Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, IBF and WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence was involved in a serious car crash in Dallas, Texas. Local authorities claim Spence was driving a white Ferrari as it veered over the central reservation of a dual carriageway while travelling at high speed.
Errol Spence Jr. suffered serious injuries in a car accident early Thursday morning in Dallas. According to a story posted on TMZ.com, the unbeaten IBF/WBC welterweight champion is in an intensive care unit at a Dallas hospital. Spence, 29, is expected to survive.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford took a mean swipe at his division rival, IBF/WBC champion Errol Spence. Crawford has been itching to get his hands on a super-fight with Spence. But Spence has the upper-hand when it comes to the waiting game.
His fight with Danny Garcia isn’t quite yet officially announced, but Errol Spence won’t catch the oddsmakers off guard once he’s ready to return to the ring. The unbeaten and unified welterweight titlist from Desoto, Texas has opened as a 6-1 (-600) betting favorite over Philadelphia (Pa.)-born and bred Garcia (35-2, 21KOs), who is installed as a 4-1 (+400) betting underdog according to sportsbook BetOnline.ag. The bout was strongly floated a likely next step for Spence immediately after his thrilling 12-round split decision victory over Shawn Porter.
LOS ANGELES – Shawn Porter could’ve complained. The former WBC welterweight champion could’ve come to the post-fight press conference Saturday night at Staples Center and claimed two judges wronged him in his split-decision defeat to Errol Spence Jr. Porter opted to address the third close loss of his career in the same manner he typically handles everything else – with complete class.
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Porter vs. Spence CompuBox By The Numbers - Staples Center, Los Angeles, California - In a high stakes unification for the WBC, IBF welterweight titles, Errol Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) had to fight through fire to win a twelve round split decision over Shawn Porter (30-3-1, 17 KOs). The scores were 116-111 for Spence, 115-112 for Porter, and 116-111 for Spence.
LOS ANGELES – Errol Spence Jr. admits Shawn Porter tested him like none of his previous 25 opponents had done. The rugged Porter pushed Spence to his limits during their 12-round, 147-pound title unification fight Saturday night at Staples Center. Porter’s physicality forced the unbeaten Spence to dig deep, withstand some punishing punches and find ways to fend off the gritty, persistent Porter.
LOS ANGELES – For the past few years, Errol Spence Jr. just figured Danny Garcia wouldn’t fight him. After what we witnessed Saturday night, Garcia obviously has changed his mind about boxing the strong southpaw. The two-division champion from Philadelphia challenged Spence in the ring following the IBF/WBC welterweight champion’s split-decision victory over Shawn Porter at Staples Center.
In the preview for Saturday night’s fight, welterweight titlist Errol Spence was acknowledged for the talent he’s displayed to date while still lacking a depth to his ring record, leaving questions only answered one fight at a time. Shawn Porter asked some big questions.