Will Spence-Crawford be more competitive than Fulton-Inoue?

It can't really be any less competitive can it?

 

Yes. Fulton first of all was way overconfident and secondly, doesn't have the power to keep Inoue off him.

I lump Fulton into a group of posers that are good fighters, but go around talking, acting and spending like they are on a Floyd type of level. Broner, Charlos, Gary Russell Jr, etc. They drink their own kool aid and it's their undoing.

Earl and Terrence are built different and seem more self motivated and driven. I think much like Floyd they have that fear that drives them to excel. Fear for some stupid reason is viewed as a weakness but it's a fighters greatest strength because it drives them to put that extra work in.

 

I'd be very surprised if it wasn't. I mean, what fighter has either beat down with such an ease? Horn and shot Khan for Crawford, but both those two are a level or two below Spence. For Spence you could say he was as dominating against Ugas, but while better than Horn and that version of Khan, Ugas is no Crawford.

I see little reason to believe this will be lopsided in any direction. It could well be a Canelo-GGG situation with two very controversial decisions over two fights.

 

I think the fight may be more 1-sided in Crawford's favour than most people are predicting, but it almost certainly won't be close to as 1-sided as Inoue vs Fulton, at least not for the first 6 or so rounds.

 

Likely, they have common "level" opponents in similar weight classes. They are nearly the same age and of similar size. Their experience levels are also similar despite Crawford starting earlier.

Inoue is a high skillset, speed, power and durability talent. Cool Boy is a talent, but not a "dynamic" fighter. This is why even though I was rooting for him, I acknowledged that Inoue even coming up in weight was a stiff, stiff challenge for him.

Spence and Crawford are like Zeus and Odin fighting

 

The immense volume with which Spence throws consistently per round against the brilliant variety of Crawford working through the gears as the fight progresses... I can't see it not being massively competitive.