Just rewatched Brook vs Spence. My thoughts

[RussB23]

I thought brook was up until about the midway point. He then gassed terribly do to body shots and the weight cut probably contributed too. It was all downhill from their i knew it was over for him.

[ELPacman]

The Sky commentary was very biased and didn't acknowledge Spence's jab or body work early on. That's why you have a lot of guys on here saying Brook was easily out boxing Spence when he wasn't.

I just noticed that after watching the Sky Box version where I saw it live with Showtime.

Showtime was a lot more on point with pointing out both guys doing work. Sky practically had zero acknowledgements of Spence until Brook ate a clean combo in like the 7th. Then they read the score cards of "the Americans' and almost didn't realize they were reading very close scores.

At the end of the day, the judges even had it right at least. I normally like Sky and try to re-watch a fight with their commentary but this time it felt overly biased against Spence.

[just the facts]

Brook took 1-5, period. Many of Spence's jabs were air punches, his body work was on point but there wasn't enough of it, and Brook was much more agile.

Spence himself will acknowledge he lost the first half. But that's okay - that's how he fights. Same thing was happening against Algieri, he was getting outboxed at first. It just takes him time to adjust.

Bullshyte, Brook might have well won 3 of the 1st 5 rds but no way in hell he swept them. Face it Brook QUIT in a still winnable fight.

[just the facts]

soul_survivor gave me red k for this thread

why?

Because you think Tyson Fury is some kind of master boxer... lol. Actually , I have no idea why. Your post is spot on.

[LacedUp]

What you have is the Khan syndrome. Rating the guy on the assumed potential of his skills but not his actual performance. Thurman fought the common opponent all the way to the bell while Brook did his John Ruiz impression of hit and hold

um no not at all.

[Combat Talk Radio]

You are sadly mistaken, its clear you only see what you want and Spence was landing hard shots, especially to the body from the very beginning, if anything the first 6 were split 3-3

Spence himself even said he didn't show up at first and had to readjust. A B- isn't a score you give when you're dominant.

[michaeluad]

What stuck out to me the most was the concerted body work by BOTH fighters but Spence in particular worked both sides of the body.