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Keith Fitzgerald Thurman Jr. is an American professional boxer,
born on November 23, 1988 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Known as the ‘One Time’ in the boxing world, Thurman is famous for his one-time hits or blows
that can single-handedly end the entire match. He is a former unified welterweight world champion,
having held the WBA title from 2015 to 2019, and previously the WBC title from 2017 to 2018.
As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active welterweight by The Ring
magazine, fifth by BoxRec, and sixth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Keith Thurman was born to parents Keith Thurman Sr. and Debra Thorsen.
He grew up in a mix of cultures because his father is African-American and his mother is
of European ethnicity. Keith likes to call himself mix black in terms of ethnicity.
Keith also has two other siblings; a brother and a sister.
In 2016, Thurman started dating Nepalese native Priyana Thapa.
In 2017, the couple got married in a grand Nepali traditional wedding.
Thurman is well-loved and has been termed “Nepalese Son-in-law” by the people of Nepal.
Keith fought for the first time as an amateur in 1997, trained by the late Benjamin Getty
who worked with Sugar Ray Leonard. After finishing his amateur career with 101 victories
(76 KO's) and 6 National Championships, Thurman debuted as a professional light middleweight on
November 9, 2007, at the age of 18. He fought the match against Kenksy Rodney and knocked out his
opponent in the first round. Keith soon was called invincible and had nineteen victories under his
name by the year 2012. He defeated Carlos Quintana and won the WBO-NABO junior middleweight title,
and moved to another weight category. Thurman got his 20th consecutive victory by knocking
out Jan Zaveck. From this match, he got the title of WBO Inter-continental Welterweight Champion. He
had to fight five matches to keep his title from 2013-2019; he had victories against Jesus Karass,
Julio Diaz, Leonard Bundu, Robert Guerrero, and Luiz Collazo. In 2016 Keith suffered from
whiplash in a car accident and was out of action for months. After recovery, he came back and won
fights against Shawn Porter and his long-time rival Danny Garcia, and had become undefeated
for an entire decade. Thurman faced eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao on July 20, 2019 to
retain the Title of WBA Super Welterweight. Manny successfully landed more punches in
the match and harshly defeated Keith Thurman. Nicknamed "One Time" for his formidable knockout
power, Thurman is considered one of the hardest punchers in the welterweight division. As of
August 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active welterweight by The Ring magazine,
fifth by BoxRec, and sixth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
As of 2021, the estimated net worth of Keith Thurman
is $12 million. He has made his million-dollar empire from his very successful boxing career.
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