Keith Thurman Quotes

Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.

I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter.

When it comes to boxing I find a way to clear my mind. When it comes to boxing you have to fight. Clear your mind and fight. You can't really think of outside things when you're in the ring.

All I ever wanted was to be like Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard. Back in the day American people knew who they were and I want them to now know Keith 'One Time' Thurman.

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.

There are certain fighters that if they want to remain relevant they will have to get through me.

It was my dream as a kid was to make history.

I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches.

Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me

Mike Tyson has to be one of my greatest all time fighters. Muhammad Ali. I like going back looking at the classics like Roberto Duran. I like the old time fighters, when you had a champion in the old days you really had a true champion. Muhammad Ali would take on anybody. You had the greats fighting everybody.

What I try to do is find a weakness in my opponent. A way that I can hit you. One good, clean shot. Try to time it. If I can get it and the shot is there, if I find that shot in the first round and they go down, they go down. I'm prepared for anything, not just to get first round knockouts. If they're there, I'm not gonna resist to take them.

When I say I'm a true welterweight I'm talking about every fighter that has ever moved into the welterweight division.

When a 140 pounder that moves up fights a 140 pounder moved up and they move up it's a catch weight.

I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man, to hit a man.

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 too many people make it that far. I do see it as an accomplishment and one of my greatest.

My boxing inspiration is to one day become world champion, to go as far as I can go and see where it takes me.

There's a lot of great fights to make.

I look up to Bernard Hopkins as a fighter. I'm honored to be his co-main event and to be able to give a great performance.