^^ Yes, even in the Pacquiao fight, his training or at least when he do the his drills, he is somewhat very slow and not that agile. Maybe that's how Thurman's training is, not focusing on the speed but power because he want's to try to knockout his opponent, and even before he was knock down or lost the fight to Manny, he is known to have that punching power.
So there's no difference it training at all for him, but I think he is more faster that Ugas that Spence recently beat. But has more power behind it. He had Manny in trouble in the later rounds, it's that his weakness was a body punch and when Manny hit him in the stomach, he somewhat wince, meaning he is affected.
I understand what you are saying, I know that some boxers focus on training to their highest potential, in this case it is as you say they want to focus on having more power from the punches, but there are many vulnerabilities when a boxer focuses only on one strategy, if he does not achieve to make a knockout you have to appeal to another plan, but what really fails here is that if you prepare only to knock out you have to get rid of the resistance and from the way you say it, I think neither the time nor the body will reach you You will be able to resist a training so focused on two things, you also have to do things with your diet, it is very different to train for both things, and come out well.
Of course that's what boxing is, to knock out someone or you yourself gets knock out. For me power is God given, you can just improved it, the way you throw, and other techniques that your trainers will teach you, but the power is always be there.
We haven't seen Thurman having weight problems making the 147 lbs limit so yeah, he is good at his diet or maybe someone is monitoring it for him, just like Spence. They know that this is important to they hire someone to help them maintain their weight within the limit and maybe diet a bit so that they will get everything in a balance.
Well, there is no doubt about that, you should have a doctor who is checking your weight every day, your muscle mass, everything that you do your exercises, especially your diet, which is something so important, there are many times that the meals do not give the same strength and they cannot eat more than that because that implies a possible lack of control and that is what should be avoided, for me that is something that has a lot to do with the way boxers take care of themselves, when a boxer He knows and knows his body very well. I think he can eat what he likes the most and not gain weight because he knows that what he has eaten must be burned so that it does not distort his diet and he does not put more work on the doctors.
In another order of ideas, Spence:
Spence: ‘I Got Helluh Options, I’ll Fight Whoever; Crawford Looked Good vs. Avanesyan, KO Was Nasty’
Fast forward to Dec. 16, when Spence was in Las Vegas to promote understudy Frank Martin’s bout against Michel Rivera, the WBC, WBA, and IBF welterweight champion Spence did a walk-and-talk interview with a group of media members.
“I didn't get to see [the Crawford-Avanesyan fight] but I seen the highlights. He looked. Terence always looked good. [The knockout] was nasty,” said Spence.
When Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) was further pressed around the subject of a Crawford fight finally happening in 2023, Spence was less definitive than he has been throughout the year to finally fight the Nebraskan native.
“Next year, anything can happen. I don't know man, I'm not going to worry about it too much. If it happens, it happens. If it don't, it don't,” said Spence.
“We'll see man, we'll see. The great thing is that I got helluh options. I never say I aint fight nobody. Sh!t -- I'll fight whoever.”
Source:
https://www.boxingscene.com/spence-i-got-helluh-options-ill-fight-whoever-crawford-looked-good-vs-avanesyan-ko-nasty--171302
