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基思·瑟曼评价小埃罗尔·斯宾塞:“他和我的很多竞争对手打过架，但从来没有和我打过架，他到底想发表什么样的声明?”
小埃罗尔·斯宾塞的简历里有些东西看起来非常眼熟。从莱昂纳德·本杜到肖恩·波特再到丹尼·加西亚，他们都有一个共同点。他们被小埃罗尔·斯宾塞和基思·瑟曼击败。
这对搭档不仅与许多相同的拳手一起并肩作战，而且目前他们赢得比赛的方式也出奇地相似。虽然WBO次中量级腰带获得者特伦斯·克劳福德和未来名人堂成员曼尼·帕奎奥都是精英，但小斯宾思目前拥有四个主要世界冠军中的两个。
虽然达拉斯本地人已经跑过许多顶级的名字，瑟曼只是打了个哈欠，因为他在那里做了这些。如果小斯宾思真的想让自己与众不同，那他就会戴上拳击手套和他较量一番。
瑟曼在接受职业拳击迷采访时说:“他和我打过很多次，但还没有和我打过。”“他到底想在次中量级比赛中做出什么样的声明?”
早在这位强大的左撇子获得两项主要的世界冠军头衔之前，WBA和WBC腰带就安全地落在瑟曼大胆的肩膀上了。曾几何时，他们之间的一场大对决在次中量级比赛中风靡一时。然而，由于瑟曼受了很多伤，并且长期在场边休息，人们对他们比赛的兴趣似乎已经消失了。
另一方面，瑟曼坚信，如果他们最终能站在拳台对面，他们的碰撞将会成为经典。
“他是一个伟大的冠军，但我确实认为，当我们交锋时，这将是次中量级最大的比赛之一。”
虽然瑟曼非常想要得到小斯宾思，但这种感觉并不是相互的。在花了数年时间叫嚣瑟曼之后，小斯宾塞现在已经没有兴趣面对瑟曼，甚至说“这他妈的不会发生的。”
然而，对于这位前联合冠军，他早就计划好要面对小斯宾塞，他只是遇到了曼尼·帕奎奥(Manny Pacquiao)的障碍。42岁的他在2019年7月给了瑟曼职业生涯的第一次失败。从那以后，他在手部手术后的恢复过程中一直处于不活跃状态。就他的健康状况而言，一切都朝着正确的方向发展，瑟曼相信他们的对决已经不再需要了。事实上，如果他能决定的话，他会尽快让小斯宾思上场。
“我想我们已经等得够久了。我真的很想尽快安排这场比赛。帕奎奥之后的整个目标就是去追斯宾塞。那将是下一个重要的战斗。我很高兴今年就能做到。”
There’s something about the resume of Errol Spence Jr. that looks awfully familiar. From Leonard Bundu to Shawn Porter to Danny Garcia, they all share one thing in common. They’ve suffered defeats at the hands of both Errol Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman.
Not only have the pair shared the ring with many of the same fighters but currently, the manner in which they won those fights are eerily similar. While names such as WBO welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford and future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao are amongst the elite, it is Spence Jr. who currently holds two of the four major world titles.
Although the Dallas native has run through many of the top names, Thurman simply yawns as he’s been there done that. If Spence Jr. truly wants to separate himself from the pack, then he’ll lace up his boxing gloves and take him on instead.
“He’s fought a lot of my competition but he hasn’t fought me yet,” said Thurman during an interview with Pro Boxing Fans. “What kind of statement is he really trying to make in the welterweight division?”
Long before the powerful southpaw held two major world titles, the WBA and WBC belts rested safely on Thurman’s audacious shoulders. At one point in time, a mega showdown between them was all the rage in the welterweight division. However, with Thurman suffering numerous injuries and long stretches on the sidelines, the interest in their contest has seemingly died down.
Thurman on the other hand, is firmly of the belief that if they at long last stood across the ring from one another, their clash would be an instant classic.
“He is a great champion but I do think when we clash, it’ll be one of the biggest in the welterweight division.”
For as badly as Thurman wants to get his hands on Spence Jr., the feeling isn’t exactly mutual. After spending years calling him out, Spence Jr. has now shown no interest in facing Thurman, even going as far as to say “that sh*t ain’t happening.”
For the former unified champion, however, he long planned on facing Spence Jr., he simply ran into a roadblock in Manny Pacquiao. The 42-year-old handed Thurman the first defeat of his career in July of 2019. Since then, he’s remained inactive as he recovers from hand surgery. With everything pointing in the right direction in terms of his health, Thurman believes building up their showdown is no longer needed. In fact, if it was up to him, he’d get Spence Jr. in the ring as soon as humanly possible.
“I think we’ve waited long enough. I would really like to make that fight happen as soon as possible. The whole goal after the Pacquiao fight was to go after Spence anyways. That was going to be the next big major fight. I’d be happy to make it happen this year.” |
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2023-10-28 06:52:03
