I knew something was off when they had the final press conference and Spence's yellow complexion was worse than a two pack a day smoker, he looked like he was about to pass out, and ffs the same questions being asked again and again, terrible journalism being displayed by some that know better.
The actual weigh in was that evening if I remember correctly, and the ceremonial weigh in was purely for show the following day (those ceremonial weigh ins break tradition and process, I can't fukk with them at all).
From all accounts it was a bad camp, perhaps dropped in sparring, rumours of altitude runs without acclimation, James pre occupation with too many fighters, Joshua fight was two weeks after that). The fall out from that tells you that much, it doesn't take a genius to work out that things had gone wrong in the lead up. Either way he took the fight and made weight.
As far as the actual fight, he got timed from the jump and made to look sluggish, flat footed and devoid of his guard recoil. But worse still was Spence's unwillingness to give in and fight backwards like 99% of most boxers do when they're getting beat up bad (Tsyzu for recent example). It made for hard watching, seeing someone getting hurt so bad because they refuse to give in one inch. On the one hand you're stunned by the guts being shown not to relinquish your method and style (not sure he has another style tbh), but on the other you're horrified at the punishment being dished out, it was like seeing a soldier get shot again and again trying to cross into enemy barracks in no mans land. He just kept going and going and getting hurt worse and worse, sort of sickening to witness tbh, I felt really uncomfortable watching it.
All credit to Crawford though, he went from champion welterweight to all time great that night. Let's hope he beats the weight bully Alvarez.
Bud couldn't even KO a compromised Spence, even with tossing everything but the kitchen sink, ref stopped/saved Spence from himself. Bud/Bomac and Co knew damn well they stalled that man out too (especially after taking the David fight). Now Bud is acting the diva he claims other fighters was by not fighting the people he SHOULD be fighting/giving the fans what they want.
If you had a boxing eye you wouldn't have been wrong about this fight like the rest of the Spence fanbase so yall will keep getting those jokes
