Errol Spence Jr. shall be seeking to reinvent himself at 154 this yr when he challenges Sebastian Fundora for his WBC and WBO Junior middleweight titles in November. The battle nonetheless hasn’t been negotiated, but it surely’s being talked about to be happening in November.
The previous unified welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) has his weight down, so his coaching camp gained’t be a fats farm like in his two earlier fights towards Terence Crawford and Yordenis Ugas.
There have been rumors that Spence began camp weighing 180 to 190 lb, making it a bodily ordeal to succeed in 147.
Spence is now shifting as much as 154, which ought to make his life simpler, making weight for the Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) battle. Errol has seemed skeletal on the weigh-ins for his final 5 fights at welterweight towards these fighters:
– Terence Crawford
– Yordenis Ugas
– Danny Garcia
– Shawn Porter
– Mikey Garcia
If Spence doesn’t kill himself, making weight at 154, we may see him again at classic kind earlier than he ran right into a tough patch in his final two fights. Spence ought to have gotten a touch that he wanted to maneuver up in weight after his battle towards Ugas as a result of he didn’t carry out effectively in that match and struggled towards a fighter who was later dominated by Mario Barrios.
Spence seemed sluggish towards Ugas and was damage through the battle. He needed to powerful it out to win a 12-round resolution, but it surely was not the Spence followers had identified from 2012 to 2018.
A full-powered Spence can dominate the 6’6″ Fundora, probably knocking him out inside six rounds to seize his WBC & WBO 154-lb titles. Spence can decide who he desires to battle within the division with these belts.
An apparent alternative can be Vergil Ortiz Jr. He’s been sounding a bit uppity recently, speaking about desirous to battle Spence on the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. That may be a wonderful battle for Errol and herald a crowd.
It wouldn’t be a good suggestion for Spence to take a position power into making an attempt to rematch Crawford as a result of he’s set on getting a retirement payday towards Canelo Alvarez at 168. It seems His Excellency Turki Alalshikh shall be indulging him by placing up the funds to make this battle occur.
With out Alalshikh, the Canelo-Crawford battle gained’t occur as a result of Canelo has little interest in preventing Crawford. It’s a no-win scenario the place he’ll get dumped on no matter how the battle ends. If that battle doesn’t occur, Spence ought to ask Crawford for the rematch.
Spence gave Crawford a serving to hand along with his profession final yr by blessing him for the battle to make him a famous person. It’s solely honest that Crawford repays him. Spence didn’t must battle him, however he did and Crawford owes him one.
