This Saturday, Errol ‘the
Truth’ Spence faces his toughest test yet when he takes on former WBO
light-welterweight champion, Chris Algieri at the Barclays Centre in New York. This
is yet another card that the PBC will be broadcasting live on network television
and this time it has the potential to be a very good night of boxing.
Former Olympian, Errol
Spence, has had an immaculate career so far winning all 19 of his fights so far
and looking unbelievable in all of them. His ring IQ, hand-speed, variety of
punches and power make him one of the hottest prospects in world boxing. Many
predict him to be on top of the welterweight division in the next few years and
he will be viewing ‘gatekeeper’, Algieri as just another stepping stone on his
way to the top.
There is no doubt that
the flashy southpaw passes the ‘eye-test’ and has the potential to do great
things in the sport. However, ‘potential’ is the key word in that sentence as
he is yet to face anyone of any real calibre as so far all his fights have been
easy touches.
Chris Algieri is a big
step-up for Spence as he has not fought anyone of anywhere near the level of
fighter as Algieri. He has been in the ring with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Ruslan
Provodnikov and almost had Amir Khan’s career in ruins after he caught the Brit
with some heavy shots in the early rounds. Algieri is yet to be stopped in his
23 fight career and has shown a lot of heart throughout his career.
Having said that, he is
of little danger to Spence’s untested chin as he has very limited punching
power and there is no knowing which Algieri will turn up in the ring come
Saturday night. He looked poor against Eric Bone in his last fight out and if
Spence is the real deal he should pick Algieri apart and win a comfortable
unanimous decision or even, do what the likes of the aforementioned fighters
couldn’t, and stop him.
On the under-card, is
WBO champion Krzysztof Glowacki, who is fighting shot American, Steve
Cunningham. The former cruiserweight champion has been fluctuating between
heavyweight and cruiserweight for a while and Glowacki, who stopped Marco Huck
in emphatic fashion, should prove too much for him.
Prediction:
Spence
KO
Glowacki
KO
Tom Eckett
@boxingguru44
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