Welterweight Tournament

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Welcome to the forum, man... and ignore the criticism - I suspect Pandas may be ribbing you anyway - but it's certainly a much better post than some of the garbage you get around here.

Anyways: Bolded win first round. Matthysse vs Porter is a tough call... I want to see a bit more of Lucas at 147 first, although his destruction of Taylor shows promise. Gun to head I'm probably gonna go with Lucas over Shawn, but without much confidence. All of which is slightly redundant because Spence beats the winner in the next round anyway..

Thurman vs Bud? Ooof... tough one. I think Keith may have taken his foot off the pedal for too long though... gonna go with Bud here, Keith needs to be fighting more than once a year if he's gonna stay sharp.

Spence vs Bud then , in the final. I think Bud takes the early rounds, but Errol just sticks to his gameplan, keeps coming and breaks him down late. TKO 11.

Haha quite possibly they were ribbing... hard to tell...
Good breakdown, although I think Porter will be too big and strong for Lucas personally. Should be action packed but I see some fouls in play too.

Porter vs Garcia is another good one but for some reason Garcia don't want none.
It should be a real diamond though if we get Bud and Spence going at it. Two special talents right there!

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Thurman vs Vargas
Crawford vs Khan
Spence vs Garcia
Porter vs TBA

Crawford vs Thurman
Spence vs Porter

Crawford vs Spence...... I dunno. We would learn a lot about both fighters leading to this point and it’s hard to say at this point. What if Spence is rocked multiple times against Porter and looks sloppy on way to a TKO. What if Crawford completely outclasses Thurman and shows he’s one of those truly special fighters. At this point I’d lean towards Spence but dang, it’s hard to imagine that I wouldn’t watch that series without changing my mind multiple times.

Has to happen at some point if both keep winning. For the good of the sport and credibility of that division. Plus it'd be a belter! I think Crawford could beat Thurman and Spence but neither would be easy fights.