Is Spence Starting to Become Overrated?

Spence is a cold stone killer at WW. He won't be that effective once he goes up. At WW he is too powerful and strong. He is definitely there to be hit. No head movement. Planted feet. That is the type of fighter that can get knocked out badly. Once he moves up, he might get found out. He has a lot of flaws, but none of them matter much at WW.

Rewind 4 years and replace 'Spence' with 'Golovkin', and you have a fighter in a similar situation. He passes the eye test, and his skills are solid and proven. But no, we will not know how truly good he is until he fights other elite WWs.

very overrated. i put tim bradley over spence.

We will find out when he fights Mickey

You see all these holes and yet all Spence does is win and dominate and KO everybody he fights. He KOs guys nobody else KOs. No welterweight ever beat Brook but Spence KOed him. Thurman couldn't KO Bundu but Spence did and Bundu said Spence was better than Thurman. Nobody could KO Algieri but Spence KOed him quickly and easily. Spence is a relentless attacker. He is a great puncher with both hands to head or body. He has a high work rate and a great chin and has never been down or hurt much. He gets hit some as most hard attacking boxers do but he boxes well and seldom loses a round. I think he is the best welterweight fighting today. MAN DOWN! Actually Bundu said that he favors Thurman against Spence.

I think he’s the second best at 147 but as a pound for pounder he has the weakest resume by far. He passes the eye test somewhat but he has a number of weaknesses that I suspect will be exploited soon as he gets to the top level guys.

Watching his bouts against Brook and Peterson, I saw a lot of holes. He has a tendency of not moving his head, he can't fight off the backfoot, he can easily be outboxed when going against someone quicker and with a better overall arsenal. Tell me, compared to Crawford and Keith what exactly does he do so great that makes everyone think that he can just blow through those guys. Both Keith and Crawford are much more skilled, faster, and athletic. Thurman has better defense and Crawford has a lot more tools. People talk about Spence's pressure and bodywork but I don't see Crawford and Thurman staying in the pocket due to their high IQ, counter-punching, athleticism, and their abilities to switch and change tactics. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Mikey outpoints Spence. Mikey does everything better than Spence accept applying pressure. The media has made Spence out to be this elite fighter but I just don't see it. He doesn't scratch the floor with Floyd, Pac, Tito, Oscar, Wilfred, Hearns, Forest, and Leonard. He just isn't that talented. Being objective I rate Thurman and Crawford higher than Spence. Hell, a healthy Kell Brook would've beaten Spence. He almost got stopped by a tier 2 level journeyman. FACEPALM AT THIS THREAD.

You can you rate a guy that's only fought bums doe? He admits Algieri is his best win, Algieri is a bum.Spence never said that you lying hater. Algieri a better win than Brook?????? GTFOH dummy.

Only from his own fans who are worried MIKEY GONNA KNOCK HIM OUT! so they trying to already take credit away from Mikey win!I am a Spence fan and I have no worries about fat Mikey KOing Spence. Spence will beat Mikey up and knock him out. Spence will crush Mikey. You keep saying over and over that Mikey will KO Spence to build your confidence because you are scared s***less Mikey will lose. MAN DOWN!

You can you rate a guy that's only fought bums doe? He admits Algieri is his best win, Algieri is a bum. "Bum" this, "bum" that. Give it a rest you bummer

Spence's offensive firepower is amazing. He is not overated. He is correctly rated. You can you rate a guy that's only fought bums doe? He admits Algieri is his best win, Algieri is a bum.

You know who's overrated as ****? Keith Thurman. If Thurman ever gets in the ring with spence he's going to get blown out. I would go as far as to say thurman is actually underrated. Even before his layoff, people either act like eh doesnt exist or just talk sht about him and really think Spence could have taken him(easy). It's hilarious. And now it's even more pronounced with him coming off a layoff and having a rough comeback. The guys through like 900 punches all while constantly moving in his last fight. And he's nowhere near what he was, you better hope he never gets his power back, or he's gonna knock spence's head into the front row. But I think it's more likely Spence gets disciplined and fights timid.

You see all these holes and yet all Spence does is win and dominate and KO everybody he fights. He KOs guys nobody else KOs. No welterweight ever beat Brook but Spence KOed him. Thurman couldn't KO Bundu but Spence did and Bundu said Spence was better than Thurman. Nobody could KO Algieri but Spence KOed him quickly and easily. Spence is a relentless attacker. He is a great puncher with both hands to head or body. He has a high work rate and a great chin and has never been down or hurt much. He gets hit some as most hard attacking boxers do but he boxes well and seldom loses a round. I think he is the best welterweight fighting today. MAN DOWN!

Lol well he beats every single welterweight you can put in front of him at the moment, so if he's currently overrated then what does that make the rest of the welter weights?

I agree. The difference is people are placing Spence on the level of those guys and I just don't see it. Right now I don't see it either even though I like Spence Crawford and Thurmon.They could make some really interesting against each other. Right now I don't think they have done enough to show they can hang with those fighters. Of those three I favor Spence.

So you the boxing fan think Spence is overrated because you the boxing fan see holes. Also, you the BOXING FAN think Spence, a former Olympian, now world champion boxer isn't that talented. Well geez, thanks for bringing this information to our attention. I'll just stop watching any more of his fights from now on.

He's very hittable. He don't move his head off the center line.

I'm confident that Crawford and Thurman wouldn't beat those guys you mentioned. Hell Duran would beat both of them. I agree. The difference is people are placing Spence on the level of those guys and I just don't see it.

Thurman is only B+ level Crawford is A+ level Spence's offensive firepower is amazing. He is not overated. He is correctly rated. Spence will have an easy night with Thurman. Spence/Crawford is a 50/50 fight. I disagree. B-Level is Peterson, Broner, Jermelle, Berchert, Badou, Wilder, Khan, and a new more I cannot name. Thurman is clearly better than those guys.

What r u talking about? Spence gave Mayweather a black eye sparring... DAMN THATS RIGHT. First ballet HOFer