Spence is an exceptional offensive fighter.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by BoxingIQ, Jun 16, 2018.


  1. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Crawford is more than just natural talent there is a lot of skill and technique in what he does too. People shouldn't mistake sound technique and fundamentals as the same thing as superior boxing skills. Compare Wlad to Fury, Wlad fundamentally and technically shits on Fury, but Fury is the more skilled boxer with his movement, range, angles, counter punching etc.

    In a pure boxing match I'd favour Crawford's superior movement and counter punching over Spence Jr, but in a fight that's a much harder and closer one to pick. Maybe Spence can grind him down and impose his size, strength and power or maybe Crawford plays the matador to Spence's bull and out boxes Spence.
     
  2. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Not really porter arguably beat Thurman
     
  3. Above Deck

    Above Deck Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Exceptional offensive fighter YES. Exceptional offensive boxer NO. Brook was outboxing Spence the majority of their fight.
     
  4. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    True before the eye and Brook gassing it was a competitive fight that Brook was winning. Spence is far from invincible and not the exceptional boxer some think he is. He's no Mayweather, Hopkins or even Ward those guys boxing skills were a level above what Spence has shown so far.

    But there's more than one path to greatness, you don't necessarily have to be a slick boxer type sometimes an offensive machine like Pac, Hagler comes along and dominates an era for a while.
     
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  5. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Highly debatable. Thurman has already proven he operates on an extremely high level
    and unlike damn near everybody else, he wasn't given the benefit of easy matchmaking
    so he's pretty much fought every stylistic matchup.

    Also, it should be noted that Thurman:
    possesses quicker hands and feet, more power, we know his chin is proven as
    well as his resolve, he can fight on the front foot or back foot, he can pot shot
    and bang. So again, how is Crawford (who I believe is a top p4p guy) superior
    to Thurman(another p4p guy) that holds a serious size advantage.
    When I say size, I mean body, not height. I have Crawford ranked higher because he's
    campaigned in more weightclasses, but make no mistake about it, Crawford
    is gonna be up against it against Spence or Thurman.

    It's amazing how much disrespect Thurman gets on here
     
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  6. PolishNavy

    PolishNavy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Spence beats Crawford
     
  7. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Is Spence juicing?
     
  8. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    no. i can only go on a guess, like everyone else commenting on this, but my spidey sense tells me spence is genuine, a man too comfortable in his own skin to even believe he needs them and too proud to make himself a liar and cheat over the possibility of losing to someone hes sure he can beat right now.
     
  9. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Most ATGs were offensive minded fighters.