framing the fight as a defining moment in his career. The last time he held a world title was in 2019.<\/p>\n

The matchup was originally scheduled for October before being delayed by a hand injury to Fundora. For Thurman, it was another interruption in a career that has struggled to stay active.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, it just felt like it was hard to catch a break,\u201d Thurman said.<\/p>\n

He will go into the fight working with Tony Morgan, a trainer who has known him since his amateur days. The familiarity is something Thurman values, especially heading into a fight where adjustments will matter against Fundora\u2019s height and volume.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t really cross my mind until he took my spot,\u201d Thurman said, referring to the reshuffle around the Tim Tszyu fight that eventually led to Fundora holding a title.<\/p>\n

Thurman expects an aggressive fight and says he\u2019s aiming to end it early. \u201cI\u2019m gonna look to set traps, drop those heavy hammers on him, and hopefully go home early.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opportunity is clear, and so is the risk. Thurman is asking to be measured at the highest level again without the kind of recent work that usually leads a fighter there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 35, with long intervals between fights and a new trainer in his corner, this isn\u2019t a gradual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-481568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}