Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Errol Spence Jr. took the IBF welterweight title from Kell Brook. Could he take Brook’s biggest potential opponent from him, too? Spence responded to a question late Saturday night about boxing Khan by stating it “could be” an option for later this year.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s a once-in-a-generation proposition. Two unbeaten welterweights at the peaks of their abilities meeting in a championship-level showdown. It happened in 1981 when Ray Leonard met and defeated Thomas Hearns at Caesars Palace. It happened again in 1999 when Felix Trinidad met and...
Cuban welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas is not planning to back away from his mandatory world title shot at current IBF king Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KOs). Ugas, ranked in the number two position by the sanctioning body, is next mandatory challenger in the wings.
The potential unification match-up between IBF welterweight champion, Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KOs) and WBO titlist Terence Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs) is one of the very best that can be made in the sport of boxing. After both scored emphatic victories the past couple of weeks, there is now a clamoring for the two to collide.
While watching Jermell Charlo two weeks ago, Errol Spence Jr. couldn’t help but think his friend and frequent sparring partner was pressing too much to knock out Austin Trout. Charlo dropped the tough Trout twice, once apiece in the third and ninth rounds, but settled for a majority-decision win at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Houston’s Charlo (31-0, 15 KOs) beat Trout on two scorecards (118-108, 115-111), but their 12-rounder was even on one scorecard (113-113).
Errol Spence: This item could’ve been labeled MOST DISAPPOINTING. I was settled into my recliner, Stella in hand, expecting to see more than three minutes of the first or second best American fighter on Saturday night. Alas, a left to the gut of poor Carlos Ocampo paralyzed the Mexican in the final seconds of Round1 and he couldn’t go on. I had only taken a few sips.
Yordenis Ugas wants to fight Errol Spence Jr. next, but the feeling isn’t mutual. Spence said during a post-fight press conference late Saturday night that he would rather fight Jessie Vargas in his next bout than Ugas. The unbeaten IBF welterweight champion would prefer facing the winner of the upcoming Danny Garcia-Shawn Porter fight next, but Garcia or Porter wouldn’t be available before the end of this year and Spence wants to fight a third time prior to the end of 2018.
By Corey Erdman - Being as good as Errol Spence is can be a difficult proposition at times. Spence is undeniably one of the very best fighters on the planet at the moment. Let’s suppose, for argument’s sake, that his opponent on Saturday, was the 30th best welterweight in the world. In another individua...
Errol Spence Jr. fulfilled a sanctioning organization’s obligation Saturday night. Nothing more, nothing less. That’s Spence’s perspective on his quick knockout of overmatched mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo. When the heavily favored Spence was asked afterward if he sent “shockwaves” through the welterweight division by knocking out Ocampo in the first round, the unbeaten IBF welterweight champion downplayed his easy victory
Spence, Ocampo Fight Photos Gallery - Errol Spence Jr. stopped undefeated mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo in the first round on Saturday night to retain the IBF welterweight crown. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Stacey Verbeek).