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Former WBA welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman 30-1 (22) believes a fight between himself and WBO boss Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford 38-0 (29) would help build up a four-belt unification bout with WBC, IBF and WBA champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr 28-0 (22).
“I expect to have that phone call soon with [promoter] Al [Haymon],” Thurman told the PBC Podcast. “We’re at a point where we have a little bit of time. Where I look at elite fighters, you’re always looking at a five or six-month window on a return. So I think we’re still on track to make all that happen.
“The question is, who are we going to see in the ring now? Right now, I’m just patiently waiting. I hope we can make the best fight possible. I’ve done it in the past and I continue to want to do it.
“The hardest thing about watching the fight [Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas] last Saturday was that wasn’t the fight that was supposed to be watching.
“We were supposed to be watching Thurman vs Spence, two undefeated welterweight champions, but when I lost and fell short in 2019, that opened up a new window. Spence didn’t get to fight Pacquiao.
“Part of me just had a reminder of 2019. Even though my health condition was what it was, I was competitive in that fight. I was coming back in that fight, and was only an x-amount of punches towards victory…
“I’m always willing to step in the ring. I would love to get a big fight or maybe we’ll keep moving. We’ll see how we get advised to get into this year. I think Thurman-Crawford, I think the fans are just patient enough to happen if the winner of that faces Spence immediately after would be a tremendous play of events.
“I just hope I get the call. I would love to fight Crawford. They’re acting like there’s a demand, but if you put Thurman in the mix and the winner of that, I think it creates more of a demand. That’s just me. You can always rush and do something or you can build something up.
“With me, no matter with me, if its win, lose, or draw, it’s built back up. That’s how I feel.
“I just want to be a part of the real action. That’s all that it’s about. I’m sorry but your boy Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman was the undefeated champion of the world before the elbow surgery, before the hand surgery. I’m just addicted to the game.
“I know what it’s like to be at the top of that mountain, and I strive to conquer once again. So all these young fighters, they’re just a younger version of myself, climbing to the top and I love it, and that’s why we love boxing. So, I look forward to whoever they put in the ring.
“We’ll see but I feel at the age of 33, when you think about moving up in weight and you look at the welterweight division and how fighters used to move up and fight in multiple divisions, I just love the welterweight division.
“I love its history and I want to make history here, and I’ve always wanted to make history here. So my spirit doesn’t want to move up, but if I have to stay busy in a good fight and maybe an opportunity for a title was presented, I would have to seriously take that into consideration. But right now, it’s not fully on my radar.”
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