Topic: Boxing: Errol Spence vs Keith Thurman - page 11. (Read 7339 times)

It is absolutely crazy to me that half the people in this thread voted for Thurman to beat Spence.
This is going to be one of the biggest mismatches we've seen.
Thurman can't take body shots, he hates fighting at a fast pace and I don't think he can fight in the pocket particularly well.
I have researched this fight extensively and I can't see one way that Thurman beats Spence.
I think Spence stops Thurman in the 9th round.

Everyone is going to call Spence, and who is Erickson Lubin by the way? he hasn't make any names for himself and I doubt that he will be given the chance to be the next one to face either fighter.

We should set aside Erickson Lubin's challenge for now, and focus on making this fight happen first to see what the outcome will be. It's a big fight, and Thurman is definitely facing the biggest challenge of his career (after Pacman). If he loses here, it will be his second loss and it won't bode well for his career. Therefore, I expect him to be very well-prepared, as we all know how formidable Spence is in the ring.

NEW YORK – If Terence Crawford would allow Oscar De La Hoya to promote him, “The Golden Boy” is confident he can help put together another megafight with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions.

De La Hoya informed a group of reporters Wednesday that he has urged Crawford to let him handle negotiations for the most meaningful fight that can be made for Crawford – his seemingly ill-fated showdown with Errol Spence Jr. Crawford and De La Hoya have discussed doing business together in recent months in part because one of the welterweight contenders Golden Boy Promotions represents, Alexis Rocha, is the mandatory challenger for Crawford’s WBO 147-pound championship.

In boxing, there are casual trash talks that are common. However, Thurman made an effort for his trashtalks to become personal. In order to distract Pacquiao, he attempted to get under his skin but failed deliberately.

Errol Spence will force Keith Thurman to kiss the canvas. Thurman was down by the body punch of Pacquiao and Spence is more well known for working on the bodies of his opponents. By TKO, Thurman will lose.

Although it’s been years since Keith Thurman openly ignored the perpetual call-outs of a young up-and-coming Errol Spence Jr., the current unified champion at 147 pounds is still holding a grudge. 

Still, even with the 32-year-old claiming on countless occasions that he would never share the ring with his longtime rival, he appears to be on the verge of doing so anyways. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, the two are likely to square off above the welterweight limit. While it’s yet to be revealed if their showdown will take place in the junior middleweight division, Erickson Lubin is hoping that both men will ultimately infiltrate his stomping grounds.

“If they here, that’s good news to me,” said Lubin to BoxingScene.com. “We got more killers in the weight class.”

A prime Spence with speed and a power punch combination, it's a tough opponent to beat,
that last look at how Spence played with Ugas. That is something that Thurman needs to
work and analyze on how to counter and how to beat.

It's correct, Thurman has nothing to lose and everything to gain if he pulls one of the biggest upset of the year. Although there is no belt in the line, but having your first career lost? Spence might not take it mentally.

So still a big fight for Spence here and he shouldn't underestimate Thurman. Yes he doesn't look good in his last fight. But if Spence will not train hard here, maybe it's going to be a difficult fight for him.

Thurman is the one who got nothing more to lose because his career is now on the point that if he will get defeated again, then it's time for him to hang his gloves up. It might be early for his age but there's nothing he can do because if he will continue his career, he will become a trophy for someone else's career and a stepping stone for that same someone to have good fights in the future.
But for Spence, he got everything to lose here and he might not have his belts at stake but his value and reputation are on the line because a defeat from Thurman will seriously decline his value and he will have his first defeat in his career. Furthermore, the governing bodies will probably make him as an example so that they don't have to take the blame anymore and will likely arrange a fight with Crawford or Boots Ennis to clean their names from being affiliated with Spence and Al Haymon.

It's correct, Thurman has nothing to lose and everything to gain if he pulls one of the biggest upset of the year. Although there is no belt in the line, but having your first career lost? Spence might not take it mentally.

So still a big fight for Spence here and he shouldn't underestimate Thurman. Yes he doesn't look good in his last fight. But if Spence will not train hard here, maybe it's going to be a difficult fight for him.

Thurman is the one who got nothing more to lose because his career is now on the point that if he will get defeated again, then it's time for him to hang his gloves up. It might be early for his age but there's nothing he can do because if he will continue his career, he will become a trophy for someone else's career and a stepping stone for that same someone to have good fights in the future.
But for Spence, he got everything to lose here and he might not have his belts at stake but his value and reputation are on the line because a defeat from Thurman will seriously decline his value and he will have his first defeat in his career. Furthermore, the governing bodies will probably make him as an example so that they don't have to take the blame anymore and will likely arrange a fight with Crawford or Boots Ennis to clean their names from being affiliated with Spence and Al Haymon.

Both will be on the side where only pride is at stake, nothing to lose for Spence aside from the fact that if Thurman will make an upset
it will give him the chance to negotiate with a money and title fight.

Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza has spoken publicly about the breakdown in negotiations that saw the mooted welterweight unification bout between WBO champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford  39-0 (30) and WBC, WBA and IBF boss Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr 28-0 (22) fall apart.

Protracted talks for the all-southpaw battle took place last year but eventually proved fruitless.

Crawford, 35, from Omaha, Nebraska, had split from long-time promoter Top Rank and was negotiating the fight on his own behalf, but Espinoza doesn’t believe his self representation was the reason a deal could not be reached.

“I don’t think it was a lack or presence of a promoter (for Crawford) that caused it to break down the first time… I think it was just different expectations and not being able to get to the same page. And then at a certain point Crawford went in a different direction,” Espinoza told FightHubTV.

Crawford won the WBO welterweight belt from Jeff Horn with a ninth-round knockout in June 2018 after previously holding the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF junior welterweight titles. He is also a former WBO lightweight champion.

Texan Spence, 33, has held the IBF title for six years after stopping Kell Brook in 11 heats in May 2017. Three title defences followed before he unified with WBC champion Shawn Porter in September 2019. In his last bout in April he added the WBA title to his hardware with a 10th round knockout of Yordenis Ugas.