Comments Thread For: Conte: Mikey Garcia on mission to beat 'Boogeyman' Errol Spence

[Lazy Jab]

You do know Spence stopped Brook in his hometown Brook is the guy who gave Porter his 1st loss in America;you do remember that I hope

Yeah definitely. That was a great fight from Spence

[IceTrayDaGang]

He isn’t putting Spence to sleep. Anyone with half of brain knows that. Mikey has only had 2 stoppages in 6 fights going back to 2014 and couldn’t get Easter, Lipinets, or Broner out. And the art of “boxing” is more than being quick on your feet or keeping your distance from your opponent. I said Mikey has to be quicker and more elusive and have a compact defense. That’s a big difference in what you thought I was referring to.

You can also box Spence being in the pocket and being in front of them, feinting, giving him angles, coming in and out, mixing things up. And Mikey will stand and fire at certain points of the fight to try to get his respect. Doing all the above is “pure boxing.” You can illustrate the art of boxing without being on your bike all night. And Mikey is “fundamentally” a sound boxer with very good technique. Will it work against Spence is another question. I don’t think so. But I can’t wait to see it.

but mikey doesnt do any of that bruh!!! lol.. that's why i posted what i said. mikey is not a quick fighter, mikey is more about timing. so this is why they are trying to bulk him up.

[markther]

but mikey doesnt do any of that bruh!!! lol.. that's why i posted what i said. mikey is not a quick fighter, mikey is more about timing. so this is why they are trying to bulk him up.

They are trying to bulk him up and make him stronger to be able to absorb shots and land harder shots. And their is a risk in that. When you bulk up too much, it’s only natural that you will lose some mobility in your muscles and reflexes inside the ring. Garcia is a very effective counter puncher and it takes quickness to be able to make an opponent miss and transition from defense to offense. To become a masterful counterpuncher requires excellent timing, quickness, accuracy, patience, and ring intelligence. And Mikey has built his career on that to date. That’s what I originally meant. In my opinion, it’s a mistake for him to bulk up “too much” when his clear advantage in this fight is being quicker with his counter shots and be quicker to avoid the hard shots coming back from Spence. And being more agile in the ring than Spence who will be the bigger fighter in the ring on fight night. Spence will dehydrate and be the much bigger fighter on the night of the fight. He will not over power or out muscle Spence.

[Thuglife Nelo]

I hear a lot of juice comments here

[Combat Talk Radio]

DSG would of fought Errol if he beat Porter. Porter on the other hand is flat out ducking Errol as long as he can.

And I agree with the Conte comment too.

... Totally did not age well. At all.