“Who did he face? Danny Garcia,” said Bradley on his channel. “This man come back after having an almost fatal car accident. A year later, Spence get in the ring and he faces Danny Garcia. Box his ears off. Looks strong as hell, right?”
Bradley also pointed to Spence’s performance against Ugas, noting that many fans viewed him as the division’s top fighter heading into the Crawford bout.
“Everybody was like, ‘Oh, Spence this, Spence that.’ Y’all remember? And when he broke Ugas’ eye socket. Yeah. Beat up Ugas. Everybody was like, ‘Oh, he gonna smash on Crawford.’ Now everybody talking about back then and right now everybody saying, ‘Well, he wasn’t ready.’”
For Bradley, the bigger issue was preparation rather than any lingering effects from the crash.
“The reason why Spence didn’t look good is because his dumb ass didn’t train. That’s just what it is,” Bradley said. “Biggest fight of his career. He didn’t train for it.”
Bradley also rejected the idea that Crawford’s victory should come with an asterisk because of the circumstances surrounding Spence.
“But we can’t take nothing away from Crawford and what Crawford did,” said Bradley. “He the one that stayed disciplined all the way through.”
Crawford stopped Spence in the ninth round of their undisputed welterweight championship fight on July 29, 2023, handing him the first loss of his professional career.
Spence is scheduled to return on July 25 against former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu in Sydney, Australia. The fight will be contested at a 158-pound catchweight and will mark Spence’s first appearance since the loss to Crawford nearly three years ago.
