Via Chris Williams: Mickey Bey says Errol Spence Jr earned Floyd Mayweather Jr’s respect during their fights years ago, and Floyd walked away saying Errol was the “Truth”.
According to Bey, back then, Mayweather would try to knock out his fighting partners by turning off the clocks in their sessions to fight until he stopped them.
But in Spence’s case, Mayweather hit his fight and didn’t make it. Back then, Spence had just competed in the 2012 Olympics and was in his 20s against Mayweather, who, in his 30s, was not a big boxer.
Mayweather may have picked the wrong man in Spence to try out in those wits, and young Errol is said to have given him pure hell.
If Mayweather’s goal is to try and KO Spence, he’s picked the wrong guy because he won’t be able to take out young Errol. Later, Mayweather told the media that he was impressed with Spence.
Although Errol never talked about what happened during the sessions, it is believed he put his hands seriously on Mayweather and annoyed him with being touched by the young upstart.
Had this been a real fight, Mayweather might have had to cycle up, as we saw in his intense bouts with Miguel Cotto, Jose Luis Castillo and Marcos Maidana when the road turned rough with he’s in the championship rings.
Errol to Mayweather: ‘I’m not going anywhere’
“Yes, I was there,” said Mickey Bey Trill Boxing Talk when asked if he was present at the match between Errol Spence Jr. and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“That was the first time I came to Errol and first started hearing about him,” Bey continued. “Errol is a few years young.
“I was so impressed with him, and one of the reasons why I was so impressed was because when he started camping he had some good sessions where he might have met Floyd once or twice.
“With Floyd in top form, it’s hard for anyone to go up against him. Errol gave him a pleasant discussion throughout the camp.
“Usually, Floyd beat everyone up,” said Bey. “Usually, by the time the camp is over, Floyd will have almost ruined a boxer’s career.
“I have seen him [Mayweather] Ruining a young boxer’s career because Floyd fights differently than he fights. When he rushes in, he tries to knock you down. So with Errol, he’s talking crap and has a gym.
“You know, Floyd made the whole entourage talk nonsense. Errol told him, ‘I’m not going anywhere. I will be here. ‘ He was like, ‘It’s not going to happen where I quit,'” Bey said.
It’s hard to believe that Mayweather was trying to chase Spence to score a knockout goal. Talk about picking the wrong person. Mayweather entered the wasp nest by trying to take out Spence, and it looks like he took a lot of stings for his efforts.
Floyd Says Spence Is “The Truth”
“Floyd even respects him and is like,”Damn, this kid is for real. ‘ Usually, people fold under pressure. Floyd will cut that clock. He cut that ***,” Bey continued about the Spence vs Mayweather showdown.
“‘I’m not out on bail. We’ll fight until someone drops, ‘but Errol, his c** is still in there throwing skins, and he’s young at this point. So yeah, he gave Floyd the best piece I’ve ever seen and made me proud.
“In terms of engaging consistently, I see people giving Floyd work because I’ve been with Floyd since he was young. Initially, Floyd wasn’t really like that. It took Floyd to hit, I think after he beat [Oscar] De La Hoya [in 2007], people gave him their props.
“Back then, even when he was in Vegas, people didn’t really look at him as if he was the best at such a game.
“The only person I’ve seen give him the job as consistent as the whole camp because usually, Floyd will beat you to the whole camp. Errol is a real person. He gave him some work,” said Bey.
You have to give Mayweather his respect against Spence because he can pick the underdogs, but he wants to be there with the best.
It will be interesting to see how Mayweather goes up against Spence in a real fight without a headgear.
Spence would have fought Mayweather if the fight had been offered to him. However, Floyd wisely played it safe towards the end of his career, choosing limited boxers like Maidana, young 22-year-old Canelo Alvarez, hill-crossing Andre Berto, Robert Guerrero, and pastime Miguel Cotto.
Jeff Mayweather Picks Crawford To Beat Spence
“It’s still very difficult,” Jeff Mayweather said Fighthype when asked if Terence Crawford would defeat Spence.
“Honestly, from the beginning, I considered Spence number 1, but I just hate this guy [Spence] So much has happened to him that has basically hindered his career, you know?
“I mean, every time we expect something from Spence, he gets hurt, you know? By the time and the break, if you’re not doing mismatched matches or anything like that, no, he’s not going to beat Crawford.
“And, he might not even beat Crawford even if he does have his adjusted fights because we still haven’t seen the old Errol Spence,” Mayweather said of his view that Spence hasn’t been as good in the game. a long time.
“So I mean, until we get a chance to look at old Errol Spence, right now, I still think it’s [Crawford-Spence] choose them to fight because Errol can explode.
“But right now, I mean, just because of the way he [Crawford] stop him [Shawn Porter on November 20th], I’m leaning a bit, actually leaning a bit towards Crawford,” Mayweather said as he picked Terence to beat Spence.
Assuming Spence gets back into shape and defeats WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas in the first quarter of 2022. In that case, he has a good chance of beating Terence Crawford, as long as he doesn’t get hit. another injury during camping.
