Was cataract really the secret reason Spence lost to Bud?

[PBR Streetgang]

Agree with all. With hindsight should have been more apparent albeit I know the bookies had Crawford a decent favorite.

Midway through round 3 you're already thinking: ' Spence is never getting into this, I don't know how he could get into this, and actually I'm absolutely certain he's gonna get a tremendous beating and probably knocked smooth out.'

Just felt sorry for Spence in there and from his end he basically had to stick it out with a big chance of getting rendered unconscious.

Reminded me of the sort of fight you see in Muay Thai in Thailand where there is a house fighter essentially who will have a game opponent who will always end up getting violently knocked out. It had that uncomfortable flow to the fight when I was expected a 12 round contest.

I've watched enough Muay Thai to know exactly what you mean. The Spence fight was an awkward watch as you said; pretty early on it was apparent that he didn't have it that night (or perhaps ever) and there was nothing he would be able to do to reverse the inevitable slaughter.

[Citizen Koba]

says online that cataracts dont usually start to impair vision until after aged 60 lol

spence is an old man & looks it too

You can get em early onset and head trauma is thought to be one of the additonal risk factors. I had my first one done at age 44 back in 2017 and I'm due to have my left eye done in a month or two. I was young for it and Spence is very young for it .

It does fuck with your vison pretty significantly - or at least it's degenerative and does after a while. Funny enough I can still play table tennis where there's a high contrast between the ball and it's surroundings but I can struggle to see punches (although it's body sparring only for me these days since I got a detached retina)

[BodiesInFlight]

Better check for haemorrhoids before next fight to be sure, too.

Leicesterage will do that. Free of charge of course.

[Smash]

whats the point in having a secret if u can turn it into a lovely excuse, which makes u feel better, its a tried and tested path, im not making any excuses BUT.......

spence eye.webp

[_Rexy_]

After he loses the rematch he’ll get surgery for gout

[_Rexy_]

Spence says he was unable to see the jabs and got hit repeatedly because of cataract. Now that he has undergone the surgery, would he be able to turn tbe tables on Bud?

You know they test for things like VISION prior to the fight right? They’re not going to send a fighter out there who can’t see punches coming.

but it’s a good excuse. Better than egg weights in the gloves

[STREET CLEANER]

I thought Spence lost because of Crawford's punches.

[STREET CLEANER]

You know they test for things like VISION prior to the fight right? They’re not going to send a fighter out there who can’t see punches coming.

but it’s a good excuse. Better than egg weights in the gloves

Better than doing an entrance in a heavy suit while having chicken legs.

[Smash]

i like the truths line at the end, Still a Great Performance from Bud

thats a red rag to bud, u are maties no longer now

hey bud u beat a cripple but it was still a great performance lol

[Teetotaler69]

whats the point in having a secret if u can turn it into a lovely excuse, which makes u feel better, its a tried and tested path, im not making any excuses BUT.......

spence eye.webp

Lmao he's probably back hitting the bottle