12:49 AM ET Errol Spence Jr. insisted he was still the same fighter despite a severe car accident nearly 14 months ago. Any skepticism surrounding that claim disappeared on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Spence had no problems against Danny Garcia and won in a unanimous decision, 116-112, 116-112, 117-111. Spence retained
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2:04 AM ET Errol Spence Jr. is back. He was aggressive and effective in his unanimous decision win over Danny Garcia on Saturday — erasing all questions that lingered about how he would respond in his first fight since his car accident in October 2019. “I was smiling because it was a long, long road
1:30 AM ET Errol Spence Jr. returned to boxing on Saturday night, 14 months after he was ejected from his Ferrari in a horrific one-car crash. The biggest question was how the unified welterweight champion would look in his title defense against Danny Garcia. The answer: smooth and strong, per usual. Spence claimed a unanimous-decision
6:28 PM ET After more than a year away from the ring, unified welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. returns to defend his WBC and IBF belts against Danny Garcia on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) defeated Shawn Porter in September 2019 and as talks were heating up for
9:21 PM ET A trilogy fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin seems less likely after Alvarez and his trainer expressed Friday that he wants to remain at super middleweight after his Dec. 19 fight against Callum Smith and that his priority is to unify the division. Alvarez is currently a secondary titleholder in the
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8:32 AM ET Errol Spence Jr. knows why the stakes are so high for Saturday’s fight against Danny Garcia. As much as the bout at AT&T Stadium is about maintaining Spence’s place as a unified welterweight champion, it’s also a test to see where Spence stands 14 months after a horrific car crash that left
8:26 PM ET Snoop Dogg is coming to boxing on a more permanent basis. The legendary rapper announced Tuesday he is partnering with Triller, which put on Saturday’s Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. fight, to create a new boxing league called The Fight Club. The league will have multiple events per year, with Snoop Dogg as
8:58 AM ET No opponent has even come close to stopping Errol Spence Jr. since he turned pro after the 2012 Olympics. He quickly established himself as one of boxing’s top welterweights. After winning the first 21 fights of his career, Spence made an emphatic statement with a blistering KO of Kell Brook in 2017