Thurman and Crawfords movement give them a great chance to beat Spence

[JoeKidd]

Thurman, no. Spence will walk him down. That Thurman movement is just jogging outside the range. Crawford doesn't have the power...but, Crawford will be interesting.

[FLY TY]

He's always in a position to punch because he never crosses his feet and he evades punches with his arms hands and elbows. He needs to tighten up his defense more but for someone as offensively orientated as he is, he doesn't get hit too much.

I was about to post the same thing. He keeps himself always in position to fire back. good post.

Brook was beating Spence until he suffered eye socket problems... again

Golovkin exposed Brooks physical problems already.

I think people are being flat out dishonest when they disregard the above...

GGG exposed a size advantage.

Spence broke Brook's other eye.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Spence has advantages over those guys.
He is bigger puncher, he's faster, and throws better combinations.
Spence outboxed people when he was an amateur. He was the top guy in the USA for years. Nobody really came close to beating him. Last time he lost in the USA scene, I believe, was in 2010 and that was via split decision.

Only one guy made Spence look "normal." And that guy just happened to be one of the best amateurs of recent years.

Amateurs don't tell the whole for the pro game, but it does give you a measuring stick. I suspect Spence may end up being dominant as a pro as well, at 147. Maybe even 154.

Spence is going to break down Thurman. Crawford will present more trouble.

[qwickm3]

Lol at some people. You don't cut off the ring like Errol does and have bad footwork! Watch the Peterson fight again and check out his foot movement in the late rounds. There was no need to use it but he was very fluid and you can tell he has to the skill to do it if needed. Just hasn't needed too.

[siablo14]

Exactly. People have made out like it was a one sided beating.

Brook was probably up after 6-7 rounds. I believe the eye injury and coming down from 160 to 147 and from a beating caught up with him after that. Taking nothing away from Spence, i still think Brook would have beaten nearly every other WW that night but people shouldn't make out it's something it's not.

Anyway, Brook is a quality fighter. I saw 2 very very good fighters in the ring that night.

Spence was up when the fight as stopped, right?

[Motorcity Cobra]

Brook was beating Spence until he suffered eye socket problems... again

Golovkin exposed Brooks physical problems already.

I think people are being flat out dishonest when they disregard the above...

No he was not. Brook won sime rds & Spence was winning more rds. Brook was behind on the scorecards when he quit in the 11th. If Brook was dominating the first half how could he be behind on the scorecards in the 11th? That's not mathematically possible. You people have a lot of revisionist history

[Motorcity Cobra]

Spence was up when the fight as stopped, right?

Yes he was. Either these ppl can't math or they're making **** up. How the hell do you win 6-7 rds but you're down on the cards in the 11th?

Brook started fast. Spence adjusted and proceeded to beat Brook into submission. That was dominant. Dominant to them is a guy makig fighters quit who are one & two weight classes below.

[siablo14]

Yes he was. Either these ppl can't math or they're making **** up. How the hell do you win 6-7 rds but you're down on the cards in the 11th?

Brook started fast. Spence adjusted and proceeded to beat Brook into submission. That was dominant. Dominant to them is a guy makig fighters quit who are one & two weight classes below.

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[TheBigLug]

Spence was up when the fight as stopped, right?

I think so, but he did score a knockdowns towards the end.

The first 6-7 rounds were very close, Brook probably edged the first half of the fight and was looking good at times. I do believe the weight issue caught up with Brook in the second half of the fight, but that's also because Spence made it count too.

I personally believe is Brook stayed at 147 and never took that GGG beating, that Brook v Spence fight would have been very close... but that's just speculation. I think Brook was the real deal at 147 and Spence too, but Brook shortened his WW career and maybe his career in general by taking that Golovkin fight.

I don't think we got to see the best version of Brook in that fight, but also i think Spence is still improving too, so it probably wasn't the best Spence either.

[Motorcity Cobra]

I think so, but he did score a knockdowns towards the end.

The first 6-7 rounds were very close, Brook probably edged the first half of the fight and was looking good at times. I do believe the weight issue caught up with Brook in the second half of the fight, but that's also because Spence made it count too.

I personally believe is Brook stayed at 147 and never took that GGG beating, that Brook v Spence fight would have been very close... but that's just speculation. I think Brook was the real deal at 147 and Spence too, but Brook shortened his WW career and maybe his career in general by taking that Golovkin fight.

I don't think we got to see the best version of Brook in that fight, but also i think Spence is still improving too, so it probably wasn't the best Spence either.

So he was dominating until he got knocked down? Was it a lucky punch that knocked him down or was it an accumulation of what was going on the previous rounds?