Comments Thread For: Spence Not Interested in Fighting Pacquiao, Compares it To Holmes Beatdown of Ali

[elfag]

Im sure 12 hours ago he said he would fight anyone. Now hes ducking pacman on the age card. Boxing isnt like the old days. No referee or trainer is gonna let that repeat. If Pac rwally was in trouble...they'd stop it pretty quick. Noone complaining about Fury beating Chisora.. or when Vitaly beat Briggs.

A ton of people complained about fury fighting shot chisora for a 3rd time when there was no public demand for it.

They were long time sparring partners and friends, what it really was, was fury throwing chisora a bone and getting him a payday before the end of chisoras career. Mayweather did the same thing with Berto, he talked about that fight for years but Berto kept losing, there was no demand for that fight but he threw him a bone in his last fight on his showtime contract.

[al-Xander]

Spence can't be wrong, but he needs to play a very active role in making the Crawford fight happen ASAP. I see no sense of urgency in him.

[The Big Dunn]

Exactly. Spence foregoes a pot of gold to not be the one to really hurt Pac and I commend that. Seeing Ali stopped when reviewing the footage was seriously painful to watch but Ali was special to me, unlike Pac, but I wouldn't want to see Pac go out like that. No need for a brutal beatdown.

Good post, Im not a Manny fan but I am old enougj to have watched Ali v Holmes live. Dont need to see yjat again.

I always felt this fight was held against Holmes by fans even though it wasn’t like he pushed for the fight. Spence doesnt need that.

[bullydean]

Yet now he's going to be fighting Pacmans left overs in Thurman.

Thurman is still fresher than Pacman.

Pacman is Ugas' leftovers and Spence beat him so I don't see how your logic works.

[richardt]

Good post, Im not a Manny fan but I am old enougj to have watched Ali v Holmes live. Dont need to see yjat again.

I always felt this fight was held against Holmes by fans even though it wasn’t like he pushed for the fight. Spence doesnt need that.

Holmes went on the become one of my favorite ever.....His jab was possibly the best ever at any weight class. In the 80's, Holmes had an underrated sense of humor in his many one liners when interviewed, especially on USA's Tuesday Night Fights.

[BodyBagz]

Outside of $$$$$, it's a meaningless no win situation type fight for Spence.

Pac has nothing to offer but the remnants of his name.