Crawford vs Spence

[sicko]

Crawford can beat out-boxing, just not sure if he can do it for 12 Rounds while avoiding that body work. Big fan of Crawford also but 147 is LEVELS about 140 in Competition.

No question Crawford quickness would give Spence Jr problems.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Peterson is pissing blood tonight. God be with him!

[Bjl12]

Two handed southpaws are dangerous and I’m as much of a Floyd fan as anyone on NSB. But I also keep it 100. And all I said was he’d give Floyd a tough fight. He’s too physically strong for Floyd to just walk through him.

Floyd never walked through anyone at WW. He wouldn't "break" Spence down either, but he is far too fast, defensively equipped, reflexes too sharp, and fights from a range better than Spence. The only thing Spence has is power and he needs to be set to throw anything (which is what we saw tonight).

Floyd would just "run" and potshot. It would be an uneventful, frustrating fight, but Errol wouldn't be able to do a whole lot.

So far Errol's only approach to fighting is coming forward with power shots. Once someone can hurt him, it changes everything.

The thing about counter-punches is they don't have to be powerful to hurt you...because you don't see them coming.

I give TC 50/50 shot at beating Spence at this point.

Thurman, Porter, Garcia all have very low odds...~10:1.

[Bjl12]

Spence is fundamentally sound (good feet positioning, excellent body work, knows how to cut off the ring, etc) and never break from the fundamentals even when things aren't going well. If you can't hurt Spence, he will keep coming.

There aren't many "punchers" left at 147, but TC can definitely **** a bit. Either Charlo brother can **** (154/160).

Believe me, kiddo, Spence is a good fighter. All this hype about him - is insane though.

When he finally fights someone who can punch and isn't a Bam Bam Rios type of punching bag...we'll see then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxaALlNBce4

[mrpain81]

Spence looking like the top dog at welter, Top Rank never co-promotes unless they have a big favorite or it's a mega fight where they can cash out their guy.

Spence by stoppage.

[RussB23]

I think we need to see Crawford at 147 first. Spence is a huge WW dude looks like a MW in the ring.

[jmrf4435]

Crawford is too slick but I need to see him against a decent 147 to see how he is at the weight.. But Peterson was touching up Spence so Crawford would put hands on him.

I agree I want to see Crawford against a DECENT guy at 147 first.

I think Horn may be tougher fight than people think for crawdaddy. Horn is biggest guy crawdaddy has fought by a large margin and fight awkward

[McNulty]

I feel that Spence would be susceptible to Crawford angles, switch hitting etc, Spence is a powerful fighter with great technique but imo a slick boxer(Crawford) could SD or UD him.

Compared to Spence's performance vs Brook, he looked awesome tonight. Not sure Crawford could keep Spence off him. Once Spence gets his confidence, he just stalks you down and got the tank too.

Spence too big, I can see Crawford getting caught.

[Queen_Leia]

There aren't many "punchers" left at 147, but TC can definitely **** a bit. Either Charlo brother can **** (154/160).

Believe me, kiddo, Spence is a good fighter. All this hype about him - is insane though.

When he finally fights someone who can punch and isn't a Bam Bam Rios type of punching bag...we'll see then

I don't think Kell Brook is a Bam Bam Rios type fighter and neither is Peterson but I will agree, the hype is disturbing.

But the kid is special and he won't be able to prove it to the doubter until Keith Thurman fights him.

[future hendrixx]

the way spence was cutting that ring with surgical precision was a scary sight.

people say his defense not that good.. guys that force the tempo usually get hit.

I dont see crawford standing up and ****ing with spence I see him trying to outclass him from long range with pot shots. but again spence cuts the ring really well and his punch selection is crucial.

based on "eye test" only outcome I see is crawford getting stopped. we first need to see how he looks at 147. if he runs through horn with ease then we can analyze a bit more. horn is a big physical awkward mofo.