Frank Stea
Undefeated welterweight star Keith “One
Time” Thurman 18-0 (17 KOs) stopped by to talk with the ATG Radio crew just 48
hours after his sixth round TKO win over Orlando Lora 29-3 (19KOs) on HBO this
past Saturday night.
In the post-fight interview, Thurman
unexpectedly called out the top fighters in the welterweight division.
With the win, the 23-year old emerged as a rising star in the world of boxing, and after winding down from a
tough training camp, “One Time” touched on a number of topics and explained his
reasoning behind calling out boxing’s elite.
Below are some quotes from Monday’s night’s
interview.
On
calling out Paulie Malignaggi:
“It comes from the desire within my heart
to be a champion. If you’re a world
champion, you have to be ready to face the world.”
“I hear Paulie Malignaggi’s been tweeting
about me, saying I shouldn’t be bringing his name up. The problem is, he’s walking around with the
belt.”
“You gotta understand that this brother is
out there and wants to gun you down for that belt. I’m young, I’m hungry and I’m ready to eat.”
“I see him as a
target but he might be another Maidana and not let a brother eat.”
“Keith Thurman has
a “0” and I’m not afraid to let it go.”
On
calling out Floyd Mayweather:
“I consider him one of the best fighters
and the smartest fighter in boxing today.”
“Your jaw dropped because you heard me call
out the king. I want to take the king off
his throne and I might just do it.”
“A
lot of people don’t like that it was my HBO appearance and I called out the top
names. I’m not scared of nobody.”
“Everybody knows that Mosley rocked him
with that right hook. Don’t let me get
in the left hook. My name is “One Time”
for a reason.”
“Everybody can slip up and everybody can be
beaten.”
On the
possibility of fighting IBF champion Randall Bailey:
“I’m belt hungry. You can line up all the belts like at a
buffet and I’ll just gobble them up.”
“I’m undefeated. I’m undefeated. You can talk about me
fighting mediocre fighters. I put
mediocre fighters to sleep. Did
you? I know you fought some mediocre
fighters. Didn’t you take them to the
ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth rounds?
“I ‘sleep’ people and I might just sleep
you.”
To hear the 20-plus minute interview in
entirety, listen at blogtalkradio.com/all-timegreat/2012/07/24/
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