Manny Pacquiao got edged by Bradley (cry all you want, Pacquiao's fought hard for 30 seconds, while leaving the remaining 2.5 minutes alone in too many rounds to cry about the result), got left for dead by Marquez, got served up 10-2/9-3 by Floyd Mayweather, and then got roughed the **** up when he lost to Jeff Horn (argue the result, Pacquiao left too much vacant for Horn to fill-in with his rough activity to open up the judges).
The Thurman win (on basically a 50/50 fight), was impressive, but that doesn't wipe away the rest of it.
Errol Spence Jr made the 2012 US Olympic team, had the experience that he had, and has basically gone up ever since; sawed through the intro level, sawed through Lartey in their prospect vs prospect scrap, sawed through the journeymen fights, sawed through the fringe contenders (Vargas, Van Heeden, Algieri, Bundu), and then went to Sheffield, England to face Sheffield's own Kell Brook when he was top 3 welterweight in the world (with Floyd exiting the stage for exhibitions) and won in style.
To that you count Lamont Peterson getting throttled and Mikey Garcia basically getting skunked, and Errol Spence Jr's resume stands up pretty well with no blemishes.
The Thurman win (on basically a 50/50 fight), was impressive, but that doesn't wipe away the rest of it.
Errol Spence Jr made the 2012 US Olympic team, had the experience that he had, and has basically gone up ever since; sawed through the intro level, sawed through Lartey in their prospect vs prospect scrap, sawed through the journeymen fights, sawed through the fringe contenders (Vargas, Van Heeden, Algieri, Bundu), and then went to Sheffield, England to face Sheffield's own Kell Brook when he was top 3 welterweight in the world (with Floyd exiting the stage for exhibitions) and won in style.
To that you count Lamont Peterson getting throttled and Mikey Garcia basically getting skunked, and Errol Spence Jr's resume stands up pretty well with no blemishes.
Comment