Beterbiev has brutally KO’ed every opponent in his weight class, Gvozdyk IMO was better than Porter who arguably beat Spence. Moreover Spence couldn’t stop smaller guys like Mikey and Danny who came from 135/140.
Can you imagine someone moving up from 160 or 168 going the distance with Beterbiev? Beterbiev is clearly the superior finisher and more brutal puncher. He can also stop guys on the backfoot (Smith Jr fight) which I haven’t seen Spence do.
Don’t get me wrong Spence is still Top 5 P4P in my book but Beterbiev is slightly above him. Now if he beats Crawford fairly that will change of course.
Name recognition matters
Errol fought more known guys
boxing fans prioritize names
nvm the actual performance or the condition of the name at the time of the fight
Ranked either way is good by me but I do not recognize any logic in this "known guys" factor.
Beterbiev holds 3 titles, and would kill Spence p4p. So yea. I’d put Beterbiev over Spence. Beterbiev is the superior technician, puncher, Stamina is probably equal, stopped guys on the backfoot, stopped guys with inch punches on the inside. Nothing Spence has over him that I can think of.
I do aswell. But the issue is when you have that much power, people typically don't realize you're a good boxer too. Until the Smith fight people were screaming that Beterbiev didn't even know how to box on the back foot.