Keith “One Time” Thurman May Be Going “A brutal knockout” On October 25, he had a title challenge with WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora.

Age is more than just a number here

Boxing analyst Tim Bradley believes the 36-year-old former WBA and WBO welterweight champion “One Time” Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) will suffer a horrific outcome against the younger 27-year-old Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs).

If boxing goes well, Thurman will have to fight Fundora to win the title Run this little challenge Fight against these three warriors:

• Virgil Ortiz Jr.
• Jalen Ennis
• Israel Madrimov

If Thurman can successfully complete these matches, he will be crowned world champion against Fundora. In fact, it didn’t look good for Keith.

Thiem said he studied Thurman’s most recent comeback fight against Brock Jarvis from March 12, 2025, as well as his loss to then-40-year-old Manny Pacquiao on July 20, 2019. He didn’t think Thurman could win, short of a lucky knockout. The chances of this happening are slim.

Bradley’s breakdown: ‘He can’t beat Fundora’

“Fendola might even knock him out. I saw Thurman fight 40-year-old Pacquiao (in 2019). Thurman was in his prime and there was no way he could be 40-year-old Pacquiao,” Tim Bradley said on his website. channel. “He didn’t defeat young Fundora.

Thurman has been inactive for the past eight years, since his March 4, 2017, match against Danny Garcia. Since that fight with these fighters, he has fought only three times:

• Brock Jarvis: March 12, 2025
• Mario Barrios: February 5, 2022
• Manny Pacquiao: July 20, 2019
• Joseto Lopez: January 26, 2019

Fundora Thurman will fight at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This event will be broadcast on PBC High quality video pay per view $74.99. That’s not cheap for a fight that has no demand and not much interest.

Young fighters don’t know who Thurman is, only that he’s a long-winded fighter who occasionally does interviews on YouTube. Many old fans who know “One Time” have already lost interest in him and are tired of waiting for his return.

“With Fundora’s work rate. That’s what Pacquiao is all about. You have Thurman backing away crestfallen. You can’t do that in Fundora. It’s a different Thurman now. A little more mature,” Bradley said.

Don’t pray for “once”

The flaws in Thurman’s game are not the reason why his chances of winning are slim. Here’s this witch’s brew:

1. age
2. Facing better warriors
3. inactive
4. Fight outside your natural weight class
5. 154 Lack of experience
6. It wasn’t that good in the first place

If you take all of these factors into consideration, old “one-shot” Thurman didn’t have a prayer. He’s almost certainly going to lose, and the only interesting thing is whether he’s knocked out or on his back.

Written by ringside boxing analyst Ken Woods, covering world title fights since 2018.