Keith Thurman deftly sidestepped one trap after another to outpoint Danny Garcia and shoot to the top of the welterweight pecking order. Keith Thurman beats Danny Garcia by split decision to unify welterweight titles – as it happened Read more“I knew that today would be the day I accomplish my dreams,” Thurman said. But Thurman caught Garcia flush with a heat-seeking left before the round was out, sending the Philadelphia reeling backward. He was able to score with counters and had moments in every round; Thurman just had more of them. By the fifth Garcia began putting his right hand out to guard against Thurman’s left hook, a tactical adjustment that seemed to tilt the momentum in his favor.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2017 04:35 UTC