Yeah Floyds a bum now because he lost a couple sparring matches
I'm pretty sure he sparred Spence when he just got out of jail so he probably wasn't on top form but who cares
The only thing that matters is when the bright lights got turned on Mayweather always found a way to win.
It's funny that some people on here will do anything to discredit him and not acknowledge him as his eras best
Good catch.
How sad that people are resorting to edited videos now to try and discredit Floyd.
Pretty pathetic to stoop to that level.
It truly shows the mental state of some people on this site LOL.
unwritten rule in boxing you keep whatever happens in the gym amongst yourselves. spence runnin his mouth like a ol hoe. just say no comment and keep it pushing. even though he says it in a half asleep tone you know hes bragging. you gotta respect the culture. he did the same wit broner.
I knew this already like most people are saying. I heard it was something along the lines of just getting his @ss beat and Floyd had nothing on him.
I also heard the same thing happened to Broner sparring Spence
Smart fighters LEARN and probably even win and lose the biggest battles in the gym! TRAIN hard to make the fights look easy! (Just look at the HIGH qaulity sparring fighters such as Wladimir Kiltschko & David Haye have had during there careers!).....
Also I remember a story that Chris Eubank told about his son! Eubank Senor deliberately higher ed a Cuban Heavyweight to beat up on his son Junior! Round after round, Chris Eubank Junior was beaten and at some points knocked out of the ring! (But not at any point did Eubank Junior quit! I believe it was then at this point? Eubank Senior stepped in, Mission accomplished!..
It is a testament to Floyd Mayweather's training ethic to even have a fighter like Errol Spencer Junior in his camp! (Usually fighters seem to go easier on themselves as they progress into the later stages of their careers!)...
That is edited. That’s exactly what he said word for word when asked about Broner.
Good catch.
How sad that people are resorting to edited videos now to try and discredit Floyd.
Pretty pathetic to stoop to that level.
Floyd also got a broken rib from sparring before.
I watched pros spar before. Sometimes, the less accomplished fighter gets the better of it.
Exactly.
People have to remember that in sparring, you might just be working on a few specific things and get caught by something you're not really practicing for. It's also worth remembering that people are at different stages in their fitness in camp.
Put world champ in that's in his first day back in camp against someone that is 10-4 or something on their record but in good fighting shape, the better fighter can end up struggling.
That's why i never dismiss sparring rumours, a lot probably have some truth in them but at the same time, i'd never put too much stock in the rumour either. It's like the GGG dropping Kovalev in sparring. If Kovalev was just returning to camp and got hit by a body shot by GGG, i'd expect it to do damage.
You can tell people on here have never really been around boxing for real.
It's sparring. Floyd was probably training all day. I'm not one to defend Floyd (I'm a much bigger fan of Spence) but casual fans don't understand what sparring is about, they think it's like a real fight. It's training. Sometimes, you spar several guys in a row to condition yourself. Sometimes you get heroes that wanna make a statement and go too hard. Who knows what really happened.
This is pretty much the top and bottom of it.
Say you are doing the rounds sparring, bringing in a fresh body every three rounds...you are getting deep into it and tired, then some guy comes in trying to play hero rather than assist you and your camp? What do you do? Probably not gonna want to use him, right?
But, like you said, who knows. It doesn’t mean much.
Paul Spadafore pushed his shit in way before Erroll Spence did.
That doesn’t even look like Floyd. Not saying it’s not him cause obviously it is but it’s amazing how slow and out of it he looks
I took notice of Spence when Floyd himself said that Spence was "giving him outstanding work" and made him "wanna work harder" in sparring. When I heard that, I knew that Floyd got schooled when the two of them sparred.
The first time I heard about Errol Spence it was from sparring, just like the first time I heard about GGG. Just fighters talking about them, and how those two were something else. Then I couldn’t wait to see them fight.