By Chris Williams: The boxing public is not going to be seeing a fight between IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) and former light welterweight unified champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) anytime soon unfortunately. The fight still needs to be built up over time, and it’s going to take a while for it to be the money maker that it could be in the distant future.
By Dan Ambrose: Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) will NOT be fighting IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) anytime soon, says his trainer Robert Garcia. He says a fight between Mikey and Spence will happen in the future when the time is right.
By Jaime Ortega: The welterweight Omar Figueroa Jr. who will be facing Adrien Broner April 21 said in an interview that he wants to fight Errol Spence Jr. on June of 2018.
Figueroa has called out Spence repetitively in the past weeks, and even said Spence needs “redemption” to avenge his loss during the 2007 golden gloves amateur competition where Figueroa stole his chance to qualify in the Olympics. Figueroa said he also “beat up Spence!” in quite a calm but arrogant manner.
By Dan Ambrose: Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman says he’ll be fighting 2 times in 2018, and then he’ll be ready to face IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence next year in a unification fight. Thurman, 28, wants to dedicate the entire year on tune-ups rather than facing Spence in a unification after one tune-up fight on May 19 on Showtime Boxing.
By Jaime Ortega: As the Premier Boxing Champions kicked yesterday in New York to showcase the next fights available for the year, a few details sparked my attention after all the boxers rounded up in their podiums as the fights were announced. Omar Figueroa walked right next to Errol Spence and Spence looked right at him, as Figueroa waited to face-off Adrien Broner. Then after his face-off Figueroa walked right next to Spence, and stand right next to him without saying a word. That scene captured the scene of the event among other curious moments.
By Dan Ambrose: Keith Thurman feels that Lamont Peterson was totally outclassed in his fight against IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) last weekend at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Keith Thurman has reaffirmed his decision that he will NOT be fighting Errol Spence Jr. in a unification fight in 2018. Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs), who holds the WBA and WBC welterweight titles, says 2018 is a “get back year” in terms of him coming back from elbow surgery and a long 14-month layoff.
By Allan Fox: Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman will be fighting on May 19th on Showtime Boxing, but his rumored fight against Jessie Vargas still has yet to be confirmed for his next title defense of his WBA/WBC welterweight titles at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Jeff Aranow: Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) will be getting his wish to fight at home in his next title defense of his IBF welterweight title on June 16 against his likely mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo (22-0, 13 KOs) on Showtime Boxing in Dallas, Texas.
By Gav Duthie: Not many would argue that one of the greatest eras in boxing took place in the 1980s between welterweight-middleweight involving American trio Sugar Ray Leonard 36-3-1 (25), Marvin Hagler 62-3-2 (52) and Tommy Hearns 61-5-1 (48). As well as these three standout stars there was Roberto Duran, Wilfried Benitez, John Mugabi and many more in the mix.