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During a session at the World Class Boxing Gym in downtown Dallas, Spence said he felt something amiss, stopped the session and stated, "my eye, my eye."
Despite his left eye not being right, Spence told ESPN he sparred again two days later and then, during a prescheduled medical checkup in Dallas the following day, his fears were confirmed as the doctor said Spence's eye looked "like dark clouds."
Despite his left eye not being right, Spence told ESPN he sparred again two days later and then, during a prescheduled medical checkup in Dallas the following day, his fears were confirmed as the doctor said Spence's eye looked "like dark clouds."
The eye exam was conducted Aug. 9 by ophthalmologist Dr. Thomas F. Kelly, who told him he couldn't fight and reiterated "You gotta get this fixed ASAP."
The doctor, Spence said, believes the eye injury could stem from the accident and just didn't break at the time. But between two full training camps and one fight (a December 2020 win over Danny Garcia), it's possible that the retina finally broke.
Nevada requires an ophthalmologist exam. Texas, where the Garcia fight took place, only requires an optometrist exam.
Nevada requires an ophthalmologist exam. Texas, where the Garcia fight took place, only requires an optometrist exam.
"I can't do nothing but walk," Spence says. "I gotta sleep on my left side. I gotta put eye drops in. ... I know I can't spar for probably like two months. But I'm optimistic about when I can start jogging. Hopefully that will be next three weeks or so."
"It's freaking Manny Pacquiao, future Hall of Famer, future legend, undoubtedly top 10 all time," Spence said. "One of the greatest fighters of all time. And I drop out of a fight with him two weeks before the fight? That don't make sense. Not to mention all the money we would make off pay-per-view. I called him out two years ago in the ring. Not like he hand-picked me. I been asking to fight him."
Lucky man, lucky lucky man Errol is...He sparred two days after noticing something off with his eye?? Luckily he was able to get the exam shortly after noticing something being off with his left eye. And Dr. Kelly explains that the injury could have started with the accident and then just recently the retina could have torn. Maybe that's why it wasn't caught before the Danny fight or he didn't notice it himself.
If he can't spar for two or three months, he's not returning until early 2022 at the earliest.
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