Comments Thread For: Would Spence vs. Pacquiao Be Any Better Than Spence-Garcia?

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By Michael Rosenthal - First Errol Spence picked on a little guy. Now he's after an old guy. Errol, with due respect, you're going to have to pick on someone who doesn't enter the ring at a distinct disadvantage at some point. Spence turned in a brilliant performance against the smaller Mikey Garcia last Saturday, enh...
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[lolpz]

I mean he's in a loaded division and no one wants to fight him.

They had to shell out big cash just to get Garcia in there with him. Porter is the only one saying his name finally after two whole years of Spence being a champion.

This article is bogus. He will fight anybody... Will they fight him?


And don't anyone dare say Terrence "Exclusively ESPN" Crawford. There's plenty of more realistic easier to make fights out there. Those guys just need to be pressured into fighting Spence.

[Letmaku]

I will give Pacman 20% chance of upsetting Spence. After Mikey the odds in favor of Spence can be 5-1. But a lightweight Pacman has been fighting welterweights for 10 years now. Pac will go down swinging and hope "no mas" is not an option. War of the decade Pacman!

[Boxing Logic]

Way better. That wasnt normal Mikey vs Spence. That was blown up Mikey messed up by SNAC or adding too much muscle whoever was responsible for it if not SNAC. Pac is also small for welterweight but at least he maintained some of his speed, enough to make a great matchup vs Spence. Hope we see it next. Spence is not prime Earnie Shavers, contrary to all the hype out there. It's still a good fight, the best matchup PBC can make at 147 right now. I think Pacquiao-Thurman is a much more unfair matchup because the one thing Thurman still has is great prime legs, and the one thing Pacquiao has really lost completely from his game are good quick legs. Pacquiao might not be able to catch Thurman all night and he might eventually run into a huge KO counter shot as a result trying to catch up.

Spence is a little more stationary, which I believe is the reason why PBC and PBC shills might try to steer fans towards Pacquiao vs Thurman, instead of Pacquiao vs Spence. They dont want their golden goose Spence exposed by a 40 year old, even in a win. They dont want to risk that. Which is dumb, because win or lose, fighting Pacquiao brings a ton of name recognition. Horn didn't look good vs Pacquiao but it still made him famous. Spence will still probably win, Pacquiao is still a top 5 welterweight, it would be the biggest win of Spence's career, and a great opportunity for him to become known by casual sports fans.

And style wise, its the best matchup for the fans, not that PBC ever seems to care. Thurman would run from Pacquiao all night, turn it into a chess match and probably catch Pac at some point Until then, expect a boring chess match. Pacquiao vs DSG would be fun too, but otherwise, Pacquiao vs Spence is the fight. That or Pac vs Porter. Those are the two best fights stylistically. Pacquiao vs Thurman, on the other hand, is the second WORST one PBC could make, only Pac vs Ugas would produce a worse fight stylistically.

They should just make Spence vs Pacman, barring the Floyd rematch which Pac would obviously prefer for the money. As a boxing fan I'd be good with either of those. If Spence dominates Pacquiao like Mikey, then it sets up Spence vs the other bigger, younger welterweights nicely. If it's competitive, well no one has blown out Pacquiao so, who cares? That might even be better for PBC cuz Spence dominating Pacquiao basically ruins the Pacquiao contract, but if Spence wins 8-4 instead of 12-0 or by KO, fans will still want to see Pacquiao vs ALL the other PBC guys too. That's ideal for the PBC given the money they're spending on Pac.

I'd like to see...

May-Pac II
Spence-DSG
Ugas-Porter II
Crawford-Thurman

Or if Floyd stays retired:

Spence-Pac
Crawford-Thurman
Ugas-Porter II
DSG-Bes*****

[Longhaul]

I believe Pac has earned the right to fight Spence but like others I believe he has a very slim chance of winning.Onething about Pac he won’t give up and quit after a round or so like Mikey did and try to survive.My worst fear is also the Thurman/Pac fight which would be a track meet .

[komandante]

Pac is no Mikey and he's a legit welter I give my $$$ to Manny.

[Curtis Harper]

Much better because Pac is better acclimated at ww and will be a busier fighter.

[Curtis Harper]

Mikey disgraced his fans (this one in particular) with that non effort he pulled. Next time he should just shut it up and let his fists do the talking.

[pasawayako]

My only wish is that this fight will be made before the end of 2019. This will be another pac-marg fight.

[MisanthropicNY]

I believe Pac has earned the right to fight Spence but like others I believe he has a very slim chance of winning.Onething about Pac he won’t give up and quit after a round or so like Mikey did and try to survive.My worst fear is also the Thurman/Pac fight which would be a track meet .

He'd go back to "Run Time"