Spence is not the same fighter

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  1. GotchaHat

    GotchaHat Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    After those car crashes Spence is not the same fighter as he was before. He sounds more punch drunk too, this is why everyone got Bud winning.
     
  2. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Looked fine vs Ugas though. No excuses though
     
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  3. MagicE

    MagicE Well-Known Member Full Member

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    CTEuurrrlll Spence
     
  4. GotchaHat

    GotchaHat Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Ugas is not on Buds level, it will show vs Bud. This isn’t Prime Spence like the one that touched down on UK soil and put a whooping on Kelly Brook
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Except for this little prolonged hiccup, lucky for him Ugas has't KO'd anyone in decades, so his finishing instincts are a bit rusty.
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  6. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    His speech is alot different but I think that has to do partially with his veneers tbh.
     
  7. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    He's been at 147 a loooooooooooong time
     
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  8. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Entire career

    He is shot and he knows it
     
  9. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would favor Bud, to beat any version of Spence.

    But I am betting on Bud stopping this damaged Spence.
     
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  10. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If that version of Spence steps into the ring with Bud he gets knocked out. I feel safer in my prediction of Bud by KO around 8 to 10 rounds
     
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  11. One more round

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    I don’t think that Spence performance was that great tbh. Kell was damaged goods by then and still out boxing Spence for large parts of the fight.
     
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  12. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    Neither of them is the same. Both are slightly past prime now. This fight would have been the most interesting 4 years ago. This Floyd - Pac type of matchmaking is garbage and it ruins boxing.
     
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  13. Caliboxing

    Caliboxing Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree, his balance seems off and we see some weird steps every once in a while. He's still very good though. The pressure he was applying made Ugas not want to punch at all, he was reduced to a few counters here and there. Spence mixes it up and really slows your body down from hurting you all over. The problem of doing this is that when you come inside like that and go low, you expose yourself for counters upstairs.

    Crawford specializes in catching you with stinging punches like that. I remember Crawford getting hurt by Gamboa late in their fight though, so this is a good test to see how he deals with Spence's power which is more accumulation than 1 shot.
     
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  14. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Oh yea, definitely not from smacking his face so hard against the concrete in one of the craziest car crashes I’ve ever seen.
     
  15. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    Partially that too. To have walked away with scrapes and some missing teeth instead of being buried in the ground is a miracle.