The main reason for Spence's confidence despite those physical setbacks is that he has discovered a work ethic that wasn't necessarily there upon his initial rise to becoming champion. I feel like I'm better than that guy that fought Shawn Porter or Danny García." "I am the same guy I was before the accident and the injury. "When people say I can't do this or I can't do that, I prove them wrong every time," Spence said.
The former Cuban amateur star has endured everything from a dangerous defection of his home country to back-to-back losses in 2014 that appeared, at the time, to label him as a failed prospect. The fact that the 35-year-old Ugas is in this position at all remains one of boxing's best human interest stories. The fight will not only provide further clarity on the road toward a possible undisputed championship fight for the winner against unbeaten WBO champion Terence Crawford, it's expected to crown a new power broker within the division. Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) will snap a 17-month layoff following surgery on a detached retina when he defends his WBC and IBF titles at 147 pounds against Ugas (27-4, 12 KOs), the WBA titleholder, in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions event set to air on Showtime PPV ( 9 p.m. If we get in the clinch and start fighting, I don't think it's going 12 rounds." "If I have to stay there and fight, I will. "I'm the type of guy that if I have to go toe-to-toe, I will," Spence said at Thursday's final press conference.
and Yordenis Ugas have both promised fireworks ahead of Saturday's massive unification bout from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Although their pre-fight guarantees remain different only in terms of the potential method of victory, welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr.
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