Spence Got Exposed Last Night!

[Eff Pandas]

Winning a tough fight against one of the top fighters in your division only exposes your grit and toughness.

Some of you are just so petty and childish. If it’s a blowout, you call it a cherry-pick. If it’s a tough close fight, you call it being exposed.

This. Exposed is one of the silliest terms good posters use here that usually makes 0 f#cking sense.

If you felt Showtime Shawn won fair play. I get that. It was a close fight. I think this is one of those fights that whatever the outcome was no one can complain, Spence, Porter or a draw.

No one is getting exposed at the top 5 level specifically with the resumes these guys already got.

Beyond that I think we saw the best version of Showtime Shawn last night in his biggest fight thus far & I think his stock rises after this one & Id love to see him in a Thurman rematch in the next 12 months if at all possible. Think Id greatly favor Showtime Shawn to reverse that L.

And I think Errol mighta been overly consumed with sticking by his words & trying to KO his opponent instead of just winning & maybe going for a KO late, but having an easier night overall either way.

[techliam]

You are absolutely right. The bar was set so much higher for Erroll Spence, Jr. He proved last night, that he was just another ordinary talent in the welterweight division.

This division is so loaded and packed with talent that on any given night anyone of them could put on career defining performance and Porter just proved that.

I’m not so sure about that.
If a 40 year old Pacquiao is still beating that level of fighter, I don’t think the division is as loaded with talent as you’re making out

That’s not to knock Pacquiao either, but a 40 year old version is clearly way beyond his prime

[Hype job]

This division is so loaded and packed with talent that on any given night anyone of them could put on career defining performance and Porter just proved that.

No, it's not.

[blinyard]

The last nights fight dispelled any doubts that terence crawford would school lil errol handily

[champion4ever]

I’m not so sure about that.
If a 40 year old Pacquiao is still beating that level of fighter, I don’t think the division is as loaded with talent as you’re making out

That’s not to knock Pacquiao either, but a 40 year old version is clearly way beyond his prime

Then how could explain and rationalize Shawn Porter's performance against Erroll Spence where he was a huge underdog but you just brushed it off as nothing special?

Spence was regarded as the top of the food chain at 147 who everyone avoided. So why shouldn't Porter get special recognition for his performance against the most ducked and avoided man in the division if the division is not loaded and stacked with talent.

You just refuted your earlier statement which said that Spence was just overrated and Porter's performance was just simply ordinary.

So what did you mean when you said that "He wasn’t exposed

He just showed the hype wasn’t warranted, which is nearly always the case for many fighters

There’s nothing much separating the likes of Garcia, Thurman, Porter and Spence. They can continue to SD each other until the end of time

[Sun_Tzu]

The last nights fight dispelled any doubts that terence crawford would school lil errol handily

No it didn't. Porter is a whirling dervish who is gonna win or lose close who ever he fights. Last night's fight has no bearing on what a Crawford/Spence fight will look like.

[champion4ever]

No, it's not.

Who is the cream of the top in your opinion at this division then? In other words, who is the crème de la crème of the 147 pound weight division if it is not stacked and loaded with talent; Manny Pacquiao?

[champion4ever]

The last nights fight dispelled any doubts that terence crawford would school lil errol handily

I wholeheartedly agree!

[Sparked_26]

How many stoppages really occur at the top top level at welter and below?

Doesn’t happen that often.

The only one of those elite 147 pounders that looks like the others might get him out of there is Thurman. But even he is always moving away.
He’s not really going to get walked onto anything - will
have to get broken down. Porter will walk onto things and potentially get dropped but he’s teak tough and tremendously well conditioned.

Porter is great for that division not due to his willingness to fight the top guys but their willingness to fight him because let’s be honest they never give him any credit until after he’s either beaten them or put them through the ringer. They fight him because they don’t thing he’s as good as them

[mikehdaddy]

Pacquiao sits at the top of the food chain. We’ve seen he clearly beats fighters at that level

Pacquiao is a fantastic 40 year old fighter. But he is no longer elite P4P. Spence, Porter, and especially Crawford all are. If Pacquiao fights any of them, he will lose.