He deserved a few days off. Of course he did. The man had been in boxing rings since the time he was a little boy and, in the biggest fight of his life, had just lost for the first time as a professional.
So Keith Thurman deserved his break. Deserved a chance to enjoy life and the fat paycheck he had just earned. He traveled, enjoyed his new marriage, became a father. He finally had surgery for an injury that had been causing severe pain and swelling in his left hand in his last few fights.
He learned to live with the split decision loss to boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, and spent his days plotting a new direction for his career as a pandemic gripped the nation.
