Keith Thurman Compares The Punching Power Of Danny Garcia To Manny Pacquiao: “Nobody Hit Like Danny”

By: Hans Themistode

Keith Thurman believes his time on the shelf is slowly however absolutely coming to an finish. The previous unified welterweight titlist is again within the gymnasium and dealing arduous to return to kind. Just lately, rumors surfaced of a doable rematch between Thurman and long-time rival, Shawn Porter. In 2016, Thurman edged out an in depth unanimous determination victory between the pair.

Whether or not their showdown involves fruition or not is but to be seen however in the meanwhile, Thurman is targeted on the most important combat within the welterweight division that’s set to happen in just some brief months when Manny Pacquiao takes on present unified champion Errol Spence Jr.

Having gone toe to toe with Pacquiao in July of 2019, Thurman is aware of precisely what it feels prefer to be on the opposite finish of the previous eight-division world champions punches. Contemplating that Thurman went down from a punch within the opening spherical to Pacquiao for less than the second time in his profession and was damage on a number of events, he wholeheartedly respects how arduous Pacquiao hits. With that stated, he isn’t the most important puncher he’s ever confronted.

“No one hit like Danny (Garcia),” stated Thurman throughout an interview with FightHype.com “He felt like an enormous brick, Pacquiao felt like slightly brick. Now the bizarre half is that Pacquiao’s fingers simply felt heavy. After the combat, I used to be like why did his fist really feel so arduous within the combat? I might deal with it however I used to be pondering does he do sure coaching? Does he have extra bone density in his fingers? Did they do some Asian stuff? What did they do?”

As Thurman paused for a second to reminisce of his forwards and backwards battle with Pacquiao that in the end resulted within the first defeat of his profession, the Florida native believes he understands why Pacquiao hit so arduous.

“I used to be an image that my dad framed up at his home, he took an image of me and Pac buying and selling physique blows. Once I regarded on the image, I observed that Pacquiao wore these old-school Mexican Reyes gloves. Again when me and Ben Getty (Thurman’s previous coach who handed away) was knocking everyone out, we all the time wore these Mexican Reyes gloves. What would it not have felt like for Pacquiao if I might’ve worn these Reyes?”

In the long run, Thurman’s query is prone to by no means be answered as the 2 proceed to go in reverse instructions. Nonetheless, regardless of what he deems as unfinished enterprise and no matter how a lot respect he has for the hard-hitting future first poll Corridor of Famer, Thurman nonetheless provides Garcia the sting within the energy division.

The 2 initially confronted off in March of 2017. Though Thurman picked up the win comparatively simply, he all the time stood firmly behind his claims that the punches Garcia landed on his shoulders made him unable to elevate his arm for every week. So, even with the fixed punishment he withstood by the hands of Pacquiao, Thurman nonetheless provides Garcia the sting in punching energy.

“Pacquiao does hit arduous, he hits quick however as a welterweight, it’s not the toughest punch I’ve ever felt. It’s the toughest punch I’ve ever felt coming from slightly man like Pacquiao. However Danny Garcia, the best way he vegetation his ft, the best way he develops tork into his punches, he’s not even an actual welterweight and to me, he was the toughest hitting welterweight that I confronted.”