Are KO'S for life gone for Errol Spence?

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  1. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    After going the distance twice back to back vs mikey and porter in 2019 .. Spence is looking to fight pac , danny garcia or crawford.

    Are spences days of stopping his opponents gone?
     
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  2. RB1702

    RB1702 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When you get to top level and fight tough durable skilful opponents with better defence it’s much harder to get stoppages. I fully expect his KO percentage to go down drastically if he keeps on fighting top guys.
     
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  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Porter is a g with a solid chin..Mikey stopped trying to be even competitive in that fight after 4 rounds, though strangely Spence did sleepwalk a bit himself.

    There are plenty of "keep busy" level of contenders for him to slaughter later.
     
  4. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    An undefeated mutli division champion and a trench warfare guy known for toughness and durability. Neither men have really ever been close to being stopped. That's not a knock on Spence's power. He fights Danny, Pac or Crawford, it's very doubtful he'd be able to stop any of them either. (maybe Pac)
     
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  5. ButeTheBeast

    ButeTheBeast Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bit like Golovkin, as soon as he stepped up, he couldn't stop anyone.
     
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  6. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    yep
    he was lucky ggg got to brook above weight first
     
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  7. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This.
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Name a current WW who's gonna stop Mikey or Porter. None? Yeah, that's what I thought. :sisi1

    Spence'll get right back to stopping guys who aren't uber-tough (and/or stand in front of him) if and when he goes back to fighting them.
     
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  9. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    On Mikey, it's extremely hard, borderline impossible, to knock out a top operator who's only in their to survive. Spence dominated every round that's all you can ask of him.

    On Porter, he's tough as nails. No shame at all in not knocking him out.

    Welterweight has a lot of really good fighters. It should be more or less expected that Spence's knockout ratio goes down when he started playing king of the hill with the top guys
     
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  10. 22JM

    22JM Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Spence is the fighter after the accident he has a chance on stopping Danny or Pacquiao.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    It's already been scientifically proven that Leo Santa Cruz hits harder than Spence.
     
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  12. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    THIS.
     
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  13. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    He should have stoped Mikey tho
     
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  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I like this post but the with the way he dominating in the Garcia fight, you might have thought he would have cracked the chin.

    Didn't he score a knockdown against Porter?
     
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  15. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He did drop Porter late with a hook, he hurt both Mikey and Porter a few times as well. It's not that he doesn't have power, these are just high level durable guys.
     
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