Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Keith Thurman. That was Errol Spence Jr.’s answer Tuesday when Max Kellerman asked him to identify his ideal opponent for an upcoming “super fight” during a segment for ESPN’s “First Take.” Dissatisfied with Spence’s response, Kellerman pressed Spence until they discussed a potential welterweight showdown with Terence Crawford.
Tickets are on sale now to the general public for the upcoming showdown between two-time Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs) versus Igor Mikhalkin (21-1, 9 KOs) and WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol (12-0, 10 KOs) versus Sullivan Barrera (21-1, 14 KOs), which takes place on Saturday, March 3 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Tickets for this exciting event are priced from $50 to $300 and will be available through ticketmaster.com and the Madison Square Garden box office.
The vast majority of boxing fans seem to expect Errol Spence Jr. to handle Lamont Peterson pretty convincingly Saturday night. Barry Hunter has the opposite perspective on their 12-round welterweight title fight. Peterson’s lifelong trainer worked with Spence when the unbeaten IBF champion was an amateur and also knows him well.
If you’re the fan requiring window dressing to liven up the mental image of a matchup, Saturday, January 20th ain’t for you. If threats, insults and press conference altercations are essentials to whet your pre-bout whistle, you have the wrong appetite for this fight. Errol Spence, Jr. and Lamont Peterson don’t roll that way; aren’t cut from that cloth.
IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) is less than a week away before his first world title defense. This coming Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Spence will defend his belt against former world champion Lamont Peterson in the main event of a Showtime televised card.
Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) is preparing for his first fight in nearly two years. Last week, Khan announced that he signed a three fight deal with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom. The Bolton boxer has been out of the ring since suffering a knockout loss to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.
In recent months IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence (22-0) has seen his name linked to WBC/WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman and former lightweight and super lightweight champion Terence Crawford, who is making the move up to the welterweight division in his next fight. The Texas native has been very open in his interest in facing both men. He has never backed down from wanting to face the top competition at 147 pounds.
On Tuesday, IBF welterweight king Errol Spence (22-0) held a media workout for his January 20th showdown against former champion Lamont Peterson (35-3-1). Their fight will headline a Showtime Championship Boxing card with Robert Easter defending his IBF lightweight title against Javier Fortuna in the co-feature bout.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two-division world champion Lamont Peterson hosted a media workout in his hometown of Washington, D.C. Thursday as he prepares to take on unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. Saturday, January 20 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING® and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Errol Spence Jr. is open to another transatlantic trip to fight a British star. Amir Khan and his new promoter, Eddie Hearn, mentioned Spence on Wednesday as a potential opponent for Khan toward the end of his three-fight contract with Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Spence showed his willingness to travel overseas for a fight in an opponent’s hometown when he traveled to Sheffield, England, and knocked out Kell Brook to win the IBF welterweight title May 27.