Mikey Garcia Vacated His IBF Title—Spence PPV Looming???

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Tomato(e) Can, Oct 30, 2018.


  1. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Spence might get outboxed. He gets hit too much.
     
  2. minemax

    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I hope... But I will not bet on it.
     
  3. Tomato(e) Can

    Tomato(e) Can Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. banned Full Member

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    Nope. Mikey doesn't have the evasive movements/footwork of a prime Pacquiao or the subtle brilliance of JMM's footwork to outbox Spence. Spence will power through Mikey. It will be a slaughter.
     
  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Nope, his counter punnching skill s a
    Will keep Spence guessing and possibly hhessitant to be aggressive.
     
  5. twopiece

    twopiece Pugilistic Ambassador Full Member

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    I am itching to give Mikey credit... but that won't happen until he's actually in that ring across from either Spence, High-Tech (Loma), or Bud.

    He needs to face at least one of these three guys (whom he keeps calling out) within his next two fights.

    That's correct, dren. What if Mikey wins? This is boxing. Fighters have "dared to be great" and reaped the rewards after being successful. I don't think there's a coincidence that he's called Spence out so often. He definitely thinks there's something he can exploit. Will Mikey finally take the fight?
     
  6. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    I guess that answers The Who’s dodging who saga between loma and Garcia.
    Loma and linares chose the easier fight.
     
  7. dealt_with

    dealt_with Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    What are you talking about? Garcia literally chose not to fight Linares when it was offered to him. That is a duck. When has Loma shown that he doesn’t want to fight someone? When has Mikey? Not that it’s necessarily an either/or, I don’t think anybody is claiming that one has to be ducking the other. Loma is in the division, asking to unify. Garcia is calling out other fighters, dropping his belt and jumping around divisions. And you think that means that Loma is ducking? Were you dropped on your head?
     
  8. Sinbad

    Sinbad New Member Full Member

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    I think it's a good fight and a good promotion.
    I learned a long time ago that mikey would vacate the lightweight titles in order to pursuit spence (inside information perhaps?).
    For whatever reasons (running away from loma like everybody should, trying to go for bigger purses, maybe bigger challenges?), give mikey credit.
    But spence? He's yet to show his best, but the man is a big and very powerful welterweight.
    I'll tell you this though, it aint gonna be easy for spence.
     
  9. Tomato(e) Can

    Tomato(e) Can Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. banned Full Member

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    The only way I see Spence losing is if he succumbs to public pressure and gets caught being reckless because 99% of the world EXPECTS him to walk down and stop Mikey. If Spence plays it cautious, it can damage his reputation as a destroyer and lower that fear factor. Kind of like how GGG went for the kill against Brook and took nasty uppercuts.
     
  10. Sinbad

    Sinbad New Member Full Member

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    Let's hope Spence aint gonna play it cautious, hope he has some boxing brain unlike GGG who aint got none. Oh boy like he promised to go after Canelo in their rematch. Even after Abel Sanchez told Golovkin to step it up, GGG just plain did nothing to change his gameplan and tried to box and move. And even though i dislike Canelo, he won the fight. I think the Spence-Garcia outcome depends alot on Mikey's ability to take a punch cause he surely knows how to fight.
     
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