WHO WINS? Keith Thurman vs. Errol Spence Jr

[wesshaw1985]

if the fight was made today, who wins?

[Tarkus]

With the last nights performance Thurman beats Spence. However Spence was not happy with his work. He gave himself B-. So he himself expects to be performing much better, as I did. The question is was this a less then perfect day in office or is this his ceiling. Did Brook exposed Spences level. Which is still high but not high enough to beat Thurman. What speaks for Spence is that he was fighting away. This often negatively impacts a fighter. Cant wait to see this clash.

[Mexi-Box]

Runtime gets stopped. He can't run and be negative against a gigantic welterweight like Spence Jr.

[Tanzio]

Unfortunately, given Once Upon A Time's recovery from surgery curve, we will not be seeing that fight soon enough. On paper Once Upon A Time is superior. Also, he has risen to the occasion every step of the way.

I would favor Spence to wear him down and win a close but clear decision or stop Thurman 10-12.

[Ossyrules]

Spence has come through the biggest test at 147, away in Brooks home town. I understand styles make fights, and Thurman offers different problems to brook, but I think brook is better than Thurman, and spence was the better man than brook last night

[MachoTime]

The Thurman who fought Garcia would have to up his game. Spence is a completely different style.

Watching Brook vs. Spence. The Spence I saw in the first five rounds I'd say Thurman wins. But after seeing the whole fight.

I'd favor Spence's style over Thurman's. But I might also be under rating Thurman based on having just seen Spence fight. I believe Thurman was or is better than Brook. It only gets tougher for Spence. It only gets tougher for Thurman.

Overall I believe there is a little more upside to Spence. Than there is to Thurman.

[ValMar]

Spence, surely......

[ValMar]

Maywather and Paquiao (in their respective primes, let us say the versions against Hatton) would defeat recent Spence.
It would be very close against Crawford...Spence would beat the rest (Thurman, Garcia, Khan.....)...

[SenorPipino]

Spence wins obviously. He's the future of boxing.

Imagine what those body shots would do against Thurman, whose ability to absorb shots downstairs is very very questionable.

[Badhusker]

Brook stifled Spence at times with his irritating as hell clinching 75+ times. I doubt Thurman does that, and will be easier to beat imo.

[Tanzio]

Prior to the 3G and Spence results I leaned toward Brook being superior to Once Upon A Time. That water has disappeared into the sea, let alone passed under the bridge. I would take Thurman over Brook at welter now.

Once Upon A Time may not have one time power at the elite level, but disregard his pop at your own risk.

[Jip]

I think thurman. He seems stronger and techinquly more well rounded than spence. But it would be close. These 2 are the 2 best ww in the world.

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Is it just my imagination but does Spence Jr look like a much bigger sized Welterweight than Thurman my pick Spence Jr by Dec

[Kalan]

I see Spence winning a very tough 12-round fight... It could be the best Welterweight Title Fight ever... There will NOT be a lot of clinching.

[SFW]

I think Thurman was fortunate to squeak by Porter and Garcia, and Spence would not have had the same trouble. Much like Spence made much easier work of Bundu than Thurman did. Spence is still green at the top level and look what he did. Stopping Brook, destroying him really, in his hometown, he's already got a better win than any single victory Keith has. That doesn't indicate who will win head to head but it is interesting. I believe when Thurman was fighting Diaz,that time period and Keith being healthy and sharp, that Thurman would be the hardest to beat. Now fighting once a year major injuries recoveries it's harder to say who'd win. Something tells me that wild right hand of Thurman would be trouble for Spence, and the bodywork of Errol would be a nightmare for Keith.