Via Allan Fox: Welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. & Errol Spence Jr had a bit of a gloating last Saturday night after watching Blair ‘The Flair’ Cobbs (15-1-1, 10 KOs) eat a modest pie in a second-round knockout loss. his nine against Alexis Rocha (19-1, 13 KOs) at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles.
For 147-lb IBF/WBC champion Spence, watching Cobb, 32, get stopped by Rocha was even more personal, given that he had been tossing him in the trash in the two weeks leading up to the match. last Saturday.
Cobbs had question Spence’s bravery for not fighting Crawford all these years and saying he is nothing like the person he used to be. Blair even said that Spence had a alcohol problem.
It is unknown if Cobbs said all this to sell his fight with Rocha or if he believed it. Whatever the case, Spence has no love for the guy and seems delighted to see him lose.
For the sport, it’s disappointing to see Cobbs lose because he’s charismatic and highly entertaining with his trash talk.
You could argue that Cobbs is more of a trash talker than Keith Thurman. With Thurman, he started giving presentations, and it wasn’t always interesting to listen in interviews.
Almost everything Cobbs says in his interviews is pure gold, making it a pleasure for him to listen.
All that ass his ass is talking about just looks stupid
– Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) March 20, 2022
Put his ass in the diiiiiiirrrrrt
– Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) March 20, 2022
Rocha beat red ass off five heartbeats 😂😂
– Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) March 20, 2022
Cobbs tried his best to counter Rocha, but he was defeated in the offensive weapons department. Blair ‘The Flair’ doesn’t have the power in his shots like the 24-year-old younger Rocha, and he’s tired of steady movement.
If Cobbs could stand still, he would have unleashed more deadly hits, but he doesn’t have the strength, defense, or chin to counter Rocha.
You can only imagine what Cobbs would do to Rocha if he had Floyd Mayweather’s protection. He can stay in his pocket and pick up pictures taken from Rocha, which can easily be seen coming. Rocha’s left hand was his primary weapon, and he electrified it all night.
Alexis Rocha told Fighthype: “I have to do what I have to do to win. “Errol Spence? I have to work my way up there. He put in a lot of effort. I’m doing my best — with great respect for Errol Spence.
“Really cut the ring off and let go when you got into the corner, but my fault was more for not cutting him off too much.
“I chased him for a while about one of the mistakes he made against Cobbs,” Rocha said. “It was my fault, as I said.
“It comes with territory. He can take his mouth and do what he has to to sell the fight. It’s all love, nothing personal. At least for me, it’s not. is a personal matter.
“I was very happy the whole time. I talked nonsense in the press conference. You guys have never heard me talk nonsense before, and honestly, I’m happy to do it. My prayers are with him. I heard he went to the hospital,” Rocha said of Cobbs.
“Yes, whatever my advertiser [Golden Boy] must do. If it’s Vergil [Ortiz Jr], I know him very well. He is trying to achieve his world title, and I am trying to achieve my world title, and in the future, let’s make it happen together.
“[Michael] Mckinson is another competitor. He’s very nice, a very nice person. I respect him on and off the court. He is very awkward and very challenging. Who knows? Can go down the line.
“I knew he was going to rush right at me, but I knew he would run around when he felt my strength, and that’s what happened,” Rocha said of Blair.
