Antonio Tarver doesn’t favor Errol Spence going through WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora after a protracted layoff. Tarver thinks Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) ought to be taking a tuneup earlier than going through a “killer” just like the unified champion Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs).
Spence says he doesn’t consider in taking tuneup fights, however the cause behind that might be his insecurity in his skill to win. For Spence to win a tuneup, he’d need to be matched fastidiously as a result of if he faces anybody with energy, we might see a repeat of his loss to Terence Crawford.
Spence Only a Shell After Automotive Crash
We noticed how he struggled in opposition to Yordenis Ugas in his combat earlier than going through Crawford, and he regarded like a shell of his former self. He made these two look loads higher than they really are.
The 34-year-old Spence hasn’t been the identical fighter since flipping his Ferrari 488 Spider in a high-speed automotive crash on October 10, 2019. He’s been a shell of himself since.
“I don’t just like the combat for Spence. The lengthy layoff, inactivity, and also you deliver him again in opposition to a killer like Fundora,” mentioned Antonio Tarver to Fighthype. “The place are the tune-up fights within the recreation anymore? Deliver a man again on an eight-rounder and let him brush himself off.”
The 6’6″ Fundora will probably be a nightmare for Spence along with his dimension, excessive work price, and youth. Fundora, 26, is within the prime of his profession and can overwhelm what’s left of Spence.
“But it surely’s all or nothing, it looks like. And we don’t know what Spence goes to come back again,” continued Tarver. “Why put him beneath that fireplace in opposition to Fundora? He’s acquired that attain and that peak. How are we going to resolve this? This man is just not an influence puncher; he’s a quantity puncher. He’s not an influence puncher.”
Spence is playing that if he can beat Fundora, he can transmute the 2 titles right into a rematch with Crawford. That might be a big payday for Spence and properly definitely worth the gamble he’s taking by leaping straight in with Fundora.
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