When fans perceive a threat

[FrankieClutch]

The people calling Brook a Euro bum and Spence a coddled American are also admitting it's a good fight albeit without really knowing that they are. The animosity between the fan bases is evidence of this. When you perceive a threat to a fighter you like it's natural to downplay that threat, you certainly shouldn't be building it up.

Exactly. It's a defense mechanism.

[Robbie Barrett]

youre reading too much into it. People are sick and tired of hearing how amazing spence is based on him beating 40 year old bundu and algieri. Weve had this hype before with broner and its the same old song and dance. Got teddy atlas putting him on the p4p list, saw someone today saying hes going to beat golovkin soon. Its ridiculous. We had all this with broner, 'hes the next mayweather!' you guys were all so sure of it, it was just a matter of time!!! Then he stepped up, and got brutally found out. J-rock williams, saw he was on a few peoples sigs, this guy was the future, he'd been looking real good against them c level fighters and the power was legit! Charlo was going to be his coming out party! Then he stepped up, and got ko'd. Time and time again people overhype fighters and get carried away especially with offensive fighters, when they start knocking out lower level fighters quicker than other people have. So im not just picking on american fighters i'll use a recent uk example, david price just got stopped for the 4th time. Seems ridiculous now, but this guy was espn prospect of the year,would have been heavy favourite against tyson fury, he was meant to be the next lennox lewis, then he stepped up and got found out. Now hes pretty much a laughing stock but this guy was meant to be next heavyweight superstar. Errol spence MAY become a top fighter and ive got nothing against him. But what makes my blood boil is how people take it for granted that hes the next welterweight king, saw people just dismissing lacy comparisons, they cant fathom how spence could possibly be a hype job. Its quite possible brook could absolutely school him, its quite possible spence demolishes him, people should just wait and see before making these ridiculous assertions of how great spence is based on him walking through fighters that have absolutely zero power. Lets see what happens when he gets punched back and reign the hype in please, sick of reading it.

This guy said Jacobs is close to top 10 P4P though.

[Boxfan83]

This is NSB, its not about perceived threats, its about insecurity and vicariously living through boxers that could give a damn about them.

[NEETzsche]

Is Brook the betting favourite? I'm picking him to win barring eye or weight problems, but the impression I'm getting is that more people are picking Spence

[Thraxox]

youre reading too much into it. People are sick and tired of hearing how amazing spence is based on him beating 40 year old bundu and algieri. Weve had this hype before with broner and its the same old song and dance. Got teddy atlas putting him on the p4p list, saw someone today saying hes going to beat golovkin soon. Its ridiculous. We had all this with broner, 'hes the next mayweather!' you guys were all so sure of it, it was just a matter of time!!! Then he stepped up, and got brutally found out. J-rock williams, saw he was on a few peoples sigs, this guy was the future, he'd been looking real good against them c level fighters and the power was legit! Charlo was going to be his coming out party! Then he stepped up, and got ko'd. Time and time again people overhype fighters and get carried away especially with offensive fighters, when they start knocking out lower level fighters quicker than other people have. So im not just picking on american fighters i'll use a recent uk example, david price just got stopped for the 4th time. Seems ridiculous now, but this guy was espn prospect of the year,would have been heavy favourite against tyson fury, he was meant to be the next lennox lewis, then he stepped up and got found out. Now hes pretty much a laughing stock but this guy was meant to be next heavyweight superstar. Errol spence MAY become a top fighter and ive got nothing against him. But what makes my blood boil is how people take it for granted that hes the next welterweight king, saw people just dismissing lacy comparisons, they cant fathom how spence could possibly be a hype job. Its quite possible brook could absolutely school him, its quite possible spence demolishes him, people should just wait and see before making these ridiculous assertions of how great spence is based on him walking through fighters that have absolutely zero power. Lets see what happens when he gets punched back and reign the hype in please, sick of reading it.

Perfectly said. and that comes from me, a guy that doesn't like you.

[NaijaD]

This guy said Jacobs is close to top 10 P4P though.

He's a prime example of what I'm talking about in this thread. Let's be real the only thing separating Jacobs and Spence is the Quillin win, if there was a Quillin equivalent in the WW division he would not fight Spence because there wouldn't be 1.5 million on the table for him. There's going to be a lot of excitement on here for the Brook vs Spence fight, I don't see that same excitement for Golovkin vs Jacobs.

[Thraxox]

There are already threads in NSB that puts spence against the likes of Trinidad. And you complain why there are people claiming that spence is too over hyped?

[Motorcity Cobra]

Is Brook the betting favourite? I'm picking him to win barring eye or weight problems, but the impression I'm getting is that more people are picking Spence

Yes he is. Something like -175 last week when I saw a line.

[Dr Rumack]

What you're seeing regarding Brook and Spence is how people talk when they're anticipating a duck. The ducker's fans dismiss the challenger. The duckee's fans call the ducker a fraud. It's the same every time.

[1hourRun]

Soon..... 😈 #MANDOWN #StrapSeason

— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) February 6, 2017