WE saw highlights of the fight between Yordenis Ugas and Errol Spence. The fight was mostly in the middle of the ring with both pugilists exchanging hellacious shot after hellacious shot.
Ugas is known for accuracy in his punches, just ask Manny Pacquiao, while Spence combines the same accuracy but with volume as well.
As a result of Spence’s lethal combination of punching power in both hands plus punches in bunches volume punching, Ugas suffered a fractured orbital bone in his right eye.
According to boxinginsider.com, “In totality, it was Spence Jr.’s overwhelming volume punching that allowed him to wrap his third world title around his waist. With 784 punches thrown from the Dallas product, compared to only 541 from Ugas.”
Hypothetically speaking, because Ugas beat Pacquiao and Ugas lost to Spence via a 10th-round TKO, what would’ve happened had both southpaws fought back in August of last year?
On Pacquiao’s loss to Ugas on boxing insider.com, “I wish we had fought Spence instead of Ugas,” Roach told FightHype.com. “We ended up taking that fight on two days’ notice. There’s no way you can get ready for a big fight on two days’ notice. He has a long reach and a little bit awkward. I wish we would’ve waited for Spence to get healthy.”
It’s one of those “I guess we’ll never know” kind of thing, but moving forward, the fight boxing fans are drooling over is Spence vs Crawford, Terence “Bud” Crawford.
Crawford has already started preparing for his next fight against an unnamed opponent who we hope will be the Dallas native.
Derrick James, Spence’s longtime trainer was clearly pleased with his fighter’s performance, “I don’t know who beats that guy I saw on Saturday,” the usually hard-to-please James told FightHype.com. “I haven’t really seen anybody in boxing throw so many punches, some of them hard punches, break somebody’s ribs, break somebody’s nose, break somebody’s orbital bone.”
Timothy Bradley, two-time world champion likes Crawford’s chances, “I’m going Terence Crawford by knockout, 11th round,” said Bradley to Fight Hub TV. “I just think that he has more to him. Switch southpaw, right-handed, can punch, supreme accuracy and timing. I’m a go with Crawford.”
Styles make fights, and if these two decide to get it on in the squared circle, it’s going to be Crawford’s accuracy and precision vs Spence’s head-body-body-head volume punches in bunches.
Both boxers have footwork, knockout power in both hands, lateral movement, and the will and the skill to win fights.
This one is going to be tough to call. I’m going to go out on a limb and say Errol Spence by split decision.