Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
There’s no fewer than a million and one avenues or convenient detours a fighter can navigate, in route to doing things incorrectly. The “Sweet Science” is littered with instances of those who soured and couldn’t stay on the straight and narrow in the ring, out of it, or both. There’s even been historically successful prizefighters who’ve won the bulk of their bouts in less than textbook fashion; the wrong way, in other words.
BROOKLYN - Undefeated rising star Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr. and once-beaten contender Leonard "The Lion" Bundu went face-to-face for the first time Thursday before they meet in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on NBC this Sunday, August 21 from Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN- Undefeated featherweight contender Heather "The Heat" Hardy is ready to take center stage and she has garnered the praise of the sport's top fighters as she prepares to take on longtime rival Shelly "Shelito's Way" Vincent in Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN action Sunday, August 21 from Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn.
There is plenty at stake Sunday for Errol Spence Jr. If the 2012 Olympian defeats Leonard Bundu, he’ll become the mandatory challenger for the IBF welterweight title, currently owned by England’s Kell Brook. The unbeaten southpaw from DeSoto, Texas, also will headline a national broadcast that’ll immediately follow NBC’s telecast of the gold-medal men’s basketball game from the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 p.m. PT).
BROOKLYN - Unbeaten rising star Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr. is leaning on his experience as part of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team as he nears a world title eliminator on network television and eventually a world title shot.
Leonard Bundu believes his upcoming fight with rising star Errol Spence has all the makings of a “spectacular fight.” Speaking on a pre-fight media call, the experienced welterweight revealed: “It’s going to be a spectacular fight. I know Errol has come to fight and I’m coming to fight. I’m coming for the big threat. I’m coming here convinced from my experience.”
Welterweight rising star Errol Spence Jr. insists he’s fully focused on upcoming opponent Leonard Bundu with the lure of a shot at the IBF world title on the horizon. The fight is scheduled for August 21st.
By Keith Idec - The most promising fighter to emerge from the 2012 U.S. Men’s Olympic Boxing Team expects big things this month from one particular amateur on the 2016 squad. From what Errol Spence Jr. has seen, Shakur Stevenson – a 19-year-old, 123-pound Olympian from Newark, New Jersey – operates...
Most questions understandably were directed toward Errol Spence Jr. during a 40-minute conference call Thursday that featured Spence and Leonard Bundu. The hard-hitting Spence is an unbeaten, hard-hitting, rising welterweight star with an Olympic pedigree.
Boxing’s hottest young star Errol Spence Jr will be back in action exclusively live on BoxNation when he challenges the tough Leonard Bundu in a welterweight world title eliminator on August 21.