Keith Thurman Says He’s ‘Not Frightened’ Of Terence Crawford After His KO Win Over Shawn Porter

Keith Thurman doesn’t think Terence Crawford‘s win over Shawn Porter was as brutal as many thought.

Crawford picked up one of the biggest wins of his careers as he scored a stoppage win over Porter to defend his belt. However, for Thurman, he says all the broadcasters overreacted to the stoppage.

“I was a little surprised, but I wasn’t surprised,” Thurman said of the fight in an interview with FightHubTV (via BoxingScene). “Shawn consistently was doing what he was doing without any changes or adjustments and, for Crawford, that allowed him to capitalize and settle in. It was a great performance by both fighters. Crawford definitely had to battle it out, he definitely had to endure.”

“The beauty is that [Craword] did make a statement by being the first person to stop Shawn Porter, but for whatever reason it wasn’t terrifying. All the commentators from ESPN were saying that everybody was moving up to ’54. It was not scary,” Thurman continued. “It was not a rated R movie. I’m not frightened. If anything, I believe I present more than what Shawn did. Of course, we know that Terence Crawford is a talented individual. We know that there is an uncrowned king in the welterweight division. That’s why it’s uncrowned. Don’t go crowning anybody yet. Let’s make these fights happen.”

The hope for Keith Thurman is he can face Terence Crawford next as he saw some things he can capitalize on. He also thought Crawford did well in the second-half of the fight against Porter.

“I thought Crawford was really trying to land counters, he was whipping quick check hooks and missing them, whipping uppercuts and missing them,” Thurman explained. “And then as the rounds went on I saw both fighters slow down and when Crawford actually slowed down he was better because he was actually able to hit the target now. When he was being flinchy and reactive, he wasn’t as accurate. When he settled down a bit, five rounds went by you’re going to naturally slow down to a degree, his timing got activated. He wasn’t flinching, he was placing. I started to see that shift around the fifth, sixth round.”

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