Pacquiao doesn’t want Spence

[Ron Swanson]

Espinoza says Bob has made no attempts, not a single call, about Wilder/Fury, Garcia/Loma, Spence/Crawford, nor returned calls about said fights. Which who knows who to believe in boxing but does fit the history

[mikeeod]

Are Garcia, Thurman, and Porter THAT bad in your opinion I feel they are less threatening than Spence and Crawford, bot those guys are still elite fighters in my book. They are highly ranked Turkistan in boxing’s deepest division, so I can’t really see the case against Manny picking one of this guys before fighting Spence or Crawford.

I prefer one of those fights as I want to see Crawford v Spence before the fight sours or someone comes in
Overconfident and loses. I say have a tourney with Manny vs Thurman, Garcia vs Spence, and Crawford vs Porter. Have the winners fight and eventually crown an undisputed champ. No matter what though, Manny has earned a gimme fight at this point and NONE of those guys (Thurman, Porter, Garcia) are bums or gimme fights.

[p4pking]

Are Garcia, Thurman, and Porter THAT bad in your opinion I feel they are less threatening than Spence and Crawford, bot those guys are still elite fighters in my book. They are highly ranked Turkistan in boxing’s deepest division, so I can’t really see the case against Manny picking one of this guys before fighting Spence or Crawford.

I prefer one of those fights as I want to see Crawford v Spence before the fight sours or someone comes in
Overconfident and loses. I say have a tourney with Manny vs Thurman, Garcia vs Spence, and Crawford vs Porter. Have the winners fight and eventually crown an undisputed champ. No matter what though, Manny has earned a gimme fight at this point and NONE of those guys (Thurman, Porter, Garcia) are bums or gimme fights.

Maybe i missed something, but I dont think anyone is saying those guys are bad fights for Manny. In fact all 3 would be great pick em fights. Most were just saying Spence vs Crawford is THE fight to be made, not just in the division, but in the sport right now. Thurman, having beaten the other 2 guys you mention, is obviously a credible challenger to Spence or Crawford also, but Im just not sure he wants THAT SMOKE His being off for so long with a pretty questionable injury, then getting hurt so bad last time against Lopez makes me doubt it at least.

Theres no question its still a good division with legit guys, but Its always annoying when there is a fight that is far and away the best to be made that isnt clamored for.

[powerpuncher]

Are Garcia, Thurman, and Porter THAT bad in your opinion I feel they are less threatening than Spence and Crawford, bot those guys are still elite fighters in my book. They are highly ranked Turkistan in boxing’s deepest division, so I can’t really see the case against Manny picking one of this guys before fighting Spence or Crawford.

I prefer one of those fights as I want to see Crawford v Spence before the fight sours or someone comes in
Overconfident and loses. I say have a tourney with Manny vs Thurman, Garcia vs Spence, and Crawford vs Porter. Have the winners fight and eventually crown an undisputed champ. No matter what though, Manny has earned a gimme fight at this point and NONE of those guys (Thurman, Porter, Garcia) are bums or gimme fights.

My point was that there were people on this board that were saying Pacquiao would best Spence and this showed that he wanted no part of him. And Pacquiao has taken tons of gimme fights. He hasn’t really fought a top guy since Mayweather. I wouldn’t be opposed to him fighting someone like Porter, but he could have fought him long ago if he wanted. He could have fought any of those three guys long ago, but now that Spence and Crawford are in the division, those three guys become guys he wants to fight.

But I do agree that a tournament would be great

[Spicoli]

I'm beginning to bolster more to Manny in the big picture. Not even sure how bolster is applicable here but I'm rolling with it . Manny is Manny. And the fact is Thurman is fresh out of witness protection escaping a tko to Lopez. Once his hands start moving faster than his mouth we can lean team Thurman. Porter just played Peter Pan and was walked down by Ugas. Danny Garcia is fighting Adrian Granados for a 'title belt'. Pac is looking at a buffet here, win lose or draw, and clear PBC knows.