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

[andoxcv66]

Don’t compare an apple to an orange as Manny Pacquiao vs Mikey Garcia are two different fighters. Errol looked good to Mikey as the latter jumped two weight classes abruptly, thus naturally quite slower and reflexes are sucks....and could be the preparation going to the battle was ill prepared. Manny Pacquiao is a different animal, he is a beast in this 147 weight class because he got used to it already. Now, the reason he is successful as a fighter because of his mentality in going to war, he extremely prepares himself physically, spiritually and mentally due to the fact that he doesn’t want to frustrate so many people who expecting him to win, particularly the entire nation Philippines. That’s the motivation he exemplifies over other boxers who don’t have that kind of inspiration, and that’s lies his success plus all the talent and skill and boxing. Age is just a number for a person who is highly motivated, and his experience and warrior mentality will make Errol step back and gun shy to do what he had done to Mikey as he will realise that Manny is a special fighter. But it’s too late as internet writers like Mike Rosenthal has fooled him to believe, he can duplicate the same feat over Mikey Garcia, and now Errol has to contend himself to be just a counter puncher against Manny Pacquiao as he can’t matched Manny on a blow by blow basis. Errol will end up like most of the fighters faced by Manny to just stay in the fight by running, hugging and avoiding being mauled by the lion...Pacquiao is great and special fighter but unfortunately people don’t see this as they see him as a threat to the American ego of being labelled as GOAT....

[HitmanTommy]

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*****

Porter isn't fighting Ugas again. He doesn't want anymore of that.

Might as well forget it.

[HitmanTommy]

Spence is a fighter who does everything well, but nothing spectacularly brilliant. I rate him highly, but he wouldn't beat the prime or near prime of De La Hoya, Whitaker, Mosley, Forrest, Mayweather and Pacquaio.

WRONG. I agree with the other ones you listed, but he'd end up waxing both Vernon and Whitaker.

[Bluebird]

Manny wont even fight him lol, and Mikey has a lot better defense than what Manny has, I have no doubt Spence will stop a 40 yr old Manny after beating the crap out of him , gunna be an Oscar Chavez Snr beating.

And if Pac wins, are you ready to admit you’re wrong? Pac is a seasoned veteran and should not be underestimated. The man used to live in the streets of Manila sleeping in cardboard boxes and he survived and became a boxing superstar so underestimating him is the last thing you want to do.

[Roadblock]

And if Pac wins, are you ready to admit you’re wrong? Pac is a seasoned veteran and should not be underestimated. The man used to live in the streets of Manila sleeping in cardboard boxes and he survived and became a boxing superstar so underestimating him is the last thing you want to do.

Off course Id give Manny credit, but he wont beat Spence and he wont even fight him. Spence will destroy Manny he is way too much for a 40yr old Manny , get out out of the dreamscape kid the real world hits hard.

[KillaMane26]

Yea Manny not gon fight to survive its not in his DNA...Those late rounds gonna be brutal tho which is why i dont wanna see it.

[KillaMane26]

Dominated with skills not size? He dominated because of his size. Garcia bit off more than he can chew by moving up and fighting a dominant champion at or near his prime. Unfortunately the politics of boxing will not afford us a Spence/Crawford fight anytime soon. I certainly don't blame Spence for fighting the Garcia's and Manny's of the world. The most money with the least risk. Smart business practice. The hardcore boxing fans may not love it but it is what it is. Would love to see Spence move up to 154. Plenty of good fights in that weight class.

Explain how he didn't use his skills over size to win?

Spence obviously didnt fight him like he did Brook and make it a war.

[Terrell1555]

Holy FK’N undeserved hack jobs against Spence! Dude Urban Black fighters truly get no fk’n Love! Mickey called out Spence, and Pac brought his Arse to the fight to allegedly fight the winner who we all know he wished was Mickey! Spence didn’t make Manny get in that ring!

[rdb85]

Mannys resume since Floyd is still probably better than spences overall. I think people are counting Pac out too much, Spence beat a broken, weight drained Brook and a blown up Garcia, yes he should be favourite but if they fight by July if i was offered 5/1 on Pac it'd be worth a bet on it.

[Boxknowledge75]

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