Spence-Crawford TOO BIG for Pacquiao?

[The Big Dunn]

Glad you see it that way. Let's put Manny in with Crawford and Spence with VADA testing and lets see how he does.

[boliodogs]

By too big I think most mean that Spence and Crawford are naturally bigger heavier men. They are full sized welterweights who weigh almost 160 pounds on fight night. Pacquiao fights at welterweight but he has never been a full welterweight. He is a big lightweight or a a 140 pounder and never weighs more than 150 on fight night for his welterweight fights.

[GhostofDempsey]

Spence and Crawford belong at 154. Crawford walks around at 180, Pac walks around in the low 140s. After his fight with Margarito he said he didn't want to fight at 154 again. Horn came in big during their fight and used his size and dirty tactics to roughhouse Manny with head-butts and wrestling.

Manny's best bet would be to try and get a fight with Loma, Mikey Garcia, or Khan. Those are money fights and more competitive.

[boliodogs]

Spence and Crawford are excellent, possible great prime welterweights. As great as Pacquiao was he was and is too small and light for welterweight. He is so good that he still wins at welterweight most of the time. I doubt the prime Pacquiao would destroy Spence and Crawford of today. They might beat him. As for Pac having a 40 to 50 percent chance of beating them now the odds makers would not agree with you on that. Pacquiao would be a big underdog against either of them today.

[The Big Dunn]

Spence and Crawford belong at 154. Crawford walks around at 180, Pac walks around in the low 140s. After his fight with Margarito he said he didn't want to fight at 154 again. Horn came in big during their fight and used his size and dirty tactics to roughhouse Manny with head-butts and wrestling.

Manny's best bet would be to try and get a fight with Loma, Mikey Garcia, or Khan. Those are money fights and more competitive.

How the f-ck does this clown know what weight these guys walk around at? If they can make 147, then they are ww's, plain and simple.

[bojangles1987]

Crawford's not too big for Pac, he's just too good. That would be a firecracker of a fight in Pac's prime but at this point it's not.

With Spence it's a combination of size, skill, and Pac's age. Pac in his prime might be able to deal with Spence, but he's far from his prime. He isn't quick enough or durable enough to deal with a beast like that anymore and it would get ugly. Pac would get messed up.

[bojangles1987]

From what it looks like, Pacquiao is going to continue to box no matter what anyone says, so I say if Pac decides to fight Crawford or Spence, then so be it. It would be some epic *****

Regardless of what happened, it would be legendary of Pac to step in the ring with either man at this point. If he made it hard on either guy or somehow won? Goddamn.

I don't expect it, though. Pac may still want to fight but he's still a part-time boxer looking for money fights he can win.

[WesternChamp]

line them up!!! mufusa pacquaio aint scurrred of no one!

[WesternChamp]

How the f-ck does this clown know what weight these guys walk around at? If they can make 147, then they are ww's, plain and simple.

lets see, crawford came into a 135 fight against midget gamboa at 152. that's almost a 20lbs increase. and this was years ago. so seeing how TC is fighting at 147 now, i wont be surprise if he comes into the ring at 160-168. i dont think he's anywhere near 180 like suggested but 160-168, you cant argue this.

[WesternChamp]

Glad you see it that way. Let's put Manny in with Crawford and Spence with VADA testing and lets see how he does.

finally spence will finally under go vada testing LOL!! let's get this fight signed!