Fans are crazy. There's no way Thurman fights Spence this year. He's gotta tune up fight then he's gotta fight Porter. People are acting like Porter is just gonna give Keith the victory. Shawn is coming for that win. And if you know Al Haymon, none of his fighters fight more than twice a year. Late 2019 is probably more feasible assuming both guys hold on to their belts.
The tuneup is fine, but he doesn't "gotta" fight porter.
Spence vs. No Smoke is a unification, so mandatories get put on the backburner.
Besides, Spence winning those belts is the only way guys like Porter and Garcia will even think of fighting him.
I like what Espinoza is doing here. Showtime is the only one paying Haymon for fights and all they get in return is a bunch of scared fighters who want to cherry pick every fight. On one hand Showtime cant make the top guys fight each other, but on the other hand Showtime is heavily invested in Pbc so they still have to put on their cards. Haymon gives Showtime a couple good fights to entice them and then gives them crap the rest of the year. When Espinoza talked about the "old one time Keith Thurman" and talking about him avoiding Spence he was basically putting Thurman on front street in a business executive type of way. This is why Top Rank is better because if their fighters dont want to fight top competition then Top Rank wont give them a fight at all. Mikey didnt want to fight Gamboa so Top Rank didnt offer any other fight and Garcia left. Chavez jr didnt want to fight Ggg so he had to leave. These were career high paydays and legacy fights and they ran scared to Pbc where they could cherrypick. Just goes to show you most Pbc fighters mentality. I think Spence and Porter are legit and want to fight the best. They would fit in well with Top Rank because they only have fighters that are willing to fight the best
I definitely think Espinoza was making a statement...no pun intended.
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