Comments Thread For: Spence-Thurman Nearly Finalized, Conditionally Approved To Take Place Above Welterweight Limit
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Such a hater, the reason they are fighting over the weight limit is because of Thurman, who I saw on YouTube training and he stated that he was about 180. That was about a month ago, so I'm sure that he's not going to get to 147 in time, otherwise he would want to fight for the titles.
WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza confirmed to BoxingScene.com that representatives for Spence sought approval to take the non-title fight.Comment
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Spot on! The IBF should have stripped Spence by now. He hasn't made a mandatory for them this decade. They just revived their "interim" belt (post-Bob Lee it's only been used once) which is only supposed to apply in case of injury (maybe that's why Spence was oh so suddenly "injured" in that recent car accident that he initially stated he was just fine after). The sanctioning bodies are truly just money-making parasites at this point. They're not there to act in the best interest of the sport or even enforce their own rules. It's just about how much $ they can extract for their business. No other sport is this bass-ackward.Comment
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Well at least old timer 'keef' is a former ww champ ,presumably reason they going at catchweight is due thurman inability to make 147 limit, once ESJ blasts keef Bud should be next in line so not complaining.Comment
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He wants to fight Thurman rather than Boots or Ortiz at the moment because of the money, and that's the only way that it can happen. I 'm sure that after the accident, he's not quite on weight either because he couldn't do roadwork for a while, but Thurman has too much to lose to make it in time.Last edited by Rebelrbg; 01-10-2023, 04:46 PM.Comment
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He was being forced by the sanctioning bodies, this 154 might be his way of not giving Thurman a shot at the titles and at the same time getting him into the 154 division which was always going to happen with Errol.
The haters as usual are falling over themselves but Id like to get more information on this situation, I cant see Errol going to 154 and then going back to 147 so is he dumping the 147 belts or is he going to try and fight in both divisions, an interesting turn of events.Comment
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