Spence's Biggest Flaw As a Fighter

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  • IronDanHamza
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    #11
    Hard to say.

    His chin hasn't been tested yet and he's only fought one decent fighter, and whilst he passed with flying colours and answered questions about his power and ability to cut off the ring we still haven't seen many other questions answered.

    So time will tell.

    I think from what I've seen so far defensively he could improve.

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    • BG_Knocc_Out
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      #12
      Not many flaws to note. Every now and then he kind of pushes with his punches, tends to be when he's having success or just a little too comfortable. Could be an indicator of his temperament in the sense he could get a little greedy for hard shots and forgets to be responsible on the back end of a punch.. I say that to say he MAY be susceptible to having a bit of tunnel vision, thus becoming careless.....

      .... But he has the skills to get away with it as well, as long as he continues to improve, those windows will narrow.

      P.S. - I'm reeeaaally stretching it, haha.

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      • mathed
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        #13
        Originally posted by MASTERBX
        IF he doesn't give a **** what these race warriors think of him he will be flawless.
        Unlike that idiot tim bradley.
        Get him in the ring with Pac. If he has any flaws, they will come out. Surely he fares better than Tim did right?

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        • respectthebrush
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          #14
          No head movement. He is there to be hit.

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          • Larry the boss
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            #15
            Originally posted by mathed
            Get him in the ring with Pac. If he has any flaws, they will come out. Surely he fares better than Tim did right?
            I actually think he would fare better then Bradley..He is a true ww unlike Bradley, and is younger and fresher

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              #16
              Originally posted by respectthebrush
              No head movement. He is there to be hit.
              This definitely needs to be addressed

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              • Twako
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                #17
                if algieri had been busier with the counters or had power, we would've seen how good spence's chin is. he was real open.

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                • GrandpaBernard
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                  #18
                  He'll go on to have a good career.

                  Saul, who had bigger glaring flaws, is having a good run

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                  • lparm
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by MASTERBX
                    tim bradley contemplated suicide because of a few death threats from manny fans. Sugar Ray Leonard tried to please fans by fighting Duran's fight.

                    If your not mentally strong when you reach a certain level in sports you will not maintain your competitive edge. Example tiger woods.

                    Navigating the politics of boxing is just as if not more important the beating your opponent in the ring.
                    Rofl calling out Ray????

                    One of the top 5 p4p greatest of all time. It was Duran that got inside the head of a young champ not the fans.

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                    • therealpugilist
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                      #20
                      Originally posted by GrandpaBernard
                      what is it?

                      Nearly every fighter, even the great ones, had an area that is sub par.

                      Amir got no chin

                      manny can't cut off a ring

                      Floyd had glass hands

                      etc
                      He is a little stiff, a little straight up and down...doesnt have much movement at the waist or head...he does get good leverage on his body shots but he doesnt utilize them with pivots like Hatton or McCallum did so well.

                      a more consistent jab to set up combos would help

                      Other than that, the kid is the good

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