Thurman vs Guerrero Fight Predictions, TV Schedule, Live Stream & Boxing Preview: Thurman & Guerrero Fight for WBA Welterweight Championship.Boxing analysts throughout history have found that, for the most part, boxers tend to fall into one of a small handful of archetypes, or styles. There are out-boxers, who slide effortlessly around the ring peppering their foes with pot shots, the pugilistic emodiment of an escape artist. Then there are pressure fighters, who focus their efforts on preventing escape, cutting off the ring and wearing the opponent down. There are counter fighters, patient tricksters who leave false openings and lead their enemies into devious traps. And then there are boxer-punchers.Thurman vs Guerrero Fight Click Here
For a long time this last classification confounded me. The name implies a boxer with power, which sounds simple enough, but the rest of the styles aren’t determined by physical attributes. Regardless of power, stamina, durability, or strength, a fighter’s style is determined by his personality–his emotions and insecurities determine what kind of boxer he will be long before he ever sets foot in the ring. So how could the simple addition of a solid punch change a man’s approach so drastically as to warrant a new category.The Thurman-Guerrero fight will be televised on NBC as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series. Both Thurman and Guerrero weighed in right at the welterweight limit at 147 pounds.
Thurman says he plans on fighting aggressively for the first half of the fight in seeking a Ko. If he’s unable to score a knockout by the 6th, then he plans on going into the boxing mode in trying to win a decision. Whatever the case, Thurman can’t afford to be seen running from Guerrero, because that would be a big turnoff to the thousands of fans that will be watching the fight on NBC.
Light welterweight Adrien Broner came in a pound over the limit at 141 pounds for his fight against lightweight John Molina. However, Broner didn’t have to take off the extra pound, according to Fightnew.com, due to the contract saying that the weight limit . But it obviously isn’t a good sign for Broner that he’s not able to make the 140 pound limit, because this is pretty much the only place he can fight now if he wants to try and have any success.
