Spence-Algieri

By Patrick McHugh: Since dispatching the normally durable Chris Algieri (21-3, 8 KOs) in five rounds last Saturday night in their IBF welterweight title eliminator, Errol Spence Jr’s win has been put under the microscope by some members of the media and by fans, who are looking for a reason to help explain why he was able to stop Algieri so quickly in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The latest explanation that some have latched onto is that the 32-year-old Algieri was weight drained for the fight. Algieri looked huge in the ring last night, especially in comparison to how he appeared at Friday’s weigh-in. Algieri weighed in at 145.6lbs at the weigh-in, and he was very thin looking like he’d taken too much weight off while dehydrating to make the 147lb limit.

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By Allan Fox: Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs) showed tonight that the boxing world may have the replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Spence’s 5th round destruction of a very good fighter in Chris Algieri (21-3, 8 KOs) in a one-sided fight on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated #2 IBF Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs) made easy work of former WBO light welterweight champion Chris Algieri (21-3, 8 KOs) in stopping him in the 5th round on Saturday night in an IBF 147lb title eliminator at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Spence knocked Algieri down three times in the fight in dropping him once in the 4th and twice in the 5th. The fight was halted after the second knockdown. In the final knockdown, Algieri backed up against the ropes and was nailed by a hard left hook to the head that put him down. In the first knockdown of the 5th, Algieri charged forward and ran into a big left hand that knocked him down with a shot that sent him skidding on his backside. Algieri admitted afterwards that he had suffered an ankle injury on the first knockdown in the 5th round. He wasn’t strong on his feet after getting knocked down.

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(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Scott Gilfoid: Former world champion Barry McGuigan is very impressed with unbeaten talent Errol Spence Jr. (19-0, 16 KOs), who will be in action tonight in an IBF welterweight eliminator bout against Chris Algieri (21-2, 8 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

McGuigan says he thinks Spence reminds him a lot of boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard. McGuigan believes that Spence could get Algieri out of there tonight to do what Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan couldn’t do in stopping the former WBO 140lb champion inside the distance.

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(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Jeff Aranow: Chris Algieri (21-2, 8 KOs) has seen his career go from a high him beating Ruslan Provodnikov in 2014 to win the WBO light welterweight title to the low of him losing two out of his last three fights recently.

Algieri was seen a potential star after beating Provodnikov, but things have really turned for the worse for Algieri lately. On Saturday night, Algieri will be facing one of the best fighters in the welterweight division in Errol Spence Jr. (19-0, 16 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment) By Dan Ambrose: Errol Spence Jr. (19-0, 16 KOs) and Chris Algieri (21-2, 8 KOs) both made weight on Friday for their IBF welterweight eliminator bout this Saturday night on April 16 on premier Boxing Champions on NBC from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The younger fighter Spence weighed in slightly heavier at 146.4lbs compared to the 145.6lbs the older 31-year-old Algieri weighed in at. For today’s weigh-in.

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(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment & Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated #2 IBF welterweight contender Errol Spence Jr. (19-0, 16 KOs) will be receiving a smaller purse than his opponent Chris Algieri (21-2, 8 KOs) in their IBF 147lb eliminator bout this Saturday night on April 16 on Premier Boxing Champions on NBC at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Spence Jr. is getting a purse of just $225,000 compared to the larger $325,000 purse of the 31-year-old Algieri. If Spence beats Algieri, and then defeats IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook in 2017, then Spence’s purses will increase by a large amount. He won’t be finding himself getting smaller purses against the likes of Algieri in the future if everything goes well for him. Spence is on the express train to stardom, and whoever gets in his way is going to get run over. This could end badly for Algieri on Saturday night if he hasn’t improved since his one-sided loss to Manny Pacquiao.

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(Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment/Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated Errol Spence Jr. (19-0, 16 KOs) feels that he was already primed to fight for a world title two fights ago, but this Saturday night the talented 26-year-old will be looking to lock himself into a world title fight when he faces Chris Algieri (21-2, 8 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Spence and Algieri will be fighting in an IBF 147lb eliminator, and the winner of the contest will be fighting IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook next year if he doesn’t vacate his title first.

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