Comments Thread For: Garcia: I'm A Better Fighter; All Spence Has Is Height, Weight!

[Luilun]

It depends on how good the jab is of the taller guy. Duran could never get inside Hearns' jab to work his body. And Klitschko made a career out of Jab-Jab Clinch.

Duran ask for a rematch never got it he said he trained 2 weeks for Hearns other than that he did a number on everyone else. Klitschko was jab right hold now if a ref wanted he could have DQ him for excessive holding but boxing is ruled by who brings in the most money not the rules just look at Floyd held a lot used elbow all the time and used steroids with IV Flush and I’m sure it was known

[SplitSecond]

People take offense of the underdogs chatter.

Mikey isnt a bum like miller though. Spence is in for a fight and mikey will likely earn his respect and if he doesn't spence will get himself hurt if he cant clip garcia before garcia clips him. I think mikey will show more power than spence. But what makes spence special is his workrate along with power which adds up quick.

Wouldnt be surprised if this goes to a close decision.

[Sledgeweather17]

If it’s that evident to Errol, and such a mismatch in his eyes, why did he take this fight. Seems like a lose-lose when you listen to Spence’s own words.

If its a lose-lose then obviously take the lesser of the loses.

If he doesn't accept Mikey's persistent and loud call outs then he looks like a possy ducker. If he accepts he looks like a bully.

Better a bully than a pos ducker.

[Sledgeweather17]

I think Mikey has this, not because of his confidence but because of his boxing ability.

As I have said before, Brook was out boxing Spence before he started to slow down, then Spence was catching him more and more and took over.

Mikey has better footwork than Brook and I don't see him slowing down the same way

Brook was never outboxing Spence mate. You didn't know what you were watching.

Brook lost the three main battles within the fight, that's why Spence took over.

The three battles were, the jab battle, the body attack battle, and the mental/physical dominance battle.

I'll explain.

From the beginning Spence established his jab, you no doubt saw that. Brook tried to take it away by countering over the jab with a straight right hand, and it worked initially. But Spence adapted by switching his jab up, from quick, flicking jabs to hard thudding jabs, mixed in with feint jabs and blinding jabs. By constantly switching up the jab, Brook was no longer able to counter the jab effectively and having to figure out and constantly anticipate what kind of jab Spence would throw put a mental tall of course.

The body attack. Again, from the beginning, Spence was ripping Brook through the body. Brook, smartly, switched things up by being first to the body. He started throwing a straight right to Spence's body, a very hard and thudding one I might add. But Spence instantly adapted. Evey time Brook would throw a straight right to the body Spence would counter with an overhead left to the head. Now it became a battle of wills, Spence was willing to take the body shots to land his own head shots, would Brook be willing to continue take those overhead straight lefts to land that body shot? The answer is no as Brook began to throw that shot less and less and eventually abandoned it completely.

The other battle was the physical/mental battle. Spence has always been bigger and stronger than his opponents, able to bully them and ragdoll them at will. Brook was bigger and stronger and he knew it, and he also knew that Spence had never gone up against someone that could ragdoll him before. If you noticed Brook roughed Spence up a lot in the early rounds and showed his physical dominance. While the action was physical in nature, the attack was mental. It was meant to disillusion Spence about his strength and physical dominance, to make him cave mentally.

But Spence just stuck to the game plan. He kept hitting that body and attacking aggressively and effectively whenever Brook had to take a breather. He kept wrestling with Brook even though Brook was manhandling him because he knew had the superior stamina and he knew that even if Brook was stronger, the difference was small enough that the effort to wrestle him would tire out the Brook.

All these things, and some of the other smaller battles within that fight that Brook lost, culminated in Brook's demise in the second half of the fight.

If I had to describe the kind of fighter Spence is, I'd say that he is an investor. He knows there will be greater rewards in the long run, as long as he puts in the effort and makes the right moves early on. It's a twelve round fight, and the winner is the one who invests wisely early on.

[nick_viking]

Brook was always going to struggle against Spence carrying the GGG injuries and cutting weight from 160lbs. As good as Spence looked in that fight, I’m not sure it’s the best judge of his skills.

Still fancy him to stop García, but it’ll be interesting for a little while at least.

Rob Brant did mention that Spence was the hardest puncher he’d faced in sparring at one point, and that’d worry me if I was García.

[wrecksracer]

Duran ask for a rematch never got it he said he trained 2 weeks for Hearns other than that he did a number on everyone else. Klitschko was jab right hold now if a ref wanted he could have DQ him for excessive holding but boxing is ruled by who brings in the most money not the rules just look at Floyd held a lot used elbow all the time and used steroids with IV Flush and I’m sure it was known

Regardless, a tall guy with a good jab can neutralize a shorter guy's bodywork. Unless you're Aaron Pryor lol. That guy was plain crazy

[MC Hammer]

And a better jab, faster with better conditioning, a faster starter and the work rate of jackhammer. I've never seen Mickey work off the backdoor which he absolutely will have to do in this fight

[Santa_]

Height, weight, and PUNCHING POWER.

Spence has really good stamina too.

[methodcal]

Garcia is getting more and more delusional the closer the fight gets. It almost sounds like he's still trying to convince himself that it's a winnable fight for him when he know's deep down it's not.

He's says he's better than Spence, but not by a lot because he reminds him of himself in many ways, and in the same breath says all Spence has is the height, weight and reach advantages... lol

By Garcia's own logic anyone with common sense would have to think If the smaller man is only slightly better than the much bigger man, then that pretty much negates what the smaller man has going for him because of the size disadvantage. In other words, THERE ARE WEIGHT CLASSES FOR A REASON!!!

WANNA smoke a L. Spot on lol.

[methodcal]

People take offense of the underdogs chatter.

Mikey isnt a bum like miller though. Spence is in for a fight and mikey will likely earn his respect and if he doesn't spence will get himself hurt if he cant clip garcia before garcia clips him. I think mikey will show more power than spence. But what makes spence special is his workrate along with power which adds up quick.

Wouldnt be surprised if this goes to a close decision.

Garcia doesn't see the last round m.