Desoto native and undefeated WBC/IBF Welterweight champ Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr worked out in his home gym for the boxing media, World Class Boxing Gym which is owned by Spencer trainer Derrick James of Dallas. The media workout was to promote his April 16th fight at AT&T Stadium against WBA welterweight champ Yordenis Ugas . The fight is just over two weeks out and Spence said “I’m feeling good. I’m ready to go. This layoff was easier for me after the injury than after the accident because it was a lot less stress on my body. The fight will be shown live on Showtime PPV and will unify three-quarters of the welterweight brass. The one belt outstanding is the WBO belt that's owned by Terence Crawford. A fight between the long-reigning champ has long been demanded by the boxing world and is long overdue. With Crawford now a promotional free agent a fight seems very makeable. A fight that Spence said "I am trying to get that fight done, but that only way could be done is if I beat Ugas, and that's why I am 100% focused.
This is the first fight back for the Desoto native since he had surgery to repair a retinal detachment/break. He was scheduled to fight Pacquiao at the time of the injury and was forced to pull out of the fight. Ugas was plugged in as the replacement and he upset the legendary former eight-division world champion. So eight months later Spence gets to fight for the same belt but against a different champ. Spence's trainer, Derrick James suggested Ugas may bring an even bigger challenge than Pacquiao citing his intelligence. "His athleticism, but he's really intellectual he's a very smart fighter: and saying "he's a mixture of old school boxing, which is counter punching and slickness and also has skills and athleticism"
This will be the second consecutive time that Spence will be fighting in AT&T Stadium and the third time in four fights. He fought Danny Garcia at the Stadium back in December of 2020 and fought Mikey Garcia there in March of 2019. He has fought in Texas a total of seven times and this will be his sixth time-fighting in the DFW. For Ugas it will be the second time fighting in the Lone Star State. His only other time fighting in Texas was back in 2018 when he fought at The Star in Frisco. He scored a second-round TKO over an overmatched Jonathan Batista in what amounted to a tune-up fight on the undercard of Spence-Ocampo.