By Victor Salazar

Tampa, Florida - For Keith Thurman (26-0, 22 KO’s) his options are plentiful in a loaded welterweight division on the Premier Boxing Champions Series. After his victory over Luis Collazo, Thurman says he just wants the big names.

“I want Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana and Shawn Porter,” Thurman told BoxingScene.com. “This is boxing I want to fight the same guys you want me to fight. Right now we would like Amir Khan. He has finally started mentioning Keith Thurman’s name. When I hear those syllables coming out a fighters mouth, that’s what I like.”

The reason he wants Amir Khan is because he feels Khan is overrated and if Khan wants to prove he’s elite, he should take on a real welterweight like himself.

“I’ve said before that Amir Khan does not truly belong in the welterweight division,” said Thurman. “So if he truly wants to make a statement in the division, he should fight a true welterweight like a Keith Thurman or a Shawn Porter. His fellow countrymen, Kell Brook fought a great welterweight in Shawn Porter. So I would like to see Amir Khan do the same thing.

Recently the Floyd Mayweather camp have mentioned a fight between Keith Thurman and Errol Spence as a way for Thurman to prove himself against young welterweights. Thurman has dismissed the notion because he doesn’t feel Spence wants the fight.

“That boy (Errol Spence) don’t want it in the near future, his Uncle Floyd adopted him and told him to say that statement,” stated an amped up Thurman. “If he really wanted to state that statement, he wouldn’t have stuttered when he said it. He’s a young talented fighter. I sound like Floyd right now saying that. He hasn’t fought a B Class fighter. He keeps fighting these one week replacements. Go ahead and fight Diego Chaves, go fight Luis Collazo, or any ex world champion that I fought before you say my name out your mouth.”

Aside from not wanting the fight. Thurman feels Spence doesn’t deserve the fight. Even if Mayweather was to offer up one of the many ABC belts that he holds.

“C’mon, that’s Floyd playing games,” explained Thurman about fighting for one of the belts Mayweather may or may not dropped. “If he (Mayweather) wants to offer up something, tell him to offer 10 Million Dollars. If he’s about money and wants to make great fights, throw up some dollar bills. But at the end of the day, Spence needs to earn that shot.”