Comments Thread For: Robert Garcia: Errol Spence is Basic But Does Everything Well

[SugarRaRobinson]

Mikey being one of my favorite fighters, I cringe as the days grow closer leading up to this fight.

[Bronx2245]

Robert just spitting nothing but facts! It is very basic, and crisp, and it looks so pretty coming from the southpaw stance! Errol does get hit, but he takes it well too! Just watch how Brook and Peterson was hitting him, and he walks right through it, downstairs, then upstairs! Breadman said Errol hits people exactly the way he hits a heavy bag! A Beautiful Thing!

[juandabomb]

spence is gonna give mikey a basic beating

[SugarRaRobinson]

Robert just spitting nothing but facts! It is very basic, and crisp, and it looks so pretty coming from the southpaw stance! Errol does get hit, but he takes it well too! Just watch how Brook and Peterson was hitting him, and he walks right through it, downstairs, then upstairs! Breadman said Errol hits people exactly the way he hits a heavy bag! A Beautiful Thing!

Spence is a 147 replica of Kovalev before the loses. Even with the body work, Kov used to be special at body work before the loses. Remember his ram-rod jab to mid section that ended a few of his fights.
We don’t see that punch anymore at all.

[HarvardBlue]

They're both basic but I prefer Mikey's boxing ability. The problem is his size. Mikey was hardly able hurt Broner and Easter. And he didn't outbox them by a lot. I haven't seen the Lipinets fight. Spence is a fully grown WW who probably should be fighting at Jr MW. He hits hard and he's relentless. I can't imagine how he's going to pull this off.

[Noelanthony]

Lol a basic bit ch

I thought me revealing to you yesterday that GGG is not half Mexican that you would get rid of your avatar. You are waiting for a second opinion? You little borat looking weasel the next time you gas yourself up playing fortnite do not send idle threats in my direction even though last night I slept with one eye open just in case you were Rambo.

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[EL_GRINGO]

Just curious, outside of Khan, who has faster hands than Spence at 147?

I think it's close between him and Crawford in that department. None of them have particularly fast hands.

pacquiao ofcourse

[Noelanthony]

Agreed, although Mikey has been body punching a lot more often in his last few fights. I do think that the boxing minds in the Garcia family would not be so confident of Mikey's chances if they didn't see at least something to exploit in Errol's game. I hope so, because otherwise Errol's going to beat the tar out of Mikey.

Mikey is pulling a no show, remember where you heard it first. A fake car accident my guess is

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[Sledgeweather17]

I don't believe the Garcia camp is overestimating Mikey's abilities. Robert said it in the article, Spence is similar to Mikey because they both have a basic style. No one in Mikey's camp wanted this fight. They've been very open about this.

Mikey is very textbook, fights with good balance and knows how to find windows for his offense.

Spence has clubs for fists. I've met him a couple of times and his knuckles are like small boulders. I'm sure every time he hits you, clean or not, it hurts.

The amount of energy Mikey/Spence will expend in the first half of this fight will be very telling. Will Mikey over exert himself to survive early? Can he handle that amount of activity while carrying more weight than he ever has in a 12 round fight? Or will Spence try to force an early KO opening himself to getting countered and slowly wearing down in the process?

I've never seen Spence tired, no matter how much pressure/aggression he puts on in a fight. I think Spence will be smart about his activity. Mixing pressure with boxing from the outside and letting his hands go when appropriate, slowly breaking Mikey down.

Mikey gets hella props for taking this fight, and my financial support as well, but I don't see this ending well. Best case scenario, he goes the distance having some moments throughout the fight and performs better than most expected.

At the moment, I'm expecting a 4-6 round stoppage by Spence.

I've seen Spence tired and hurt before when he was fighting Lartey, but then again, the time keeper was a total idiot who allowed the round to run for five minutes instead of three, and it happened in a round where Spence was particularly acive and trying to get a knockout. He threw a ridiculous amount of punches in that five minute round and got countered and hurt near the end of it when he was tired.

Following round he was completely recovered though and going at it again.

[Kazeki]

It’s hard for me to see garcia winning this fight. But I’m definitely curious as to how this fight will play out. I get the feeling it could be one sided but at the same time thinking it could be competitive for 12 rounds