Errol Spence vs Mikey Garcia is one of those bouts that is highly anticipated, but has the feel of someone wanting a steak, but settling for seafood, they may have gotten something top-notch, but they really wanted something else.
For Garcia, it is Vasyl Lomachenko and Spence, it is Terence Crawford (although Keith Thurman or Shawn Porter would have been acceptable) and even if this event is successful, I still think that is how it will be looked at.
Spence looks to be far too big for Garcia, jumping two divisions for the bout, but the skilled Garcia has been more active (two fights to Spence's one round) and brings a competition faced advantage as well.
For the deserved kudos and hype for Errol Spence, Spence has only faced two top ten fighters and only one at the elite level (Kell Brook), so if this comes down to experience, Garcia has a huge edge.
I'm not sure why this fight had to happen, but it's interesting enough, I suppose although Spence has little to gain in his PPV debut.
I just believe that both could have done better.
The undercard is less than thrilling, but two fights on the challenge slate.
Former WBC super middleweight champ David Benavidez returns from a failed drug test and title stripping to face J'Leon Love, who dropped a decision to Peter Quillin in his last fight and at his best can help me fall asleep.
Former WBC bantamweight champion Luis Nery, who lost his title on the scales, faces McJoe Arroyo in a fight that is a little more exciting than the above fight since Arroyo is a game fighter, but still, Nery is a clear step above.
For a pay per view, the undercard seems very FS1 level to me.
In Japan, the Japanese have a bit of a super fight with three division champion Kosei Tanaka defending his WBO flyweight title, which he won last time out from Sho Kimura in our fight of the year, against former unified light flyweight champion Ryo Taguchi, who also is one of only two men to last the distance with Naoya "The Monster" Inoue.
The exciting Tanaka against the veteran Taguchi is a very intriguing fight and might be the best of the weekend.
The boxing weekend starts tonight in Philadelphia with a world title fight as the very active Tevin Farmer attempts to retain his IBF junior lightweight title against Ireland's Jono Carroll.
The buildup for this fight has been very entertaining and if the fight is half as good, it'll be a fun watch.
The undercard adds an interesting middleweight battle between bruising Gabriel Rosado and talented Maciej Sulecki.
Once-beaten Sulecki would have received a draw on my card last year against Daniel Jacobs if not for a final round knockdown in his only loss, while Rosado is entering this one off an entertaining draw vs Luis Arias, where Rosado attempted to box a bit in the early rounds to avoid being cut.
That part of the gameplan worked well as Rosado was able to stay cut-free, but he gave away some early rounds in doing so.
In the boxing challenge, I lead Ramon Malpica 50-49.
IBF Junior Lightweight Title. 12 Rds
Tevin Farmer vs Jono Carroll
Both: Farmer Unanimous Decision
Middleweights. 10 Rds
Maciej Sulecki vs Gabriel Rosado
Both: Sulecki Unanimous Decision
IBF Welterweight Title, 12 Rds
Errol Spence vs Mikey Garcia
R.L; Spence KO 8
TRS: Spence KO 10
Super Middleweights. 10 Rds
David Benavidez vs J'Leon Love
R.L: Benavidez Unanimous Decision
TRS: Benavidez KO 5
Bantamweights. 10 Rds
Luis Nery vs McJoe Arroyo
R.L: Nery Unanimous Decision
TRS: Nery KO 8
WBO Flyweight Title. 12 Rds
Kosei Tanaka vs Ryo Taguchi
R.L: Taguchi Unanimous Decision
TRS: Tanaka Unanimous Decision
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