Comments Thread For: Errol Spence: Beating Brook Makes Me Number '1' at The Weight

[Butch.McRae]

Great win Errol, but no it don't.

The winner of you and Keith Thurman will be the #1 Welterweight.

It's fine. Errol will beat the dog the **** out of Keith. Just wait on it. If Keith makes it 10 he'll earn a lot of respect from me.

Barring some freak injury he'll be on that bicycle trying to survive pretty much the whole fight. His counters won't be worth **** against the bigger more durable Spence.

[Floyd is TBE]

Pac is still the guy at welter, even if he's busy picking cherries these days. Garcia, Porter, and Brook are fighters solid but no one is going to remember those wins five years from now.

[Gillie]

Not just #1 in the division but also #1 P4P

Maybe soon in the future but not yet bro. He will have to beat Thurman and then maybe fight Bud. If he can beat him, then you are looking at the new pound for pound boss.

[ELPacman]

Spence KOs Post Prime Pac.
I think Thurman would be on the move so much that it would make it difficult to get him on the ropes to throw his bombs. It would be a lot closer fight.

[ceylon mooney]

no but it makes you thurman and khan 3,4 and 5 in no particular order.

bradley is a leap above the rest and pacquiao is a leap above bradley.

[4truth]

He might be the best, can't say he isn't but there is a lot of work left to do. Other than Brook he has fought almost no one. Beating all or most of the top guys seems a prerequisite for being anointed "the best".

I hope Brook recovers completely and we can see these 2 again at 154, might be a different story.

[Blender]

I wonder, does Thurman have the wheels to actually outbox Spence? You'd need real tougness, like Brook, and wheels and speed like Khan to outbox Spence, and no one has that.

Spence's body shots, and ring command I think means he'd beat Keith up pretty badly. I dunno perhaps Keith could stay on the outside and outbox him, and land power shots from the outside and stun him, to keep him off. But, seems unlikely.

Spence's footwork when he is attacking, reminds me of Tito. The way he just stays on you.

[ceylon mooney]

the best guy at 147 may be fighting at 140. good
chance crawford can beat pacquiao. and if he shows
up at 147 tonite hell handle spence comfortably tomorrow.

[Mighty_Windir]

No, Thurman is #1.

Pacman is also still active, so you'd be around #3, until you defeat one of those 2

[The Time]

It's fine. Errol will beat the dog the **** out of Keith. Just wait on it. If Keith makes it 10 he'll earn a lot of respect from me.

Barring some freak injury he'll be on that bicycle trying to survive pretty much the whole fight. His counters won't be worth **** against the bigger more durable Spence.

In that fight I myself would be rooting for Thurman.

But as far as who would win. Being honest and real about it, I have Spence winning that fight with the body punching. He would wear Thurman out and get a late rounds knockout. If Thurman somehow survives then Spence by UD. Plus Thurman's punch resistance is suspect. I'm curious to see how Spence takes Thurman's punch as well as I believe Thurman hits harder than Brook. I think these two are the hardest punchers at 147. But I'm more confident in Spence winning.

I would want Thurman to win, I would root for him. But being realistic about it and analyzing it. My assessment has Spence winning.

But those two have to fight and the winner can claim to be the #1 Welterweight.

Right now they are like 1a and 1b without a true A #1