Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Errol Spence Jr. isn’t worried what will happen the first time he is allowed to spar since suffering serious injuries in a scary car accident 6½ months ago. Spence has been working hard in Dallas, so that he is in shape when the time comes for him to begin training camp for his first post-coronavirus fight later this year. The IBF/WBC welterweight champion still doesn’t know, however, when he’ll be cleared to spar.
For the first time in more than a year, Bob Arum really believed there was a strong chance of a super fight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence seeing the light of day in 2020. The Hall of Fame promoter has publicly pushed for a clash of unbeaten welterweight titlists for some time, usually falling on deaf ears and with his own reaction never remedying the situation. In the wake of his working with Spence’s adviser, Al Haymon to have ESPN and Fox Sports join forces for the heavyweight title fight rematch between Tyson Fury (ESPN/Arum’s Top Rank) and Deontay Wilder (Fox Sports/Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions) came the belief that joint ventures between the two could become the new normal.
Shawn Porter hopes he gets a chance to fight Terence Crawford. But if Errol Spence Jr. is the PBC welterweight that faces Crawford first, Porter thinks Crawford would win that battle between unbeaten champions. Porter picked Crawford when asked about that fascinating fight as part of a Premier Boxing Champions Facebook Live interaction with fans Friday.
There was a point in the “fourth or fifth round” when Shawn Porter pulled back, then caught Errol Spence Jr. with a counter right hand. Spence cursed in frustration, according to Porter, because he got hit with a punch Porter shouldn’t have been able to land. That’s when Porter suspects he “had” Spence in their welterweight title unification fight nearly seven months ago in Los Angeles.
Shawn Porter can’t differentiate between who gave him the tougher fight between Errol Spence and Keith Thurman but is confident who would win should they ever collide. The former two-time welterweight titlist came up just short in separate fights with the two while both were undefeated champs. That status still remains for Spence (26-0, 21KOs) who is now a unified welterweight titlist following a hard-fought 12-round split decision win over Porter last September in Los Angeles, California.
Terence Crawford wouldn’t accept an offer to fight Errol Spence next. Crawford wants to finally fight Spence, but the unbeaten WBO welterweight champion doesn’t think he would get credit for beating his welterweight rival in Spence’s first fight following a car accident that has left skeptics questioning Spence’s ability to return to the elite level. Spence suffered cuts to his face and dental damage in that one-car crash October 10, which resulted in Dallas police charging him with driving while intoxicated.
Danny Garcia noticed things about Errol Spence Jr. in his highly competitive fight against Shawn Porter that made Garcia more confident than ever that he can beat Spence. Garcia called out Spence in the ring following Spence’s split-decision victory over Porter. Spence-Garcia was discussed for January 25 before Spence suffered injuries in a one-car accident October 10 in Dallas.
Before Errol Spence Jr.’s career-altering car accident October 10, it seemed as if a fight against Danny Garcia would be next for the unbeaten IBF/WBC welterweight champion. Spence and Garcia might’ve met January 25 in a FOX Sports Pay-Per-View main event had Spence not suffered serious injuries in that one-car crash six months ago in Dallas. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has indefinitely delayed all boxing matches, Spence suspects he’ll return to the ring in September or October, not July or August, as he had previously planned.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) is very confident, that he'll do a real number on Errol Spence (26-0, 21 KOs), the holder of the IBF, WBC world titles, when the two unbeaten boxers finally collide in the ring.
Errol Spence Jr. realizes why fans and members of the media have questioned how he’ll look when he fights for the first time since his car accident. Spence expected plenty of doubts based on the seriousness of the one-car accident in which he was injured October 10 in Dallas. The undefeated IBF and WBC welterweight champion doesn’t consider any of the criticism he has faced unfair, yet he has used persistent skepticism as motivation to train harder than he had prepared prior to a scary crash that left cuts on his face, damage inside his mouth and a driving while intoxicated charge on his record.