Quote Originally Posted by J_Undisputed View Post
Starting to shift on my original Prediction for Spence. Watching the work Mikey has done for this fight and Spences fight against Peterson, Its becoming clearer to see why Mikey chose to challenge Spence.

Originally had Spence pegged as a seek and destroy guy that was methodical and calculated that was just going to bull the smaller fighter around the ring and shrug off punches. I still think Spence is going to advance and try to get the most out of jab to the body to back Mikey up and mug him in tight spaces. So it still may come down to whether how Mikey takes Spences shot.

That being said, i don't think Mikey plans on being there for much of those punches .I think Mikey plans to take the center of the ring away from Spence instead of orbiting and trying to pick at him with counters before being forced to shell up on the perimeter and take some heavy body work. Mikey appears to added some sharp head movement and picked up the pace on his footwork and put on a little muscle to sure up his durability. In comparing the two side by side, Mikeys obviously smaller but his bone structure, i think, carries the weight better than I originally thought and I think we may be surprised at his durability. Spence is there to be hit and gets hit a lot and I think Mikey is going to work counters to swing the momentum and then try to have Spence fight much of the fight going backwards or confused, trying to make something happen from the outside. Mikey may convinced that Spence may be his Canelo (in floyds career). If this is mikeys plan and he clinches effectively to reset the action when needed. His chances have gone up significantly, and I wouldn't be surprised in the least to see him pull it off.
Again, the biggest issue comes down to if Mikey’s punches can keep Spence off of him or if Mikey can take Spence’s punch well enough to not have to retreat once he gets hit.

I’m assuming that Mikey’s gameplan is to use effective head movement and stay on the inside in order to punch in between Spence’s punches. I think he can be successful in that for a few rounds maybe, but the weight will wear on him eventually and he won’t be able to avoid getting hit the whole fight if Spence is relentless like his normal self. If by chance Mikey can really sting Spence with a punch, then Spence may not be so relentless and allow Mikey to stay on the inside and counter.

I honestly don’t see Mikey winning by fighting on the outside. Spence is too long for that. He has to get on the inside and counter to win.