Comments Thread For: Roach: Thurman Is Actually Better Than Spence; Throws More Combinations, A Little Stronger

[mxtali]

I think it can dip to -240 but id be suprised if it goes down more then that. Thurman opened as a favorite -135 or so and by fight night he was a underdog.

Spence is currently that at a few online sports books

[HrNY]

Pac was tailor made for jmm

Credit to pac for actually doing so well against jmm style

Jmm had pac number

Jmm style was totally wrong for pac style

And the lil wacko fought him 4 times

Few guys would do that

Especially since he could have easily avoided jmm after 1 or 2 fights

Definitely could have avoided him after the 3rd

Remember, jmm turned down the immediate rematch at 126, pac accepted

On record, Marquez was 0-1-1(easily 0-2 had it not been for the scoring error from the judge)

Marquez defeated the baby bulls and Katsidis' of the world and somehow that was enough to have earned a 3rd fight with Pacquiao even though he didn't necessarily deserve it.

Pac still gave him a 3rd and even a 4th.

Marquez got his hail mary swing and won and took his ball and went home. No honor from the once urine drinking steroid hiring trainer steroid using cheat.

[hugh grant]

You either don’t know boxing or are just delusional



But history has context, this cherry picking wasn’t something that started with Broner. It goes back to Clottey who had just lost to Cotto, there was Mosley who had lost to Floyd, there was Margarito who had been KO’d by Mosley. There is a long pattern that you guys love to ignore or twist into mythical tales.

Pac s win over clotte Y was an incredible win. The fact clotte Y lost to cott o is no big deal as many thought he beat cotto. When you look How Pac beat clotte Y and how cott o struggled puts Pac s performance into perspective.
there is nothing wrong with pac taking fight after Floyd beat ssm. Nobody is saying it's one of pac s best wins as Ssm was old. But Pac can beat thurman as a old guy though.

[pasawayako]

I hope so, so i can put the house on spence lmao

That's good for u i only put 1k$ for pac to win in a 9-10 rounds tko/ko.

[b Murphington]

It’s not as simple as to say, “Thurman is better.”

I think Thurman is faster and has more power, but he’s susceptible to taking damage. He’s not that durable. He might be more athletic, but he’s too open and for whatever reason, he can’t take body shots at all.

Spence has a tight, high guard defense, a good jab, and he does all the little things right. Spence is always in the right position to punch. He might not be the fastest, and there isn’t one thing that pops out at you and makes you say, “WOW,” but when you put everything together, I think overall, he’s better than Thurman is. I think Spence is a more complete boxer than Thurman.

I think Roach is mistaken on this one.

[Tlows1]

When are people going to start talking about Thurman in the past tense, it's coming up on 3 years since this dude has faught. I actually believe his career is pretty much done for.

[just the facts]

That's good for u i only put 1k$ for pac to win in a 9-10 rounds tko/ko.

Cool, on fight night, not only are you gonna be a grand light, your ignorant a$$ is outta here. That's if you honor our ban bet. Are you going to or are you gonna bytche out?

[IceTrayDaGang]

why mofos getting all worked up over this??? thurman does have more power and throw more than just 1 punch... i dont know if thurman is better than spence or if they are the same but in terms of power and punch, thurman throws more!! spence is a pressure fighter that walks forward and jab his way in one step at a time, but he doesnt really throw combos.

[Left Hook Tua]

When are people going to start talking about Thurman in the past tense, it's coming up on 3 years since this dude has faught. I actually believe his career is pretty much done for.

coming up on 3 yrs?

Not even 2 yrs yet

[Left Hook Tua]

It’s not as simple as to say, “Thurman is better.”

I think Thurman is faster and has more power, but he’s susceptible to taking damage. He’s not that durable. He might be more athletic, but he’s too open and for whatever reason, he can’t take body shots at all.

Spence has a tight, high guard defense, a good jab, and he does all the little things right. Spence is always in the right position to punch. He might not be the fastest, and there isn’t one thing that pops out at you and makes you say, “WOW,” but when you put everything together, I think overall, he’s better than Thurman is. I think Spence is a more complete boxer than Thurman.

I think Roach is mistaken on this one.

Roach is mistaken on a lot of stuff

Ppl need to stop listening to that blowhard