Errol Spence Jr: “I don’t believe in tuning, against someone like Ugas Caliber, It will push me”
By: Hans Themistode
It’s not uncommon to see even the biggest and most famous fighters in the sport of boxing perform a few light bumps in the ring. That notion may become even more prevalent when boxers spend an extended period of time nursing an injury or inactivity.
However, while that is a common practice, it is not something that Errol Spence Jr. I ever envisioned myself doing.
Spence Jr told a group of reporters: “I don’t believe in fine tuning.
Since 2017, Spence Jr has spent most of his career taking on world championships before or at the time. In that five-year span, there was only one time Spence Jr played against an opponent who couldn’t win a world title around his waist. That will come in 2018 against the obligatory challenger, Carlos Ocampo Manriquez.
Although the current 147-pound unification champion is not a fan of competing against lower-class fighters, there have been some moments in his career where a “correction” would have been. guaranteed.
In October 2019, just a month after winning his second world title against Shawn Porter, Spence Jr enjoyed himself a little too much during a night in town. Dallas products were violently thrown from his sports car in a wreck, leaving the now 32-year-old man to spend more than a year.
As for his comeback, Spence Jr refused to entertain in the face of less opposition. Instead, he chose to meet former two-tier world player, Danny Garcia. Despite being overrated, Garcia was defeated and overpowered, losing a wrong unanimous decision.
With the powerful male player suffering a retinal detachment/rupture in his right eye late last year, forcing him to withdraw from his first contest with Manny Pacquiao, the unified roster will conclude another year of layoffs by face another tough opponent.
In just a few short weeks, Spence Jr will attempt to cut the reigning WBA world champion, Yordenis Ugas. In 12 of his past 13 matches, Ugas has won convincing victories and is working diligently to continue his winning path.
More than anything, Spence Jr believes confronting the bottom of the heavy barrel to get back in will be a waste of time. No matter how long the weight star spends on the sidelines, he believes facing regular opposition won’t give him the momentum he needs to push himself to his breaking point in training camp. .
“To fight someone of Ugas’ caliber would push me to the next level. It will help me practice hard. If I was just fighting Joe Blow or someone I know I’d take down, I’d probably weigh a bit more. I’ll probably sneak chips and snacks because I know it won’t be a long fight. So to fight someone of Ugas’ caliber, I knew I had to be 100% ready for the world. I have to push my body beyond its limits to defeat someone like Ugas. He is a world champion and another world talent. “
