CBS combines news, TV stations group and taps new leaders after Times investigation. UC explains admissions decisions in a record application year of much heartbreak, some joy. 13, 2013 • It filled about 20% of AT&T Stadium’s 80,000-seat capacity, with fans spread through all four decks and spacing between a few hundred pairs of chairs at ring level. ERROL SPENCE JR. Spence’s has made two defenses—a one knockdown, seventh-round stoppage of two-division champion Lamont Peterson in January, and a first-round KO of previously unbeaten Carlos Ocampo in June at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the Dallas Cowboys’ training center near his hometown of DeSoto.Peterson had rebounded from a 143-pound majority decision loss to two-division champion Danny Garcia in 2015 with a majority decision win over Felix Diaz in October 2015 and a unanimous decision victory over David Avaneysyan in February 2017.“It’s a factor when guys go the distance with other fighters and I knock them out. Many wondered if Spence would be the same. He is listed in stable condition with no broken bones or fractures, but suffered broken teeth and facial lacerations. 27, 2014 • 26, 2013 • And in the end, the Akron, Ohio native earned the respect of an arena that was largely pro-Spence at the fight’s outset. Decision: Errol Spence Jr. def. Young champ didn't know he was gonna take over the world one day #TBT, A photo posted by Errol Spence Jr (@errolspencejr) on Dec 4, 2014 at 12:04pm PST. Manny Pacquiao has been removed from world champion status, opening up a likely unification fight for Errol Spence. “Shawn Porter is a rough and awkward fighter,” Spence admitted. Lakers beat Jazz in overtime with role players in star mode. (66.36 kg), Undefeated Texas-bred southpaw and 2012 U.S. Olympian Errol Spence Jr. has become one of boxing's top stars in powering his way to holding two Welterweight World Titles. With Garcia’s right eye and nose swollen — the latter after a small cut in the early rounds — he tried to keep the momentum in the final round but Spence steadied himself as both fighters tried to land one last big punch before the final bell. Errol Spence Jr. skipped a tune-up in his first fight since a car crash that almost derailed his promising career. Liliana Carrillo’s unraveling over the last year alarmed people in her life. However, the Filippino’s strength and conditioning coach, Justin Fortune, believes if the duo ever collides, it’ll be Pacquiao who’ll get his hand raised after a 12-round war. Garcia’s three losses have come in his last six fights. Round 1 of 10, Feb Round 4 of 10, Dec In the eighth, a jab followed by a straight left to the solar plexus hurt Porter, who was forced to get on his bicycle…and then walked Spence into his own left, a hook upstairs, that momentarily buzzed him. “All training camp I felt good,” Spence said. AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, Errol Spence Jr. WINS against Mikey Garcia by UD in Is a tiny house really a glorified toolshed? Spence won the fight via unanimous decision. Keith Thurman is aiming to fight two-belt champion Errol Spence Jr this year. Both landed several punches in the most intense stretch to that point in the middle of the eighth round. Round 5 of 12, Nov It was enough to earn him a 115-112 score on the card of Larry Hazzard Jr. Ray Danseco had it 116-111 and Steve Weisfeld 116-111, both for Spence, the new unified world welterweight champion. ]]>, 27 biggest television audience for boxing in 18 years, where he dethroned Brook before 27,000 Brits, stoppage of two-division champion Lamont Peterson in January, first-round KO of previously unbeaten Carlos Ocampo. The fight proved greater than the hype. 03, 2013 • That dominance continued in 2016, when Spence scored three knockdowns during a fifth-round TKO of former 140-pound champion Chris Algieri in April and a pair of final-round knockdowns during a sixth-round KO of Leonard Bundu in August—which drew big TV ratings.The telecast, which immediately followed the U.S. men’s basketball team’s gold medal-winning victory over Serbia on the final day of the Rio Olympics, averaged 4.8 million viewers, with a peak of more than 6.3 million. In his first fight back, Spence was bent on not taking a soft touch. Spence has only ruled the 147lb welterweight division in … Our columnist visits L.A.'s new wave of shelter solutions. } Spence landed 187 of 707 punches according to CompuBox, compared to 117-700 for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Garcia. Two judges scored it 116-112 for Spence with the other at 117-111 at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. [CDATA[// >