Who Wins: Manny Pacquiao vs Errol Spence Jr

[BodyBagz]

Pac has to keep up his attacking style
No way on Earth he can win a chess match.

That's a big reason why Loma lost to Teo. He must have thought Teo wasn't going to keep throwing punches every rd.

Pacs bread and butter is attacking.

Unfortunately, Pac is not dealing with a shot, pillow punching righty.

In fact, THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

Pac hasn't KO'd anyone on Spence's level at WW.
Spence has never been KO'd
Pac has been KO'd at WW

AND Pac has been off for 2 years.

No, I'm not a Pac fan but I did not see him accepting this fight so late in his career.

I don't see him winning NOT because I'm not a fan but because there are too many advantages in Spence's favor.

Besides ''experience'', what edge does Pac have (don't say 'speed'. That may be his undoing) ?

[Roadblock]

Disagree, and both Porter/DSG said Thurman hits harder. The thing with Spence is he breaks his opponents down with accumulation. Dude is a machine from the opening round. Thurman buzzed both Porter/DSG and I can't recall Spence hurting DSG minus maybe the 3rd round where he rocked him a bit. I can be wrong there as I haven't watched the fight in a while.

Spence hasn't stopped the top guys either and as Andre Ward said, that rarely happens that a fighter is going to consistently stop other elite fighters in their weight class...minus the stretch Pacquiao was on at one point. Porter, Mikey and DSG have never been stopped and Spence wasn't able to stop them either. That doesn't really matter to me to be honest since I didn't expect stoppages in those fights and same with Thurman...Though he should maybe be able to get Lopez out of there.

Ha! I get that, hard to bet against one of your favorites and then essentially root for them to lose due to your bet lol.

All the talk of Thurman like he was 100% he wasn't and had a terrible 2yrs ending in Mannys getting a split win, they are thinking Spence has issues from the car accident its going to back fire on them over the last half when Errol is walking him down.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Agreed. Manny will also need tremendous legs and footwork to pull off the upset. Spence isn’t exactly a defensive wizard so Pacquiao needs to get in and out quickly. I’m not sure if he can though because Spence isn’t just a face-first brawler either. Spence might just box from distance if Manny isn’t able to work his way inside. There is also a possibility that Spence goes into body-punching destroyer mode but we haven’t seen that against his best opponents, plus that actually gives Manny a better chance to land something big.

At 42 I’m not sure the he’ll be able to maintain the in-and-out and lateral movement like he used to. Even in the Thurman fight Pac considerably slowed in the mid-to-late rounds. I can see Pacquiao having some success early but I expect Spence to takeover around the mid way point of the fight.

[Madison Boxing]

if spence doesnt get him out of there in the first few rounds then its embarrassing. how many 42 year old welterweights have done anything of note in the past? he hasnt fought in 2 years!!!

[hugh grant]

Pac s give g all advantages away. This is true definition of da ring to be great.
spence should win but don't write Pac off. Ominous last words

[GrandpaBernard]

Yeah I agree, if Pacquiao can time him early and pick up rounds, I believe he has a chance. If Spence begins to control the exchanges, I think Pac’s in trouble.

Who was the last southpaw Manny even fought btw? David Diaz maybe? I can’t even remember how Pacquiao approached and adjusted to facing a southpaw, he usually fires that straight left down the pipe but that shot is far less effective versus a fellow southpaw.

manny used his right hook to counter Diaz crappy jab

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

manny used his right hook to counter Diaz crappy jab

Yeah Diaz was easy work.

[Lance98]

Spence will retire pacquiao for good.

[HewJohnson]

Gonna be one of PAC’s easiest fights

[boxinggod101]

Im rooting for Manny but my money is on Spence. At this point of his career, Spence is a very bad matchup. Spence by UD