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

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Respect for Spence saying this. He would seriously put a beating on Pacquiao and we all don’t want to see a beloved legend go out like that. He should just stay in the exhibition game and stack that money.

[Liondw]

He's not far wrong, could be quite a beatdown of a great fighter who is way past his prime.

I don't think it would be the kind of punishment that the great Ali took against Holmes, but would be quite bad.

[Oregonian]

You'd probably pull out with a fake injury again.

Fvkcing drunk

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Man you got some serious issues to address with a therapist!

I realize you idolize your guy Manny but this is on a whole new level since your post pretty much says Spence is ducking Manny.

[Oregonian]

Manny looked bad because it was a last minute opponent. pbc set it up him up. Did you forget ugas was sparring a southpaw leading up to the fight despite his original opponent being a righty?

no shlt Crawford walked away you idiot. That fakeass negotiations was dragging on for months and why is he gonna waste time? Crawford did the smart thing meanwhile Spencer is talking about returning in march.....or april.....or June like wtf. Yeah that sounds like a guy who wanted the fight 

Make it make sense shltface

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So the great Manny just couldn’t adjust. Incredible stuff here

[archiemoore1]

It like every hot prospect coming up they're are always calling out the top dawgs because they are hungry and want that spot,,,, then if they win it things change and they become the one avoiding the next hot shot coming up.

Nothing new here just look at history it happens throughout boxing and 99% of the reason is risk vs reward, they get more money fighting big name opponents not the hot prospects chasing their tails, its pure business..

Ducking is ducking. It can be business, but its rooted in the fear of a bad asswhipping or the embarrassment of one. And its not always the young guy being ducked. Jack Dempsey admitted he ducked Sam Langford who was much older. He said he knew Langford would knock him cold, even at his advanced age and being blind in one eye. In the case of Boots, it's not just business ,or the thought of losing. Its fear of the type of loss it might/could be, i.e, a devastating knockout that could come after a long punishing fight, or out of nowhere suddenly at any time with any hand from any stance. It could be a single hard shot, or blistering combinations from any angle, any type of punch could end things. A legacy ending type of knockout is what is at stake here. This ain't no regular business decision. Boots is deadly, do u understand me? But on the flip side, not every vet ducked young guys coming up. Hopkins and Archie Moore beat young prime fighters often and never ducked nobody. Henry Armstrong didn't duck young Ray Robinson. He didn't say, "I'm the A side", "I'm on the other side of the street", etc. He fought and lost like a man. And almost 100 years later, he's still being talked about for the heart that he displayed. Not a fake built up legacy. A real legacy

[The Big Dunn]

I appreciate this from Spence. No meed to brutally beat Manny worse than Ugas did.

[-Kev-]

Pacquiao is right up Crawfords alley

[richardt]

Spence could make a pot of gold vs Pac but he is doing the right thing by not stigmatizing his career as the man who busted up and beat down a legend. It was different with Ugas cause he was the underdog but it would be a foregone conclusion that Spence would hurt Pac far more.

[Floyd is TBE]

I agree with him, but I still wanna see him beat the crap out of Pacquiao.

[richardt]

I appreciate this from Spence. No meed to brutally beat Manny worse than Ugas did.

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.