Im curious if they can do Crawford/ Porter. It would be an interesting fight. I dont see Crawford KO’ing Porter either. Ruff fight for him too. I doubt Arum wants to risk it seeing how Spence had such a ruff fight. He looked like hell after.
When experts and trainers analyze these types of fights, they always say that the small guy must fight small and become even smaller if possible so that he can get on the inside and force the tall guy to overextend in order to land his punches.
Porter did exactly that and did it to perfection. You'll notice that after this clip you just showed, Spence quickly realized what was happening and adjusted his fighting style. He started almost fighting in a squating position with a wide stance so that he can reach Porter without over extending himself.
Another thing most experts advised for Porter to do was to stay on Errols's chest. To circumvent this, Spence would lean on Porter in order to stop Porter from head butting him and stifle his awkward movement, forcing Porter to have to take a step back, and then Errol would throw with him as he tries to move out and catch him.
Also, the crouching/squating/wide stance also made it easier for Spence yo Target the much smaller man's body when the head was unavailable.
In my opinion both guys used the correct tactics when necessary, the fight boiled down to who had more will, more stamina, more consistency, more strength, and more accuracy.
Glad Spence won though because Porter might have lost the title in his very next match. He came in the best shape of his life and had the best preparation (Sparring Andrade and Benevides, etc), but this is not his level, he punched above his weight. The better, more talented man won, but daym Porter gave it good go. That switch move he did when he was cornered on the ropes and taking body shots was masterful. Spence kept falling for it over and over because of Porter's awkwardness and quick feet, problem is Spence did well to quickly adjust and deflect the reverse body onslaught whilst landing his own body shots.
If Spence is serious about growing as a fighter he'll steal that move from Porter and incorporate it into his own game, kinda like how Canelo incorporated some of Floyd's moves.
I like the knock down too, that was the same move Wilder used to knock out a guy that was giving him trouble with his awkwardness too (The Szpilka knock out), the move where you control the guy's head with one hand and punch him with the other.
Should have used it earlier and more often, but I guess he was saving it for the championship rounds.
That's also the mark of a great fighter. If you watched Floyd vs Cotto, Floyd vs Manny, and Floyd vs Maidana two in particular, but generally all of Floyd's fights, he always has a guaranteed to land move that saves for the eleventh and twelve round to sort of seal the victory. A spare weapon so to speak.
Anyway, in conclusion, both these guys were awesome. I hope Porter puts in the same kind of effort for his coming fights in both training and fight night. I'll be looking forward to watching his fights, looking forward to Spence vs Danny too.
Great analysis. Porter was as he said "his best". That's what made it a great fight. He forced Spence to grow as a fighter DURING the fight.
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