Comments Thread For: Spence: A Fight With Terence Crawford Will Probably Happen

[just the facts]

not if crawford has anything to say about it, it wont....

based on what?

[Sheldon312]

Good points. I like how certain fans find that it's ok to feed up a broken down, smaller Pac to him but suddenly Spence is too big. Crawford walks into the ring at around 155 for some fights, and can easily fight at 147. He only wants 147 for certain fighters though. Kellerman asked him what he thought about a potential fight with Spence and he stuttered and stumbled around the question.

One thing i like about Thurman, Spence, and Porter is the fact that they are very outspoken on who they want.

[Sledgeweather17]

100%. Arum is working the hustle on the TR side. Somehow we'll be seeing Horn vs Crawford next as long as Crawford doesn't lose to Indongo sometime in early 2018. Crawford will destroy Horn & then be a player at 147. He's have a bs fight & then fight Manny in late 2018 in the fight Arum has been wanting to get Crawford's name on more tongues of fans & pundits. Spence would be on the table around 2019 at best & idk that I can see Spence sticking around at 147 til 2019 or if he'd even want to.

Spence will stay at 147 for a LONG time. Jermall Charlo just moved up to 160lbs, that means that Jermell gonna stay at 154lbs as long as his twin bro remain at 160lbs, which in turn means that Spence will stay at 147lbs for a long as Jermell remains at 154lbs (stablemates, same trainer).

[Sledgeweather17]

How many fights did Canelo have at MW when they wanted him to fight GGG? How many fights has Mikey Garcia had at 140 but is fighting Broner at that weight? Crawford shrinks down to fight smaller fighters just like many others.

You lost credibility when you mentioned Canelo. Canelo had already fought 3/4 times at middleweight when everyone pressured him to fight GGG, and he held a middleweight title.

How could he have held a middleweight title if he never fought at middleweight? That is literally and mathematically impossible.

[_original_]

Spence would stop Crawford on size and power. Not a favorable matchup for TC who should target the Broner/Garcia match up if he unifies the belts. He seems to make 140 ok so no need to rush the jump.

[Eff Pandas]

Spence will stay at 147 for a LONG time. Jermall Charlo just moved up to 160lbs, that means that Jermell gonna stay at 154lbs as long as his twin bro remain at 160lbs, which in turn means that Spence will stay at 147lbs for a long as Jermell remains at 154lbs (stablemates, same trainer).

Why wouldn't Spence move up to 154 cuz of Charlo? There's 4 titles. I tend to doubt Charlo will win all of them so it's not like they'd have to fight.

[Sledgeweather17]

Why wouldn't Spence move up to 154 cuz of Charlo? There's 4 titles. I tend to doubt Charlo will win all of them so it's not like they'd have to fight.

But Spence wants to unify and become undisputed. He aint gonna be happy sitting on one belt. Also people will eventually call for them to fight each other like they did with Charlo and Lara, then they will be accused of ducking each other and the division will become stale and people will lose interest when they don't.

Ps. Charlo can win all the other belts. There's nothing to suggest that he couldn't. He has the talent and the power to bail him out if he is losing on the score cards.

[Eff Pandas]

But Spence wants to unify and become undisputed. He aint gonna be happy sitting on one belt. Also people will eventually call for them to fight each other like they did with Charlo and Lara, then they will be accused of ducking each other and the division will become stale and people will lose interest when they don't.

Ps. Charlo can win all the other belts. There's nothing to suggest that he couldn't. He has the talent and the power to bail him out if he is losing on the score cards.

They are gonna have to figure that sh^t out I guess, but I don't see Spence staying at 147 for "a long time" like you are suggesting. And sh^t man Charlo & Charlo were in the same division for a long ass time before one of them moved up finally so lets not act like its not plausible that Spence & Charlo could be in the same division for awhile as top guys.

[Larry the boss]

Crawford needs to leave Arum if he wants and good fights at 147

[Sheldon312]

Spence would stop Crawford on size and power. Not a favorable matchup for TC who should target the Broner/Garcia match up if he unifies the belts. He seems to make 140 ok so no need to rush the jump.

Yeah, let's keep him in a **** division to avoid tougher comp