WHAT’S SPENCE’S NEXT MOVE?

Errol Spence who turned 30 recently, told the fans he’ll have one more final check-up by the Cleveland Clinic before returning to the ring. “Everything has been excellent and I’m fully recovered now. Hopefully, I can fight in September or October or whenever it is that this current event [Coronavirus] is over with. Me and Al [Haymon] have been talking and we were aiming for July or August, but this happened and we pushed it back. So, what has Spence said about his next move and who are the options?

Shawn Porter rematch:

“I said before that fight that I was going to fight Shawn Porter’s fight,” said Spence. “I’m going to fight him toe-to-toe, and it’s going to be a really hard, gruelling fight, and I’m going to fight just how he wants to fight. Like I told everybody, I’m not going to take a step backward. That’s what I did. It was a tough fight for me, and it was a critical fight for him. If that fight happens again, I won’t fight him the same,” said Spence about Porter. “If that fight happens again, I’ll be open to it. That was a great fight. I think a lot of boxing fans got their money’s worth with that fight. Until I beat Danny Garcia, Terence Crawford, and Manny Pacquiao, I doubt that I’ll fight Shawn Porter again,” said Spence.

Manny Pacquiao unification (IBF, WBA & WBC):

“Manny Pacquiao looked great against Keith Thurman,” said Spence. “I didn’t think he was going to look that good. He looked great against him and looked like the Manny Pacquiao of old. I would love to fight Manny Pacquiao, he’s a future Hall of Famer. He has a belt too, and I would love to get that belt because my goal is to the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. So I would have to fight him unless he vacates or if somebody else beats him. That’s a fight that I would love to have,” said Spence.

Danny Garcia (WBC mandatory):

“There are so many fighters that I still need to beat like Danny Garcia. It’s a fight that makes sense. Danny Garcia is a very tough fighter,” said Spence to Premier Boxing Champions. “H’s accomplished a lot, and it’s a fight that really makes sense. It’s a fight that can definitely happen next.”

Kieth Thurman:

I don’t really care about him anymore,” said Spence speaking to Premier Boxing. “He didn’t give me an opportunity when I wanted it. So I don’t care about fighting him. I was calling him out and wanted to fight him, but he didn’t want to give me an opportunity. So now I don’t need him. I don’t need him at all. He’s not even on my radar. I feel like he’s not even on my level. Just because he fought Pacquiao, they gave him a little bit of kudos,” said Spence.

Terence Crawford unification (IBF, WBC & WBO):

The fight the fans want to see, but will it be Spence’s next move? “I think that’s a classic fight,” said Spence on a fight with Crawford. “That’s a legacy-defining fight. I just feel that’s a legendary fight that people would talk about for a long time. And I think a lot of young boxers would watch that fight and remember that fight. I think we both have the skills, both have the talent, and both have the will. I feel like I’d beat Crawford and outpunch him. If that Russian dude [Egidijus Kavaliauskas] that knocked him down, I would have a great chance of stopping him. I think he’s been hurt by Gamboa too. I’d have a great chance of stopping him. I respect his skills, but I’d definitely stop him, especially with how focused I am right now. We gonna fight, if we don’t fight this year, we definitely gonna fight next year. Next year it’s gonna happen for sure… real talk.”