By: Sean Crose
Yordenis Ugas has certainly kept himself busy. After becoming the sport’s titleholder by cleverly beating legend Manny Pacquiao last fall, the WBA weightlifter is now aiming to take on WBC and IBF heavyweights Errol Spence. in April. That bout – unless it ends in a draw or without a contest – will provide the world with a unified list of heavyweight benchmarks. It will also likely set up a showdown with WBO heavyweight champion Terence Crawford to see who is the real king of the tournament – no small feat. First, though, it looks like Ugas and Spence, who both fight under the banner of Premiere Boxing Champions, will have to go head to head.
“The fight is in April,” Spence recently announced on Instagram. “Man down, strap season. He already knows what time it is.” Ugas also had this to say on the matter when he spoke to Ray Flores during Luis Ortiz-Charles Marin’s pay-per-view card last weekend: “We’re targeting March or April. for the war. It’s going to be three titles, it’s a fight we want. “A spring match between two clearly decorated fighters is underway. Fortunately, the fact that each man fights under the same PBC hitter should ensure negotiations go fairly smoothly. shall.
Ugas inspires those who feel that losing doesn’t make a boxer truly stand out. Even though he’s lost four of his 31 fights, Miami-based 35-year-old Ugas proved by winning the title against Pacquiao that one can still succeed at the highest levels of the sport. sports without a perfect resume. As for Spence, the 27-0 undefeated is actually believed to have faced Pacquiao in 2021. However, an eye injury ruled Spence out of the match and allowed Ugas to step in and achieve glory. . Spence’s last game was a late 2020 win over Danny Garcia. It’s been a while since he last saw action, but the Texan still has one of the best resumes in the entire sport, after beating Chris Algieri, Kell Brook, Mikey Garcia and Shawn Porter.
However, like a shark that had just set sail, Terence Crawford waited to strike. After knocking Shawn Porter down in November, the Omaha-born was without a doubt the most feared man in the league. And a person can no longer be easily avoided. No doubt, Crawford will be very interested in how the Spence-Ugas fight plays out.
