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Errol Spence Jr.
Errol Spence Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an American professional boxer who is a unified welterweight champion, having held the IBF title since May 2017 and the WBC title since September 2019. As an amateur in the welterweight division, he won three consecutive United States national championships and represented the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals. In 2015, Spence was named Prospect of the Year by ESPN. As of December 2019, Spence is ranked as the world's fourth best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec, sixth by The Ring magazine and ninth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB). He is also ranked as the world's best active welterweight by The Ring the TBRB and second by BoxRec. He has a knockout-to-win ratio of 80.8%.
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Born
1990-03-03
Birth Place
Long Island, NY, U.S.
Nationality
American
Nickname(s)
The Truth
Height
1.524
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Canelo Alvarez Open To Errol Spence Jr. Showdown But Only At 168 Pounds

From the moment Errol Spence Jr. made his professional debut in 2012 on a relatively small show in Indio, California, the Dallas native has shown an immense amount of confidence. But while it’s clear that Spence Jr. has the utmost faith in his skills, it appears as though the powerful southpaw believed he could dethrone arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
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Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Errol Spence Jr. makes a big move

On Saturday, Errol Spence Jr. fought for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair a detached retina on his left eye. He looked better than ever in a TKO victory over Yordenis Ugas, which unified three of the four significant welterweight world titles. Spence punished Ugas, who suffered a...
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Errol Spence Jr. Jokes: “I Gotta Get A New Mouthpiece, Rookie Mistake To Go Looking”

Although Errol Spence Jr. eventually broke Yordenis Ugas down and truncated his WBA welterweight title reign, the determined Cuban slugger gave Spence Jr. all he could handle. As a crowd of nearly 40,000 thousand cheered the unified titlist on, they were left motionless with their hands over their mouths as Ugas staggered his man in the fourth. To kick off the change in momentum, Ugas landed an overhand right that seemed to buckle Spence Jr. Shortly after, Ugas connected on an uppercut on the inside, sending Spence Jr.’s mouthpiece flying halfway across the ring.
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After TKO against Ugás​, Errol Spence Jr. eyes Terence Crawford

ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - His roots are in DeSoto but over the weekend boxer Errol Spence Jr. made his way to Arlington and the result means there could be an undisputed, and still undefeated, welterweight champion later this year.Undefeated champs Spence and Terence "Bud" Crawford may finally get in the ring together. Both have made it clear that is what they want to happen.Soon after WBC and IBF champion Spence won his unification bout to take the WBA belt from Yordenis Ugás, WBO titleholder Crawford tweeted that it was time for the "real fight" to happen."Everybody knows who I want next....
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Errol Spence Jr. want to fight Terence Crawford next

Errol Spence Jr. defeated Yordenis Ugas via 10th-round TKO and walked away with the WBC, WBA, and IBF welterweight titles last night. It took Spence a little longer to get things going due to his lengthy layoff but he started to take over in the middle rounds of the fight with strong left hands and solid work to the body.
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