How many weeks have already passed with no new information? After being denied his chance a few years back, does Spence really not want to defend against Thurman?
When Crawford is finished dealing with Avanesyan, Spence will also be available. Spence must therefore need to pick a fight. He doesn't give updates to his fans and media on what will happen next. Will he stay or will he advance to another division? He is starting to irritate people.
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And for sure Spence doesn't want to get criticized specially on how Crawford portray them during their negotiations for a potential fight for this year.
This is Spence chance to prove that he is better than Crawford if he will win this fight, why? because he has a better opponent compared to Crawford who is not a championship caliber fighter. If this would not happen and Crawford won his fight, people will talk more about Crawford and Spence might be left behind.
Only if Spence is not interested with the belt that might be the reason these fights won't happen, but if he still wants to be keep the belt, then he needs to fight Thurman. Otherwise, the belt will be stripped of him and be rewarded to Thurman. For me, it's a good fight that many fans are waiting to witness, a title matchup that will give entertainment to all the boxing fans who love seeing both known fighters sharing a same ring and throwing punches with each other.
This will be a good fight and it would be best if we see a close match-up between these two and take the fight up to 12 rounds of boxing I don't know how Spence will knockout Thurman because he seems to learn a lot since he fought Manny and he still has the speed and power. So it is still unpredictable though the odds will be with Spence the chance is still high for Thurman to win this fight. Both are famous and known to be knocking out their opponents but only one will emerge as a winner and with these guys, only a small chance of a draw, and most likely the fight will end in the official's decisions.
Most likely the result will in favor of one fighter, the draw thing is far to happen in here knowing both are explosive fighters, if given a chance both will try to take one another, I like to see someone kissing the canvass it will be an additional enjoyment for the viewers, Spence might be the favorite here but Thurman will try to prove something that he still part of the circulation from this division.
Yes, it is expected that Spence will be listed as the favorite while Thurman will be the underdog and I think their odds won't be differ that much because knowing that bookies aren't that sure who have the upper hand in this fight, I'm already expecting that scenario. Anyway, is this fight already final? I hope they will give an update before this year ends because people aren't that patient after what happened recently, if you know what I mean.
No word yet, but I have a gut feeling that it will be pushed by PBC, both of them are under their stable so much easier to make it. At the same time it was ordered already so they will have to follow it, although not always specially if fighters are from different managers and network affiliations.
And for sure Spence doesn't want to get criticized specially on how Crawford portray them during their negotiations for a potential fight for this year.
Only if Spence is not interested with the belt that might be the reason these fights won't happen, but if he still wants to be keep the belt, then he needs to fight Thurman. Otherwise, the belt will be stripped of him and be rewarded to Thurman. For me, it's a good fight that many fans are waiting to witness, a title matchup that will give entertainment to all the boxing fans who love seeing both known fighters sharing a same ring and throwing punches with each other.
This will be a good fight and it would be best if we see a close match-up between these two and take the fight up to 12 rounds of boxing I don't know how Spence will knockout Thurman because he seems to learn a lot since he fought Manny and he still has the speed and power. So it is still unpredictable though the odds will be with Spence the chance is still high for Thurman to win this fight. Both are famous and known to be knocking out their opponents but only one will emerge as a winner and with these guys, only a small chance of a draw, and most likely the fight will end in the official's decisions.
Most likely the result will in favor of one fighter, the draw thing is far to happen in here knowing both are explosive fighters, if given a chance both will try to take one another, I like to see someone kissing the canvass it will be an additional enjoyment for the viewers, Spence might be the favorite here but Thurman will try to prove something that he still part of the circulation from this division.
Yes, it is expected that Spence will be listed as the favorite while Thurman will be the underdog and I think their odds won't be differ that much because knowing that bookies aren't that sure who have the upper hand in this fight, I'm already expecting that scenario. Anyway, is this fight already final? I hope they will give an update before this year ends because people aren't that patient after what happened recently, if you know what I mean.
Terence Crawford: “Jermell Charlo, He’s Not On My Level Nor Errol Spence Level”
I cannot really argue with him about that and I don't see it as boasting as well because clearly, what he is saying is a fact that Jermell Charlo and Errol Spence is really below his level. He could've added more details that the two named champions are also afraid with him, ducking and looking the other way just to prevent a fight with him. These things aren't really that hard to understand because there's no political issues that will be prevent them anymore, it's just that either Spence, Charlo or Haymon is really afraid of the current Crawford.
Lucky for Spence, Manny Pacquiao had exposed Thurman during their fight.
And because of that, Thurman now changed and learn his lesson from it. Fighting Pacquiao changes him into a much more responsible boxer. That mistake he did in that fight won't surely be repeated again against Spence.
On the other hand, I doubt Spence, with his caliber, will depend on that fight to find an advantage against Thurman.
Spence is not like that and he will pulverize Thurman in his own way without referring to his opponent's previous fights.
Of course, what we do here is speculate as we have our own conclusions before the actual fight. But we can tell not just this two, but those other boxer in the past that they are only good in their last fight. They might be in their primes no doubt about it, but who is more active in the last 2 years and who did suffer a lost.
That alone could be again, another way how you are going to see this fight in your mind. How will it play out, Spence is now the champion and Thurman just fought 2x after his recover from injury. Actually 3 if we will consider Lopez which he defeated by not convincingly. And then Manny, he lost, Barrios he win but another close call.
Indeed you got a very good point there that this fight upper dog is Spence. He is active in boxing all these years, he is taller and has longer reach. His records is better than Thurman, so anyone thinking Thurman is not the underdog should revisit the two boxers' resumes.
But still, we shouldn't forget the preparation of these two boxers. If ever we are thinking of which stage is crucial in a boxing match, it is the preparation stage where both camps studies their opponent looking for the possible weakness to exploit. Lucky for Spence, Manny Pacquiao had exposed Thurman during their fight.
Considering this advantage of Spence, I have a feeling that no matter how I like Thurman to win the fight, Spence will emerge victorious. But still, I am looking for an upset win by Thurman.
Only if Spence is not interested with the belt that might be the reason these fights won't happen, but if he still wants to be keep the belt, then he needs to fight Thurman. Otherwise, the belt will be stripped of him and be rewarded to Thurman. For me, it's a good fight that many fans are waiting to witness, a title matchup that will give entertainment to all the boxing fans who love seeing both known fighters sharing a same ring and throwing punches with each other.
This will be a good fight and it would be best if we see a close match-up between these two and take the fight up to 12 rounds of boxing I don't know how Spence will knockout Thurman because he seems to learn a lot since he fought Manny and he still has the speed and power. So it is still unpredictable though the odds will be with Spence the chance is still high for Thurman to win this fight. Both are famous and known to be knocking out their opponents but only one will emerge as a winner and with these guys, only a small chance of a draw, and most likely the fight will end in the official's decisions.
Most likely the result will in favor of one fighter, the draw thing is far to happen in here knowing both are explosive fighters, if given a chance both will try to take one another, I like to see someone kissing the canvass it will be an additional enjoyment for the viewers, Spence might be the favorite here but Thurman will try to prove something that he still part of the circulation from this division.
You know what I'll wait on this match? And that is the hype of Thurman and that's the same thing that he has done when he was against Pacman.
It'll bring more hype to this match if he'll do the same marketing as those words that he has said on how confident he is to beat Spence on defending his title.
And when this match is done, is there still possibility that Spence will fight Crawford?
It'll bring more hype to this match if he'll do the same marketing as those words that he has said on how confident he is to beat Spence on defending his title.
And when this match is done, is there still possibility that Spence will fight Crawford?
Yes, I think Thurman has still the hype behind his name, although his performance against Barrios is a lot to be question because Barrios is not a legitimate welterweight and he chooses him as his comeback fight. Obviously, he won and then he went on another hiatus.
But this time, for sure Thurman will hype this fight like he did against Manny Pacquiao. He is also a gifted "talker". So who knows, maybe he will sell this fight through his mouth again.
Forget about Spence vs Crawford.
The diversion of attention of the fans are now on this match. Okay, there's no more Spence and Crawford because of this match and that's why schedules and deals won't be possible anymore.
Both has good set of records, as Thurman's performance isn't convincing against Barrios. Maybe this time, he'll retrieve himself and will show the expected Thurman that everyone wants.
I'm also expecting that it will be a different Thurman because he will be fighting a champion, who has a 3 belt right now. And Spence is not going to back down from any trash talk, but not sure why there are news that he didn't want to fight Thurman, or at least that's what Crawford is trying to say.
Yes, we no longer interested as of this time to a Spence vs Crawford.
We are now focused on this fight, as we have a lot of very intriguing and interesting fight in the calendar.
With all this, I would like to see a scenario where Thurman wins, what would happen to Spence and the fight against Crawford, and in the hypothetical case Crawford wins the fight? What will happen or what move would Spence make? maybe look for the fight against Crawford to regain moral value and his gfans forgive him? I think that these things can sometimes get hotter than normal, and yes, in this case the fight that was expected between him and Crawford does not matter, but it is in everything we know that it would be an exceptional fight, but in chaos that happens all of the above, would Crawford want or accept the challenge to Spence?
Only if Spence is not interested with the belt that might be the reason these fights won't happen, but if he still wants to be keep the belt, then he needs to fight Thurman. Otherwise, the belt will be stripped of him and be rewarded to Thurman. For me, it's a good fight that many fans are waiting to witness, a title matchup that will give entertainment to all the boxing fans who love seeing both known fighters sharing a same ring and throwing punches with each other.
This will be a good fight and it would be best if we see a close match-up between these two and take the fight up to 12 rounds of boxing I don't know how Spence will knockout Thurman because he seems to learn a lot since he fought Manny and he still has the speed and power. So it is still unpredictable though the odds will be with Spence the chance is still high for Thurman to win this fight. Both are famous and known to be knocking out their opponents but only one will emerge as a winner and with these guys, only a small chance of a draw, and most likely the fight will end in the official's decisions.
The truth is that I would like Thurman to win this fight, not so that he loses his title, but so that he can learn to be a little more receptive, because Crawford was waiting for the fight against him, if in the event that Thurman wins and Crawford wins his fight, I think the roles here will be reversed and now it will be Spence who wants to rebuild his reputation and climb again against Crawford, there in that situation I would like to see how everything will develop, there are many clear things here, if Spence wins, he consolidates himself as a great leader and leaves Crawford on the way, on the other hand Thurman would lose credibility, so if we put them in concetxto these things, every scenario turns out to be very strong for one than for the others.
Terence Crawford: “Jermell Charlo, He’s Not On My Level Nor Errol Spence Level”
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Though he’s at the tail end of his career, Terence Crawford has set several lofty goals. Amongst them, of course, is an undisputed showdown against current unified champion, Errol Spence Jr.
Should the WBO trinket holder truncate Spence’s title reign, his next objective would be to move on from the 147-pound division and campaign as a full-fledged junior middleweight. His primary goal, ultimately, would be to strip Jermell Charlo of his WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles.
Charlo, unsurprisingly, has berated Crawford for his ambitions. While the two have continued to go back and forth in the public eye, a lightbulb has flickered on in the mind of Crawford.
Should the WBO trinket holder truncate Spence’s title reign, his next objective would be to move on from the 147-pound division and campaign as a full-fledged junior middleweight. His primary goal, ultimately, would be to strip Jermell Charlo of his WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles.
Charlo, unsurprisingly, has berated Crawford for his ambitions. While the two have continued to go back and forth in the public eye, a lightbulb has flickered on in the mind of Crawford.
Source: https://www.boxingscene.com/terence-crawford-jermell-charlo-hes-not-on-my-level-errol-spence-level--170799
This can make things come off as a direct taunt, but I actually like the way he said it, let's see later if it has repercussions on others.
Only if Spence is not interested with the belt that might be the reason these fights won't happen, but if he still wants to be keep the belt, then he needs to fight Thurman. Otherwise, the belt will be stripped of him and be rewarded to Thurman. For me, it's a good fight that many fans are waiting to witness, a title matchup that will give entertainment to all the boxing fans who love seeing both known fighters sharing a same ring and throwing punches with each other.
This will be a good fight and it would be best if we see a close match-up between these two and take the fight up to 12 rounds of boxing I don't know how Spence will knockout Thurman because he seems to learn a lot since he fought Manny and he still has the speed and power. So it is still unpredictable though the odds will be with Spence the chance is still high for Thurman to win this fight. Both are famous and known to be knocking out their opponents but only one will emerge as a winner and with these guys, only a small chance of a draw, and most likely the fight will end in the official's decisions.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
It's also because most of the 147 lbs fighters are into the stable of Al Haymon in PBC that's why it's easy to made. As compare to Crawford which has to settle on Avanesyan on his next fight as he can't find a good dance partner.
And that is why he is still being criticized eventhough is no longer with Top Rank.
But as a I have said, PBC controls that division and they have Thurman and Spence to fight next and obviously the winner will all be in house money and belt for them.
Wait, is this fight already official? The last information that I know is that both camps are yet on the talks and trying to come up with the same goal. Did Spence already accepted it though? And it was rumored that this bout will happen somewhere around the 3rd week of the next month. Which got me thinking that the rumored date is quite near and practically almost impossible to make it happen as boxers need their time to study and prepare for it.
I'll be glad to hear more information about this bout.
I guess even if Spence will not agree with this fight but it's already ordered by WBC that Thurman will have to defend his title.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10055263-errol-spence-ordered-to-defend-welterweight-title-vs-keith-thurman
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The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ordered welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. to defend his belt against Keith Thurman.
The order occurred during WBC's convention in Mexico, per ESPN's Mike Coppinger, who also noted that Spence could defend his unified welterweight championship.
The order occurred during WBC's convention in Mexico, per ESPN's Mike Coppinger, who also noted that Spence could defend his unified welterweight championship.
That article was published NOVEMBER 10, 2022, and I think "bleacherreport.com" is a reputable website.
We should not doubt that this fight is not gonna happen, otherwise, we will again lose the opportunity to witness a very exciting fight.
Well there are fights that have been ordered but cannot be made because again, we have seen what boxing politics can do. Most of the times this boxers can't fight one another because of their network affiliations and promoters.
But this time, it's different, Spence and Thurman are both in the same umbrella and control of PBC. So this order if for formally, as maybe PBC is really want to match Spence and Thurman, in house money and the winner still with the belt and with their stable.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
It's also because most of the 147 lbs fighters are into the stable of Al Haymon in PBC that's why it's easy to made. As compare to Crawford which has to settle on Avanesyan on his next fight as he can't find a good dance partner.
And that is why he is still being criticized eventhough is no longer with Top Rank.
But as a I have said, PBC controls that division and they have Thurman and Spence to fight next and obviously the winner will all be in house money and belt for them.
Wait, is this fight already official? The last information that I know is that both camps are yet on the talks and trying to come up with the same goal. Did Spence already accepted it though? And it was rumored that this bout will happen somewhere around the 3rd week of the next month. Which got me thinking that the rumored date is quite near and practically almost impossible to make it happen as boxers need their time to study and prepare for it.
I'll be glad to hear more information about this bout.
I guess even if Spence will not agree with this fight but it's already ordered by WBC that Thurman will have to defend his title.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10055263-errol-spence-ordered-to-defend-welterweight-title-vs-keith-thurman
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The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ordered welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. to defend his belt against Keith Thurman.
The order occurred during WBC's convention in Mexico, per ESPN's Mike Coppinger, who also noted that Spence could defend his unified welterweight championship.
The order occurred during WBC's convention in Mexico, per ESPN's Mike Coppinger, who also noted that Spence could defend his unified welterweight championship.
That article was published NOVEMBER 10, 2022, and I think "bleacherreport.com" is a reputable website.
We should not doubt that this fight is not gonna happen, otherwise, we will again lose the opportunity to witness a very exciting fight.
Only if Spence is not interested with the belt that might be the reason these fights won't happen, but if he still wants to be keep the belt, then he needs to fight Thurman. Otherwise, the belt will be stripped of him and be rewarded to Thurman. For me, it's a good fight that many fans are waiting to witness, a title matchup that will give entertainment to all the boxing fans who love seeing both known fighters sharing a same ring and throwing punches with each other.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
It's also because most of the 147 lbs fighters are into the stable of Al Haymon in PBC that's why it's easy to made. As compare to Crawford which has to settle on Avanesyan on his next fight as he can't find a good dance partner.
And that is why he is still being criticized eventhough is no longer with Top Rank.
But as a I have said, PBC controls that division and they have Thurman and Spence to fight next and obviously the winner will all be in house money and belt for them.
Wait, is this fight already official? The last information that I know is that both camps are yet on the talks and trying to come up with the same goal. Did Spence already accepted it though? And it was rumored that this bout will happen somewhere around the 3rd week of the next month. Which got me thinking that the rumored date is quite near and practically almost impossible to make it happen as boxers need their time to study and prepare for it.
I'll be glad to hear more information about this bout.
I guess even if Spence will not agree with this fight but it's already ordered by WBC that Thurman will have to defend his title.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10055263-errol-spence-ordered-to-defend-welterweight-title-vs-keith-thurman
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The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ordered welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. to defend his belt against Keith Thurman.
The order occurred during WBC's convention in Mexico, per ESPN's Mike Coppinger, who also noted that Spence could defend his unified welterweight championship.
The order occurred during WBC's convention in Mexico, per ESPN's Mike Coppinger, who also noted that Spence could defend his unified welterweight championship.
That article was published NOVEMBER 10, 2022, and I think "bleacherreport.com" is a reputable website.
We should not doubt that this fight is not gonna happen, otherwise, we will again lose the opportunity to witness a very exciting fight.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
It's also because most of the 147 lbs fighters are into the stable of Al Haymon in PBC that's why it's easy to made. As compare to Crawford which has to settle on Avanesyan on his next fight as he can't find a good dance partner.
And that is why he is still being criticized eventhough is no longer with Top Rank.
But as a I have said, PBC controls that division and they have Thurman and Spence to fight next and obviously the winner will all be in house money and belt for them.
Wait, is this fight already official? The last information that I know is that both camps are yet on the talks and trying to come up with the same goal. Did Spence already accepted it though? And it was rumored that this bout will happen somewhere around the 3rd week of the next month. Which got me thinking that the rumored date is quite near and practically almost impossible to make it happen as boxers need their time to study and prepare for it.
I'll be glad to hear more information about this bout.
But you can see that after he was beaten by Manny, it took him some time to recover and bounce back, and who is his opponent when he try to make a comeback? Mario Barrios who is not a natural 147 lbs.
So that alone is already a contention as to why he cherry pick Barrios. But I guess he was just lucky that he is still with PBC and so he was given the green light or at least being mandated to fight Spence. So it's a question whether he still has the fire or not, but hopefully the hunger is still inside of him in this fight.
All will be answered once the fight start to roll, the conclusion of the fight will tell it all whether he still have that fire inside him to win the belt or it was a lucky comeback fight against Barrios, who's not really on this division, I see it clearly in what extent you wanted to point here but Thurman may give Spence a hard time since both of them are still young and still on their prime in terms of body conditions.
A matter of how prepared and what kind of trainings and drills they will be undergoing to find ways to beat one another.
Of course, what we do here is speculate as we have our own conclusions before the actual fight. But we can tell not just this two, but those other boxer in the past that they are only good in their last fight. They might be in their primes no doubt about it, but who is more active in the last 2 years and who did suffer a lost.
That alone could be again, another way how you are going to see this fight in your mind. How will it play out, Spence is now the champion and Thurman just fought 2x after his recover from injury. Actually 3 if we will consider Lopez which he defeated by not convincingly. And then Manny, he lost, Barrios he win but another close call.
the determination in between will be the deciding factors if who will win this fight, I get your point and yes it's a good way when you assessing fighters, Spence have that great wins and win more belts against Ugas he shows his dominance and he really got that speed and skills when throwing his punches more on timing and conversions are really good.
While with Thurman, even his name got hypes after winning against Barrios but doubts with his speed and fighting form are being questioned..
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
It's also because most of the 147 lbs fighters are into the stable of Al Haymon in PBC that's why it's easy to made. As compare to Crawford which has to settle on Avanesyan on his next fight as he can't find a good dance partner.
And that is why he is still being criticized eventhough is no longer with Top Rank.
But as a I have said, PBC controls that division and they have Thurman and Spence to fight next and obviously the winner will all be in house money and belt for them.
Will the winner of this fight going to fight Crawford? If it's Spence, then I doubt the fight will happen as he already docked Crawford, so although I think Spence is the better fighter, I'm still looking for a possible upset to see a Thurman vs Crawford fight. If Thurman wins, he will make a big news and that will bring the hype so high, which means they will make more money if the mega fight between Crawford will happen.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
It's also because most of the 147 lbs fighters are into the stable of Al Haymon in PBC that's why it's easy to made. As compare to Crawford which has to settle on Avanesyan on his next fight as he can't find a good dance partner.
And that is why he is still being criticized eventhough is no longer with Top Rank.
But as a I have said, PBC controls that division and they have Thurman and Spence to fight next and obviously the winner will all be in house money and belt for them.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches.
Everyone is expecting that Spence will win, but we have Thurman who is not a champion but still fight like a Champion. I'm glad that Spence take this challenge although it's mandatory now, but the fact that Spence fighting a legit challenger, that will make this fight very interesting compared to the fight of Crawford.
^^ 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.
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.
For sure Spence team knows that, and Spence also throws a lot of body punch in the Ugas fight and we can see that it has power behind because Ugas will react and then tuck his elbow under him for protection.
So Spence is a good to decent body puncher, base on his stats against Ugas:
216 punches thrown, 70/784 = 27.6 %
So maybe a couple of body shots might hurt Thurman here. But still though, this is going to be a very close fight that might go to the scorecard.
Thurman survived against Pacman despite that 1st round knockdown, so I don't think Thurman here will allow Spence to exploit his weakness. Thurman has probably recovered already from his injury and has prepared for his comeback, so I don't really think that Spence aiming at Thurman's body would be a great strategy.
There's no way that Thurman haven't at least improved from that loss against Pacquiao. I reckon that he might have won that fight if not because of the early knockdown he experienced, that was the driving point why the judges favored Pacquiao and not him. This time, I know that Thurman will not take the same path because he will be predicted by Spence and surely he doesn't want to be in that position again.
If Spence will eventually defeat Thurman, I guess this will be the end of his career because I don't see him competing again if he will be defeated. That is why this fight is interesting enough to see because both boxers cannot afford the consequence that they will deal when they get defeated.
This fight going to be big fight, both the participants are equal with their strength and strategy. Thurman had the reputation already in the championship. He had won three times of the game he played. Even Thurman not in the top 5 position, his game was impressive in the boxing league. His game and tactics helped them to score the points and with three championship. He is recovered from the injury and will make the good game for the upcoming matches. Being a good fighter, his match will show his current form.
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