I think that's his play with this whole Spence thing. He's already mentioned that he felt the size of Broner and Lipinets, which is kind of BS because he was thicker than both and probably weighed more. Now he's looking at Spence who will come in at 165+ pounds. The Spence fight won't happen, but Mikey will make it seem like he's trying hard to get it made. Then he will have enjoyed all of the publicity. I'm happy to be wrong about this, but I think this is Mikey's play.
This will flop on Showtime PPV unless they pair it with Fury-Wilder, so I am too skeptical it will happen.
Mikey has a history of calling out fighters and then not fighting them when offered (Cotto and Linares).
Why wouldn't he? GGG got away with claiming to go ballz-to-the-wallz vs Clenelo, then was afraid to throw a single body shot because of the MURDEROUS, DEADLY COUUUNTERRRS ! And nobody peeped a word afterwards. Everything goes in baaxing nowadays.