Spence says his willing to jump to Middleweight

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  1. Mr Icaman

    Mr Icaman 32-0 WBC Champ, Ring + Lineal HW Champ Full Member

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    Too many pointless weight divisions if guys can just go up and down 2 divisions to fight the best guys...

    Divisions should be far enough a part so fighters naturally only fit into one..
     
  2. N17

    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Stylistically, very debatable.

    Too big? I can't have that Reg, From what I can gather they are basically the same height and Canelo has shed a lot of bulk now he has apparently stopped eating Mexican Beef.

    Also I believe Spence has a longer reach? I don't think Canelo is the bigger man.
     
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  3. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Problem is, it might not take many hits from Lemieux to leave Spence looking like The Cerebral Assassin.
     
  4. CathyBarry

    CathyBarry Active Member Full Member

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    Don't exaggerate or anything. He's not a big guy at all really. If he wasn't a boxer training all the time and maybe even on the juice? You can tell by looking at his body shape that he'd be a natural skinny dude. Kell brook is bigger build than him.
     
  5. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Brook is smaller than IMO less skilled than Canelo and was tagging Spence up on the back foot. I doubt Canelo would even have to backpedal against Spence.
     
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  6. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Why is he considered too small to take on Canelo? Couple Tex-Mex meals in Dallas containing tainted
    beef and BOOM he is a muscled up 160 pounder. I'd recommend El Fenix on McKinney next to the Perot
    Museum. It's close to his DeSoto home.
     
  7. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Brook is taller and has a longer reach then Canelo

    Canelo is listed @ 5ft9 with a 71" reach, he clearly isnt 5ft9 so we can assume the reach is well out too
     
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  8. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Canelo is a 154lber and Spence is a huge 147, less than a full weight class apart.

    Spence only looks about 3 or 4 weight classes smaller than Jarrett Hurd
     
  9. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jesus f'n christ... you have NO ability to see weight difference, and now you can't determine height? F'n troll...
     
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  10. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And Brook is a lot skinnier and less broad than Canelo. Spence wore brook down in a way he wouldn't be able to do to Canelo. Not to mention Spence would have a harder time landing flush on Canelo in the first place.
     
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  11. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    I didn't say anything about weight, Canelo weighs more. I acknowledge that.

    Weight isn't going to help you tag someone off the back foot, but length will as well as speed.
     
  12. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Talking about your stupid claim that 3G is some HUGE fighter. You've tried to say he was BIGGER than Jacobs when they fought FFS. get some glasses...
     
  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    He's huge. Marcos Villegas says he weighs 185 and Spence was clearly a lot heavier than him.

    But I think I get what you're trying to say. You're saying you think Spence is more a really big LHW who has bulked up to CW/HW size by using steroids.

    Yeah that makes sense and I know a lot of fans have had their suspicions about that.
     
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  14. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. Spence is too green and would get countered to pieces by Canelo before getting stopped. Spence needs to start fighting good competition in his own division before he starts looking at 154 or 160. Canelo isn't damaged goods like Brook or a has-been like Lamont Peterson
     
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  15. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    So Mikey is going to jump up 2 divisions to WW to face Spence but when he does Spence will have already jumped up 2 divisions to face Canelo and when he does Canelo will have jumped up 3 divisions to fight Boxing Forum 24's favorite Cruiserweight; Daniel Jacobs.