re: And New IBF WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP "Errol the Truth Spence Jr!"

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I see this as a testament to the greatness of Mayweather (Nobody would pick either fighter tonight to beat Floyd tomorrow). There's a false narrative that he waited for Manny to get old/slow to make the fight (even though Floyd is two years older). Also, people seem to forget that Pac hasn't knocked anyone out since agreeing to Floyd's initial demand of random blood/urine testing. Don't you think it's strange that he went from walking through punches from bigger fighters like Mosely, Hatton, Margarito, Clottey, and Cotto, to getting KO'd by the much smaller Marques?

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Mayweather could've fought Kell Brook. He never would because Brook was dangerous. Instead he went out against Berto. Pac was younger but offensive fighters age quicker. Pac hasn't knocked anyone out since Cotto and Marques failed a PED test after KOing Manny. Pac in his prime would've most likely been countered into oblivion by Mayweather but that wasn't the point--he was a risk and Mayweather didn't take risks.

Mayweather would never touch any of these guys even though he would've been favored against any of them and probably would have beaten them. A hypothetical 35 y/o Mayweather might look at Brook at this stage with 2 injured eyes as vulnerable enough to take on. Mayweather, as beautiful a fighter as he was, left a stench over the sport of gleefully ripping off fans while bragging in their faces about it. And if this Conor fight happens, he'll do it again.

Anyway, I really don't want to relitigate this tiresome subject. Sorry for mentioning Floyd's name.

ERROL F'N SPENCE JR!

Honestly what about Spence vs Cotto? Wouldn't do anything for Cotto but would make Spence a star if he could win decisively.

Spence surpassed Pac....

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I just think PAC has easy work with any welterweight except Spence and Thurman.

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We're gonna have to agree to disagree here. I think any of those guys would work Pac at this stage. No disrespect to Pac, but father time is undefeated with one draw against Bernard Hopkins.

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Pac has destroyed everybody he has fought since Mayweather.

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He's only fought two times since the Floyd the fight, and he didn't destroy either opponent. I'm willing to bet he won't destroy Jeff Horn in his next fight.

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No, he didn't, please provide a link if I'm wrong.

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Sorry, you're right. He never failed. I apologize. It's talked about with such certainty that he was juiced that I got mixed up.

I'll leave the Brooks - Berto debate for another thread and I don't want to discuss Floyd. I'm enjoying life after Floyd too much

Wasn't able to watch the fight earlier but just finished watching. So pumped man. I knew it was going to be a great fight.

This is just the beginning. I've been following this guy since the Olympics.

In his post fight interview he said that was part of the game plan after watching film on Brook. He wanted to pick up the pace to make him uncomfortable.

It was essentially a typical Errol Spence fight, his jab looked great, he worked the body, and he threw/landed combos.

Good fight, Brook had the Porter gameplan with all the holding he was doing, but I still had him winning most of the early rds. Spence put the money in the bank with those body shots, and he just fought more determined. He eventually walked Brook down like most of us thought he would and those GGG shots with the eye resurfaced and the rest is history.

Stylistically, I believe Brook was a tougher matchup than Thurman. Errol needs to work on fighting off his back foot. Kell was able to exploit that and land good clean shots in the earlier rounds. I doubt Thurman will be able to do the same. He doesn't back anyone up. Spence will make an effort to make Thurman uncomfortable early with body shots and cutting off the ring.