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Errol Spence Jr. Beats Manny Pacquiao Easy – Says Shakur Stevenson

 Former WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson believes IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr will easily defeat Manny Pacquiao in their  Fox Sports PPV  fight on August 31st. Stevenson believes Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) will win if he does not become careless in the ring against Pacquiao, which is easy for him to do. If you watched Spence's last two fights against Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter, you'd notice that both of those fighters found it relatively easy to nail him with their best shots. Pacquiao, at 147 pounds, isn't a big puncher, so he'll have to land a lot of shots on Spence's chin to knock him out. He's unlikely to be able to pull it off. Pacquiao's last KO came in 2009, against Miguel Cotto, and it was an uncalled for stoppage. Cotto was still fighting back when the referee stepped in from nowhere and called a halt to the fight. Pacquiao's last true knockout came against Ricky Hatton in 2009, but he doesn't count because he was