Errol Spence Jr vs Jesus Soto Karass.....Who wins?

[M Bison]

Soto Karass is a step too far for him right now in my opinion, I think Karass would get to him in the later rounds and possibly grind out a stoppage.

[-PBP-]

This is hard. I hate when prospects make huge leaps like this.

And I'm sold on Spence and have been so since the Olympics.

[Pigeons]

Errol Spence is the next American great.

[FeFist]

people seem awful impressed with spence. i'm not.

he's athletic enough, but his style doesn't do it for me.

he's on offense or defense. he doesn't counter, throw feints to elicit predictable offense.


at the highest levels, he's just going to look like a worker in there. his defense is very strange. it won't allow him to counter, making him a rather one dimensional fighter.

he's going ot have to show me something, or overhaul his style, to be able to hang with a durable vet like soto karass.

karass will figure spence out. i don't know if he beats him, given his lack of talent and speed, but he'll suppluy a blueprint for somebody down the line.

I think you're judging him a bit too harshly as he hasn't been in the ring with people who demand more. It's possible that he has more tools in his box.

[CatchAndShoot]

I completely understand that and take nothing away from him however, Cruz has 15KO's against opposition that probably even Paulie Malignaggi could stop, and his only ever real live opponent was against a past his best Kermit Cintron which he lost aswell.

But still I like Spence he has nice technique, he's still young and will improve allot.

Oh, I know. Just saying. Cruz was in there for the sole purpose of being a body that he couldn't take out in the 1st or 2nd round. Spence passed the test. Nothing more, nothing less. Not even hyping the kid up to be honest, just liked what I saw at this stage.

[DLT]

The "i don't know if he beats him, given his lack of talent and speed" comment tells me that he's not sure who would win. You'd have to ask him what he really meant by that comment.


Who do you think wins this fight, DLT?

oh ok. I kinda drifted off after I saw everything he wrote 1st and then said "karass will figure spence out. i don't know if he beats him, given his lack of"

I kinda figured he was still going to be talking about Spence but he started talking about Soto.

I didnt get to see the fight last night so its hard for me to judge. Im a big Spence fan and get pics with him everytime Im in Vegas so Im partial. I also think being a Southpaw is a super huge advantage in sports, none more than boxing. However, IDK if he's ready to make a jump that big.

At the same time, I think you only have so many wars in you and sooner or later I think Soto is going to have a huge dropoff and start to be a lil washed up. If it happens now, I think it could look similar to Dirrell vs Abraham with the kid holding on late. In a couple of more fights it looks like Floyd vs Genaro Hernandez

[UTEP]

Soto Karass is a step too far for him right now in my opinion, I think Karass would get to him in the later rounds and possibly grind out a stoppage.

Spence loves to mix it up and fire back when he gets hit. This would be one hell of a fight, i think Spence's straight shots would get there before Karass's looping ones in an exchange. It would probably end up being a war.

[Beercules]

I voted Spence but I'm not entirely sold on him.

[New England]

I think you're judging him a bit too harshly as he hasn't been in the ring with people who demand more. It's possible that he has more tools in his box.

so he's going to be a more effective counterpuncher and craftier fighter when he gets in there with more experienced guys?


i dont' think so.

[New England]

for the record, i voted karass.


on his best night, which i still think he can produce, i think he wins.


it's a huge, huge step up. spence hadn't even been five rounds before last night.


especially in a 12 round fight, i'm taking karass.