Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Kudratillo Abdukakhorov doesn’t mind the steady stream of southpaws he continues to face, as long as it leads to the one he has been chasing for years.
LAS VEGAS – Errol Spence Jr. walked away from his ringside seat Saturday night as the crowd booed loudly while he was shown on the big screen above the ring at Mandalay Bay’s Michelob ULTRA Arena.
LAS VEGAS – It took Terence Crawford some time to understand why, all of a sudden, Al Haymon was in favor of Shawn Porter fighting him.
The good part about being able to easily make welterweight is that Terence Crawford figured time was on his side to land a big fight. It took for Shawn Porter to step up and accept the challenge to bring that vision to life for Crawford, with the two due to collide November 20 on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View from Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas. It wasn’t the first choice of opponent for the switch-hitting, three-division and reigning WBO welterweight titlist. In fact, it was a fight that the two friends—outside the ring—frequently discussed as a failsafe in the event a bigger opportunity wasn’t already secured.
There was a time when Terence Crawford wanted nothing more than a showdown with Errol Spence Jr. It’s a matchup that the unbeaten three-division and reigning WBO welterweight titlist still craves, though not one that remains a focal point ahead of the more realistic fights that can be made.
WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas is still fuming that he was ordered to take part in a mini-tournament by the World Boxing Association.
LAS VEGAS – With Terence Crawford’s most telling test as a welterweight a mere six weeks away, he inevitably was asked Friday about the 147-pound showdown he once wanted more than any fight.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford took a swipe at his division rival, WBC/IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence. Spence was scheduled to defend his world titles against Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao on August 21, in the main event of a Fox Sports pay-per-view from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Justin Fortune, the longtime strength and conditioning coach for eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao, does not buy the notion that Errol Spence Jr. was not permanently damaged in some way from his harrowing car accident in 2019.
LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach is thankful that a doctor detected the damage done to Errol Spence Jr.’s retina before the unbeaten IBF/WBC welterweight champion stepped into the ring to fight Manny Pacquiao.freddie r