Spence's power/punch-placement is downright scary. Stops Algieri who Manny couldn't stop. KOs Bundu who Thurman barely hurt. The kid is stopping guys that other Elite fighters couldn't stop, while barely getting touched in the process.
IMO pound for pound you'd have to put Spence's punching power up there with the likes of GGG. Their styles are actually similar in some ways- excellent timing, intelligent pressure, devastating body attack, deceptive defense, etc.
Abel Sanchez himself said that Spence is the fvcking future and that he would stop Garcia/Thurman.
Personally I'd pick Spence over Canelo anyday.
Come on, Spence has yet to fight, let alone stop a top 10 fighter. Golovkin has stopped like 5 and has 20+ stoppages in a row.
It's disrespectful to Golovkin to ask this question.
GGG beats bums like Geale/Macklin. Spence is knocking out veterans who have never been stopped before.
Spence all day.
Geale macklin and murray along with rosado anc lemuiex were all top 10 ranked middleweights on earth when GGG beat them.
cotto , canelo saunders, quillen , jacobs, eubank jr and martinez al Lal avoided GGG. They didnt wanna taste that power.
Spence beating canelo might be pushing it.spence defense isnt the best and his opposition hasnt been anything to write home about. He is top 15-20 at 147. But he hasnt fought a top 10 fighter yet that would give some quality resistance. Canelo would outweigh spence by a lot of pounds. I dont even like canelo , but he is a very solid combination puncher.
Still Golovkin IMO. Spence has 2 quality wins - Algieri and Bundu. Both were borderline ~20th ranked fighters. Algieri was on a pretty bad streak, with 2/3 losses. Including getting knocked down by Pac a billion times.
Bundu is a 41 year old man no matter how you slice it. Yes, Thurman could not knock him out, and that says plenty.
Compare to Golovkin, Lemieux was on a hot streak before the stoppage, with 2 losses when he was younger. Monroe won a tourney and was doing before/still doing good after the loss. Other guys like Stevens, Rosado, Wade are still well ranked and successful.
In short, Spence doesn't have the quantity or the quality that Golovkin possesses right now. But he's damn impressive.
Good post. Exactly right. He methodically breaks his opponents down. I really believe he wants the fights to last until he's ready to end it. He punishes them until they give up or he KOs them. His sparring partners claim he hits like a HW. I would love to see GGG get challenged for real just once. Maybe Brook? We'll see soon enough.
From 154-168 Canelo, Ramirez, and Groves are the only one's who can test him, other than that Golovkin walks through everyone
Doesn't sound impressive until you realize that 40 y/o was Leonard Bundu.
dude is tough as they come.
Geale, Murray, Macklin, and Proska = Bums
Bundu and Algeiri = As tough as they come journeymen
Does that sound about right?
I did, but Golovkin doesn't put people down as much, Lemiux, Murray, Stevens, and Rosado were all stopped standing and the damage was due to body shots mostly, Golovkin hits hard af but its his IQ the makes him so dangerous
Good post. Exactly right. He methodically breaks his opponents down. I really believe he wants the fights to last until he's ready to end it. He punishes them until they give up or he KOs them. His sparring partners claim he hits like a HW. I would love to see GGG get challenged for real just once. Maybe Brook? We'll see soon enough.
If Spence were 34 y/o and about to fight somebody 2 divisions down....I'd agree with you.
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Instead, he just stopped a 40 year old....doesn't sound all that impressive when you think about it in those terms.
u must not have saw the golovkin vs ishida fight.
I did, but Golovkin doesn't put people down as much, Lemiux, Murray, Stevens, and Rosado were all stopped standing and the damage was due to body shots mostly, Golovkin hits hard af but its his IQ the makes him so dangerous
GGG is all hype buddy. His best win is Geale who old shot Cotto stopped just as fast. All the bums he beat like Lemieux, Macklin, and Geale have all been stopped by other guys already.
Spence would beat GGG ass at 160 thats why GGG ducked Spence.this idiot just went full retard. hahaha
GGG has the best nutthuggers....gotta' give him that.
Do you disagree with what I said? Are you smart enough to make a counter argument?
Actually, even if you were smart enough, you couldn't. It's a fact. Spence will end up at JMW or MW but is fighting small WW now.
GGG is a natural MW knocking out natural MWs. The Brook fight is an outlier.