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Luckybattles wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 00:16 a much smaller guy in front of him who posed no threat and fought in retreat during the last 9 rounds.

Despite this, he was never really able to truly assert himself In my opinion, Spence failed to make a statement in this high profile fight and really failed to capture the imagination of the boxing world.

SFW wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 07:52 I think the biggest factor as far as not getting the KO is the lil guy was defensively sound and 100% focused on surviving.. I didn't see a point past the 3rd or 4th round where Mikey was even going for or taking the necessary risk to actually win. When your opponent poses little threat, and his goal is to merely disengage and survive, it's hard to stop someone like that. Yeah it's a lil disappointing, but they could have stopped it around the 10th, we'd get a boring mercy stoppage that wouldn't satisfy the naysayers either I suspect. Still say he couldn't put a lightweight down.. No fighter is above criticism, but it seems more appropriate to send it the other way in this fight. Garcia lied for months about his skills, the effort, what he was gonna do, and every bit of it was proven false yet he cashes in big time anyway. And probably will again. That seemed more offensive to me than Errol not getting the stoppage.

oogiebe wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 08:38 One can always find something to criticize, but Spence did everything he was supposed to do and looked good doing it. No need to go for the KO and risk possible exposure when he was in 100% control of the fight.

oogiebe wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 08:38 One can always find something to criticize, but Spence did everything he was supposed to do and looked good doing it. No need to go for the KO and risk possible exposure when he was in 100% control of the fight.
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I beg to differ. People aren’t paying $75 to watch a little guy retreat all night and the big guy follow him around with no real intent to give fans the minimal athletic drama for their money.

Luckybattles wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 11:49

oogiebe wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 08:38 One can always find something to criticize, but Spence did everything he was supposed to do and looked good doing it. No need to go for the KO and risk possible exposure when he was in 100% control of the fight.

I beg to differ. People aren’t paying $75 to watch a little guy retreat all night and the big guy follow him around with no real intent to give fans the minimal athletic drama for their money.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 09:56 Errol Spence Jr’s resume isn’t great and the main reasons for this are Bob Arum making no attempt to initiate contract negotiations with Al Haymon for the Crawford fight (due to his belief about the contest needing to be marinated), coupled with the PBC head honchos not organising bouts with his biggest name fellow stablemates.

And to be perfectly honest, I’m not sure if Spence Jr. deserves a lot of credit for his high-reward very low-risk bout with Mikey Garcia either. He could have made a statement and bulldozed and stopped his smaller opponent, but instead he played it relatively safe. It was still a decent performance though.

I don’t necessarily agree with people believing that Spence Jr. out-boxed Garcia either, via the use of his southpaw jab, because Mikey’s shorter arms prevented them from connecting. The challenger was always out of reach, whereas the champion was in punching distance, which I feel is part and parcel of the overall size advantage that Errol possessed.

I still think that Errol Spence Jr. is the best 147lb-er on the planet, with Terence Crawford being the only person capable of claiming this moniker.

Does Spence Jr. deserve to receive criticism? Well no fighter is perfect, and no human should be immune from criticism either.

And this includes Spence Jr., who I feel is really impressive, despite his poor resume, coupled with his “safe” performance against Garcia.
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I agree that spence is a great fighter and maybe top lbl but I think the complacency of fans and their unwillingness to ask for more is
Resulting in more fights that look like Thurman vs Garcia and fewer fights that resemble Leonard vs hearns.

Luckybattles wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 12:03

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019, 09:56 Errol Spence Jr’s resume isn’t great and the main reasons for this are Bob Arum making no attempt to initiate contract negotiations with Al Haymon for the Crawford fight (due to his belief about the contest needing to be marinated), coupled with the PBC head honchos not organising bouts with his biggest name fellow stablemates.

And to be perfectly honest, I’m not sure if Spence Jr. deserves a lot of credit for his high-reward very low-risk bout with Mikey Garcia either. He could have made a statement and bulldozed and stopped his smaller opponent, but instead he played it relatively safe. It was still a decent performance though.

I don’t necessarily agree with people believing that Spence Jr. out-boxed Garcia either, via the use of his southpaw jab, because Mikey’s shorter arms prevented them from connecting. The challenger was always out of reach, whereas the champion was in punching distance, which I feel is part and parcel of the overall size advantage that Errol possessed.

I still think that Errol Spence Jr. is the best 147lb-er on the planet, with Terence Crawford being the only person capable of claiming this moniker.

Does Spence Jr. deserve to receive criticism? Well no fighter is perfect, and no human should be immune from criticism either.

And this includes Spence Jr., who I feel is really impressive, despite his poor resume, coupled with his “safe” performance against Garcia.

I agree that spence is a great fighter and maybe top lbl but I think the complacency of fans and their unwillingness to ask for more is
Resulting in more fights that look like Thurman vs Garcia and fewer fights that resemble Leonard vs hearns.