The skills of Errol Spence Jr

Hes overrated. Slow. Telegraphs punches. Footwork sucks.

 

Yesterday we had a talk at the gym about that fight and some people actually rate Spence skills as high as Buds.

I will be honest, I rate his skills more after that talk and watching his other highlights.

Some people actully think that since Spence don't have stamina problems, Bud will not stop him and since this fight is on PBC, they will not give dicision to Crawford.

 

Yeah he's far from basic but I can see why some people think that as he doesn't fit the mould of what most people regard as a skilled boxer as many people just equate that too a Mayweather type fighter that moves well and has slick defence and that clearly isn't Spence.

All the Mayweather comparisons early in his career actually were damaging, I too used to think why on earth are people saying he's the next Mayweather and thought he was basic because he fights nothing like Mayweather. But once you forget that comparison and actually see what he does well, it's clear he's a very skilled fighter but he's far more a Chavez or Duran type pressure fighter who's very physical and clever at applying pressure and breaking down fighters, he's not some slick defensive wizard.

 

That's what I said. People still think it's 50/50 fight, I just see Bud stopping him late.

My trainer called it a draw and rematch for even bigger money.

 

Yeah, but Bud has a reach advantage, unlike these two

How do you rate his power at WW ?

 

This aged like garbage you're a loser I bet you're an old man

 

Because he is.

When you compare him to the elites, he is super basic. Crawford proved it and he's only elite in terms of the eye test, not resume. He's very slow, lacks balance, only sticks to the jab never really mixing it up, doesn't have any special tactics and has no plan B because he's used to dominating weaker guys who can't get past his jab.

 

I remember watching him beat Chris Algeri live and noticed how much hype Spence was getting. They were really pouring it on. It was absurd to see how big of a deal the Spence hype machine made out of beating somebody as utterly mediocre as Algieri. That's when I started to key in on this could be a hype bubble ready to burst. Still remember you could get -112 odds on Crawford to beat Spence. Thought that those odds were criminal.

 

Shot to pieces