Errol Spence Jr.

Spence defeated Phil Lo Greco (26-1, 14 Kos) via 3rd-round TKO.

Spence was originally scheduled to fight Roberto García.

García backed out of the fight three days before the card due to weight issues.

Spence landed 73 of 142 punched thrown (51%) and Lo Greco landed 19 of 132 (14%).

Spence next fought on the undercard of Stevenson-Karpency against Chris van Heerden at the Ricoh Coliseum.

The referee stopped the fight in round 8, after Spence knocked down van Heerden twice in round 7.

Errol Spence Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an American professional boxer.

In 2009, Spence won the U.S. National Golden Gloves, and also won three consecutive national amateur welterweight championships from 2009 to 2011, all in the welterweight division.

Spence reached the quarter-finals at the 2011 World Championships, losing to Serik Sapiyev.

As an amateur, in the welterweight division, he won three consecutive United States national championships and represented the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Spence lost in the quarter finals of the 2012 London Olympics to Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy and turned professional shortly afterwards.

He ended his amateur career with a record of 135–12.

On 9 November 2012, a 22 year old Spence made his professional debut at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California in a scheduled 4 round bout against 19 year old Jonathan Garcia.

Spence knocked Garcia down and out in the 3rd round.

In December 2012, Spence knocked out Richard Andrews at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, which was part of undercard for Amir Khan's comeback fight against Carlos Molina.

Spence fought eight times in 2013, being victorious in all of them, winning six inside the distance.

He was taken the distance in an eight-round bout in October by Emmanuel Lartei Lartey.

The fight was rather one-sided, with all judges scoring the fight 79–73 in favor of Spence.

By the end of 2013, Spence had won all of his 10 professional fights, 8 of them by way of knockout.

Spence made his Showtime television debut on 27 June 2014 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas in a 10-round fight against Ronald Cruz.

Spence was taken the distance and won a shutout unanimous decision.

On 13 December 2014, Spence beat Javier Castro by TKO in the 5th round at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

In 2015, Spence was named Prospect of the Year by ESPN.

As of May 2022, Spence is ranked as the world's third best active boxer, pound for pound, by ESPN, fourth by The Ring magazine, Boxing Writers Association of America and TBRB, and fifth by BoxRec.

He is also ranked as the world's second best active welterweight by The Ring, and TBRB, and second by BoxRec, and ESPN.

His knockout-to-win ratio stands at 78%.

On 11 April 2015, Spence defeated Samuel Vargas by TKO in Round 4 of 10 in a Premier Boxing Champions fight card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, bringing his record to 16–0.

On May 16, it was announced that Spence would feature on the undercard of Shawn Porter vs. Adrien Broner on June 20 at the MGM Grand Arena.

In October 2015 it was announced that Spence would fight at The Bomb Factory in Dallas on November 28 against Mexican boxer Alejandro Barrera (28-2, 18 Kos).

Spence defeated Barrera via 5th-round TKO.

This was an IBF eliminator for the number 2 spot in their welterweight contender rankings.

Spence was ahead on all three judges scorecards (40-36, 3 times).

Spence was named 2015 ESPN.com prospect of the year.

On 10 March 2016, it was announced that Spence would fight former light welterweight titlist Chris Algieri at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on 16 April, his biggest fight to date.

The fight was scheduled for 10 rounds.

In front of a pro-Algieri 7,628 crowd, Spence became the first boxer to stop Algieri.

This was Spence's seventh straight knockout.

The end came when Spence delivered a left hook to Algieri's face.

The hard shot sent Algieri straight to the canvas and referee Benjy Esteves waived the count.

He is a former unified champion in the welterweight division, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles between 2017 and 2023.