Comments Thread For: Spence's Coach: We Have To Beat Brook Up, Round After Round

[Ray*]

People get too emotional in predicting the outcome of this fight. Gosh we got a great fight to look forward to, let's see what happens in 2 weeks time.

[ruedboy]

This is a step up for Spence even though Brook's resume is not that great. Except for Porter and Jones, Kell has avoided the top welterweights. Spence has looked great against weak competition, which makes for lots of questions around this fight. We know what Brook will bring, how will Spence respond?
It's a lot to ask for a young fighter to come into the champ's home and leave with the title but we've seen Brook get beat down by Jones and Spence will do the same.

[Scary]

Unless you're reaching back many years the only opponents he's really struggled with are Porter and Golovkin. Porter causes those problems for everyone and Golovkin was a middleweight. I think his handling of Porter pretty impressive given that he hadn't fought a guy of that standard before. Definitely didn't look weak willed to me.

A win over Porter should be a high value win. Porter definitely amoung the top welterweights. So I agree with you, which is why I lean towards Brook. But I just don't know a lot about Spence, so it's ********.

[Scary]

This is a step up for Spence even though Brook's resume is not that great. Except for Porter and Jones, Kell has avoided the top welterweights. Spence has looked great against weak competition, which makes for lots of questions around this fight. We know what Brook will bring, how will Spence respond?
It's a lot to ask for a young fighter to come into the champ's home and leave with the title but we've seen Brook get beat down by Jones and Spence will do the same.

Pretty good figure against GGG too, showed a very strong chin. A lot of questions answered in that fight, even though he got KO'd - It was against one of the most hardhitting men in boxing, and he took some picture perfect right hands before he got TKO'd, and he even seemed like he could've continued. GGG was clearly frustrated.

[Ake-Dawg]

... Derrick James is a genious... I would have never figured it out...

Well....other trainers and fighters eschew winning rounds and just look for the knock out. Seems James is saying that Spence should just focus on winning each round so clearly that even Brooks brother would score the round for Spence.

[Ake-Dawg]

What happens when Spence takes a big right hand on the chin? Then everything you THINK is going to happen goes out of the window. We know Brook can take a shot, he took Golovkins best shots on the chin. But I have a feeling Spence has chin issues.

Chin issues based on what? And anyone can go down from a big right hand. Also, I'm sure Brooks ability to take a punch is better at 160 that at a drained 147.

[JACK1190]

Chin issues based on what? And anyone can go down from a big right hand. Also, I'm sure Brooks ability to take a punch is better at 160 that at a drained 147.

Based on a bum catching him with a good shot and him taking a round and a half to recover. You know if KB hits him with a good shot and smells blood it's game over.

[TheUptownKid]

Unless you're reaching back many years the only opponents he's really struggled with are Porter and Golovkin. Porter causes those problems for everyone and Golovkin was a middleweight. I think his handling of Porter pretty impressive given that he hadn't fought a guy of that standard before. Definitely didn't look weak willed to me.

Jones. But if that's too far back, yes porter had him fighting off of the back foot all night as did golovkin. And I'm sure he didn't look weak willed in round 2, but look how he went out, cowered on the ropes taking punishment. Granted, Spence is no ggg I can admit that but these are four examples (jones 2x) of times brook fought off of the back foot with clear offensive advantages (speed or size or both).

[j.razor]

It really sounds like dudes in this site have never put on a pair of gloves......get your sources from other fighters, not promoters, certain commentators...., journalist, or casual/bias or racist that "don't know s**t bout boxing" fans. Errol wins late T.K.O.

[MDPopescu]

Well....other trainers and fighters eschew winning rounds and just look for the knock out. Seems James is saying that Spence should just focus on winning each round so clearly that even Brooks brother would score the round for Spence.

... of course... (I was joking)...