Will Spence be avoided like Golovkin was?

[Freedom]

Errol Spence looked devastating last night. His opponent wasn't great, but still the way he was taken out so quickly was very impressive.

However, I think he may have the same problem as prime Golovkin had for a few years, being avoided by top contenders.

Will Crawford, Thurman and Garcia be willing to fight Spence in the future? Sadly, I think Arum will protect Crawford, and the other two will simply avoid Spence.

I'd love to see Crawford vs. Spence.

[Ron Swanson]

Think Spence is already in that boat.

GGG was only avoided by Martinez and Cotto, Canelo just waited him out. It’s hard to call it avoiding when Canelo has agreed to the fight 3 times now. But waiting, sure.

Where as Spence has been calling out the top guys(Thurman specifically )since 2015. We’re at year 4, already longer than Canelo waited out GGG

Bone spurs is a condition, not an injury as claimed. Surgery is elective. And he chose to time the surgery specifically to avoid. He knew no matter who won Brook/Spence people would call for him to fight the winner, that’s why he chose to have the surgery the week of that fight. It’s no coincidence he had spurs for years and chose to have surgery that week

[Master]

Triple G was avoided by Strum who was champion at the title but was elevated to super shit pants champion.

[Ron Swanson]

Sturm(haha, my phone auto corrected to Strum too) was a champion like Lemieux was a champion, on paper only

[Master]

Sturm(haha, my phone auto corrected to Strum too) was a champion like Lemieux was a champion, on paper only

Golovkin was number 1 for years waiting.

[Ron Swanson]

Sturm(haha, my phone auto corrected to Strum too) was a champion like Lemieux was a champion, on paper only

Golovkin was number 1 for years waiting.

Waiting for Sturm? I’m not sure why anyone would care about Sturm. A Sturm win doesn’t change GGGs CV much. Sturm was basically a European champion that had a world belt or 3.

I’m sure you have figured out my moniker on the other site. You can find me in a thread I believe titled “Other than Martinez who is best at MW” where I said I thought GGG was the best at the weight including Martinez. This was when GGG was largely unknown and Martinez had just picked up his belt, before hiding.

Some day people will realize these belts don’t mean much. In the end fighters are remembered for who they fought. The 4 horsemen are the 4 horsemen for fighting each other.

[TitoFan]

Think Spence is already in that boat.

GGG was only avoided by Martinez and Cotto, Canelo just waited him out. It’s hard to call it avoiding when Canelo has agreed to the fight 3 times now. But waiting, sure.

Where as Spence has been calling out the top guys(Thurman specifically )since 2015. We’re at year 4, already longer than Canelo waited out GGG

Bone spurs is a condition, not an injury as claimed. Surgery is elective. And he chose to time the surgery specifically to avoid. He knew no matter who won Brook/Spence people would call for him to fight the winner, that’s why he chose to have the surgery the week of that fight. It’s no coincidence he had spurs for years and chose to have surgery that week

If you're gonna claim Spence is being avoided by Thurman while saying GGG wasn't avoided by Canelo, I guess we're just gonna have to disagree. I guess you must've forgot how Canelo desperately tried to drag GGG to 154, claiming he himself was not a middleweight. This is about the time when DLH coined the infamous "marinating" term. After a time of avoiding (yes.... that's exactly what he was doing), Canelo forgot he wasn't a middleweight and took a fight with Chavez Jr. at the whopping weight of 170. Oops. There goes the weight excuse. After fans caught on that Canelo could've been fighting at middleweight for YEARS, Canelo had no choice but to agree to fight GGG at 160. But I guess we'll just call that "waiting him out". Meanwhile, Spence may have been "calling the top guys out" since 2015, but he's been a world champion since only last year. Which means there's a relevancy factor that can't be overlooked here. On the other hand, Canelo has had some sort of world championship belt for almost a decade..... and has been physically capable of fighting at 160 for almost that long. So excuse me if we don't share your view on Canelo not avoiding GGG.