Comments Thread For: Garcia: Spence Might Feel It's An Easy Fight, That I'm Too Small

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LOS ANGELES Mikey Garcia figures Errol Spence Jr. considers him too small to be a legitimate threat. That was Garcia's explanation when asked during a post-fight press conference Saturday night why Spence said he was "licking [his] chops" in anticipation of a fight against Garcia. If that's how Spence truly feels, Garcia isn't offended.
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[marvin douglas]

Mikey goes the distance with string bean Easter, so what's he going to do with Spence? The fight would be a complete farce. What a joke.

[Gillie]

I would like to see Mikey fight Prograis first and see what happens, in terms of him handling a bigger man's power and athleticism. After that, depending on what happens, either go up for Spence (or Crawford) or move back down for Loma ( if Arum doesn't torpedo it).

[P4Pdunny]

this is two good names but it ain't a great fight to make

[Bronx2245]

Oddsmakers Underestimate Duran
By Andrew Beyer June 17, 1980

Most sports fans see the Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran bout as a classic confrontation between two evenly matched fighters. But the nation's gamblers have a different opinion. They are betting the event as if it is a mismatch.

In both Washington and Las Vegas yesterday, Leonard was listed as the 9-11 favorite. For the uninitiated, this type of odds quotation is the same as is used for baseball. It means if you like Leonard, you risk $11 to win $5. If you like Duran, you put up $5 to win $9.

Support for Leonard has grown since he was initially established as a 7-9 favorite, and the present odds -- by ordinary betting standards -- are very lopsided. By contrast, there were odds quotations on 13 major-league games yesterday, and none was as high as 9-11...

In such matters I turn for guidance to a man I'll call Harry, who is the best sports handicapper I know. I have quoted his usually brilliant opinions on football in this space before, but Harry's real specialty is boxing. I made the one serious fight wager of my life when Harry told me that Larry Holmes was a cinch to upset Ken Norton. He was, of course, right. And now he is talking in the same positive terms about Leonard.

The key to the fight, he says, is weight: Duran's move from the lightweight to the welterweight division.

"This is not as if he were 21 to 22 years old and grew naturally into a welterweight, as Leonard did," Harry said. "Duran is 29, and he's put that extra weight on a 5-foot-7 frame, and I don't see him being in the same shape as he used to be. The guys he's hitting now are 12 pounds heavier than the guys he was hitting as a lightweight, and they're not falling as easily for him.

"On Friday," Harry predicted, "I wouldn't be surprised if Leonard gets dropped early. He's ****y, and he may catch one of those short right hands after holding his left to low. But that'll bring out the best in him. I think he'll block punches with his right hand and keep jabbing Duran. In one fight last year Duran got his eye cut pretty bad by a guy who landed enough jabs.

"Somewhere along the line Leonard is going to cut him. I think he'll knock him out about the ninth round."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/06/17/oddsmakers-underestimate-duran/5722b708-9f5d-4341-85df-e07a0a2aa0e9/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b91793a01aa6

[Mimms]

It's funny how fans get frustrated when fighters don't call each other out and want to fight the top guys.

Here we have Mikey Garcia, who is one of the top p4p fighters calling out Errol Spence, who everyone @ 147lb division seems to avoid. Good for Mikey. I see a handful of 147lb fighters he can beat. During his post fight, Mikey said he knows he needs more strength and conditioning and I agree.

[Butch.McRae]

Oddsmakers Underestimate Duran
By Andrew Beyer June 17, 1980

Most sports fans see the Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran bout as a classic confrontation between two evenly matched fighters. But the nation's gamblers have a different opinion. They are betting the event as if it is a mismatch.

In both Washington and Las Vegas yesterday, Leonard was listed as the 9-11 favorite. For the uninitiated, this type of odds quotation is the same as is used for baseball. It means if you like Leonard, you risk $11 to win $5. If you like Duran, you put up $5 to win $9.

Support for Leonard has grown since he was initially established as a 7-9 favorite, and the present odds -- by ordinary betting standards -- are very lopsided. By contrast, there were odds quotations on 13 major-league games yesterday, and none was as high as 9-11...

In such matters I turn for guidance to a man I'll call Harry, who is the best sports handicapper I know. I have quoted his usually brilliant opinions on football in this space before, but Harry's real specialty is boxing. I made the one serious fight wager of my life when Harry told me that Larry Holmes was a cinch to upset Ken Norton. He was, of course, right. And now he is talking in the same positive terms about Leonard.

The key to the fight, he says, is weight: Duran's move from the lightweight to the welterweight division.

"This is not as if he were 21 to 22 years old and grew naturally into a welterweight, as Leonard did," Harry said. "Duran is 29, and he's put that extra weight on a 5-foot-7 frame, and I don't see him being in the same shape as he used to be. The guys he's hitting now are 12 pounds heavier than the guys he was hitting as a lightweight, and they're not falling as easily for him.

"On Friday," Harry predicted, "I wouldn't be surprised if Leonard gets dropped early. He's ****y, and he may catch one of those short right hands after holding his left to low. But that'll bring out the best in him. I think he'll block punches with his right hand and keep jabbing Duran. In one fight last year Duran got his eye cut pretty bad by a guy who landed enough jabs.

"Somewhere along the line Leonard is going to cut him. I think he'll knock him out about the ninth round."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...=.b91793a01aa6

Keep educating! Much respect. You never know until they get in the ring.

I watched Naples v. Monzon a few days ago.

[Scopedog]

I've got to say, I think Spence is a very dangerous looking fighter, but after beating Brook and ascending to the top of the pile, he's not been all that proactive in pursuing the best fights. Honestly he's not had a fight since Brook that hasn't been a mismatch, and Garcia would be another one imo.

[boxing90]

Dare to be great... Mikey is a old school fighter. People calling him crazy for jumping to 147 to fight Spence but forget 135 pound fighters use to jump to 147 pounds because it was no 140 weight class back in the day.

[Bronx2245]

Keep educating! Much respect. You never know until they get in the ring.

I watched Naples v. Monzon a few days ago.

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