Errol Spence

Errol Spence
Errol Spence
Data
Birth Name	Errol Spence Junior
Fight name	The Truth
Weight class	Welterweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	March 3, 1990
place of birth	Dallas
style	Legal display
size	1.77 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	26th
Victories	26th
Knockout victories	21st
Defeats	0
draw	0

Errol Spence junior (born March 3, 1990 in Dallas ) is an American professional boxer and world champion of the IBF (May 2017) and WBC (September 2019) welterweight . The Ring magazine named him the best active welterweight boxer in 2018.

Amateur career

He started boxing in 2005 at the age of 15 and won the Texas State Silver Gloves that same year. In 2008 he was American youth welterweight champion, and in 2009, 2010 and 2011 American welterweight champion. He also won the National Golden Gloves in 2009 and came second at the same event in 2010. He also won the French 4-Nations Tournament in Berck with a final victory over Taras Schelestjuk and won the US Olympic qualification in 2011.

In 2012 he took part in the 30th Summer Olympics in London , where he defeated Myke Carvalho from Brazil 16:10 in the preliminary round and made it to the round of 16. There he met the Indian Vikas Krishan , who he lost with 13:15 just on points. After the American team protested and the AIBA evaluated the video recordings , the world association corrected the verdict to a 15:13 victory for the American. According to AIBA, several fouls by the Indian and the resulting point gains for Spence were not taken into account. In the quarter-final fight that followed, the aim was to get into the semi-finals and thus secure an Olympic medal. However, Spence lost this duel with 11:16 against the Russian Andrei Samkowoi , whom he had defeated shortly before the Olympic Games at the chemistry cup in Halle .

He made further international appearances in 2008 at the 1st Youth World Championships in Guadalajara , where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Boturjon Machmudow from Uzbekistan after he had previously beaten Alex Theran from Colombia and Taras Makarov from Ukraine. At the 15th World Championships in Milan , he lost in the first fight against Carlos Banteur from Cuba. At the 16th World Championships in Baku 2011, he prevailed against Amin Ghasemipour from Iran, Custio Clayton from Canada and Balázs Bácskai from Hungary, before failing in the quarter-finals against Serik Säpijew from Kazakhstan.

He finished his amateur career in 2012 with 135 wins from 147 fights.

Professional career

Under Golden Boy Promotions from Óscar de la Hoya , he switched to the professional camp and won his first fight on November 9, 2012 by knockout in the third round. In April 2015 he won against Samuel Vargas (20-1). In June 2015, he also managed a victory by TKo in the third round against Phil Lo Greco (26-1). In September 2015 he beat Chris van Heerden (23-1) by TKo in the eighth round. He won another early win in November 2015 against Alejandro Barrera (28-2).

In April 2016 he won early against Chris Algieri (21-2). In August 2016 he defeated Leonard Bundu (33-1) by a knockout in the sixth round. On May 27, 2017, he beat Kell Brook (36-1) in the fight for the IBF title by knockout in the eleventh round. In January 2018 he defeated Lamont Peterson (35-3) prematurely in the seventh round. On June 16, 2018, he defended his title with a knockout against Carlos Ocampo (22-0).

He won his next title defense on March 16, 2019 unanimously against Miguel García (39-0). He won the WBC world title on September 28, 2019 by beating Shawn Porter (30-2) on points.

predecessor	Office	successor
Kell Brook	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) May 27, 2017 - current	-

predecessor	Office	successor
Shawn Porter	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) September 28, 2019 - current	-

List of professional fights

26 wins (21 knockout wins), 0 defeats , 0 draws
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Spence
2012	November 9th	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, USA	Jonathan Garcia professional debut	Victory / KO 3rd round
	15th December	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena , Los Angeles, USA	Richard Andrews	Victory / TKO 3rd round
2013	January 26th	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Nathan Butcher	Victory / TKO 1st round
	2nd March	Lady of the Lake University Gym, San Antonio, USA	Luis Torres	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	May 3rd	Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas , Las Vegas, USA	Brandon Hoskins	Victory / TKO 1st round
	June 1st	BB&T Center , Sunrise, USA	Guillermo Ibarra	Victory / KO 1st round
	20th of July	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, USA	Eddie Cordova	Victory / KO 1st round
	12th September	MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA	Jesus Tavera	Victory / TKO 1st round
	October 14th	BB&T Center , Sunrise, USA	Emmanuel Lartei Lartey	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	13th December	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, USA	Gerardo Cuevas	Victory / abandonment 1st round
2014	February 10th	Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio, USA	Peter Oluoch	Victory / KO 4th round
	April 18	Illusions Theater, San Antonio, USA	Raymond Charles	Victory / TKO 1st round
	June 27th	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Ronald Cruz	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	September 11	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Noe Bolanos	Victory / abandonment 2nd round
	13th December	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Francisco Javier Castro	Victory / TKO 5th round
2015	11 April	Barclays Center , Brooklyn, USA	Samuel Vargas	Victory / TKO 4th round
	20th June	MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA	Phil Lo Greco	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	September 11	Ricoh Coliseum , Toronto, Canada	Chris van Heerden	Victory / TKO 8th round
	November 28th	The Bomb Factory, Dallas, USA	Alejandro Barrera	Victory / TKO 5th round
2016	April 16	Barclays Center , Brooklyn, USA	Chris Algieri	Victory / TKO 5th round
	August 21	Ford Amphitheater, Coney Island, USA	Leonard Bundu	Victory / KO 6th round
2017	May 27th	Bramall Lane , Sheffield, UK	Kell Brook IBF World Welterweight Championship	Victory / KO 11th round
2018	January 20th	Barclays Center , Brooklyn, USA	Lamont Peterson IBF welterweight title defense	Victory / abandonment 7th round
	June 16	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, USA	Carlos Ocampo IBF welterweight title defense	Victory / KO 1st round
2019	March 16	AT&T Stadium , Arlington, USA	Miguel Ángel García IBF welterweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	September 28th	Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA	Shawn Porter IBF / WBC Welterweight Title Association	Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds
Source: Errol Spence in the BoxRec database

Web links

• Errol Spence at The Ring
• Errol Spence at USA Boxing
• Errol Spence at NorthTexasBoxing
• Errol Spence at BoxRec

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ratings . The Ring, June 17, 2018, accessed November 16, 2019