Photo courtesy of Showtime.
This past Saturday night played host to one of boxing’s biggest events in recent memory when Errol Spence Jr. took on Yordenis Ugas in front of nearly 40,000 people at the Cowboys AT&T Stadium in Dallas, TX.
Spence already held the IBF and WBC welterweight championship belts going into the fight against Ugas, who held the WBA welterweight championship. Now Spence holds three of the four major belts at welterweight.
Despite the fact that Ugas was coming off of a win over Manny Pacquiao in August of 2021 in the fight that officially sent Pacquiao into retirement, Spence left no doubt about the outcome of this fight as he finished Ugas via TKO in the 10th round. And nobody can question the stoppage either because Ugas was broken.
Yordenis Ugas’ eye after his tenth-round stoppage defeat to Errol Spence… pic.twitter.com/OEfsfhbvdj
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) April 17, 2022
Just look at this…
Yordenis Ugas’ eye was swollen shut by the 10th round and the doctor was forced to stop the bout.
Errol Spence is now a three-belt welterweight champion 🏆🏆🏆#SpenceUgas
(📸 @espnknockout, @showtimeboxing) pic.twitter.com/0BwEzuf1Rx
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) April 17, 2022
It would later be confirmed that Ugas indeed suffered a fractured orbital bone in his face as a consequence of the fight, so it’s a good thing it ended up being stopped.
Yordenis Ugas suffered a fractured right orbital in his defeat to Errol Spence, Ugas' team have confirmed. He suffered the injury in round seven and fought on for three more rounds before the doctor advised the referee to stop it. [@ESPN] pic.twitter.com/b0bmbXluf7
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) April 17, 2022
As the tweet mentions, Ugas suffered the fracture in the seventh round and fought for three more rounds before the ringside doctor recommended that the referee should stop the fight.
If it wasn’t clear already from the photos of the aftermath, Spence put a BEATING on Ugas, out-landing him significantly throughout the fight, more than doubling the output of what Ugas had landed.
Errol Spence showed out 👊 #SpenceUgas
(h/t @ShowtimeBoxing, @premierboxing) pic.twitter.com/xnPHGnfDTG
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) April 17, 2022
The win and performance solidifies Spence’s spot as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport of boxing. The only main other contenders up there with him would be Canelo Alvarez and Terrance Crawford.
You can take a look at what Spence had to say after the fight here:
Strap season 🏆🏆🏆@ErrolSpenceJr scores a 10th round TKO win over Ugas.#SpenceUgas pic.twitter.com/AZTyzbDjIK
— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) April 17, 2022
Spence will now look to challenge Terrance “Bud” Crawford, who holds the WBO belt at welterweight, in a fight that will unify all major boxing belts at welterweight. Crawford vs. Spence is a fight that boxing fans have been asking and praying for for years now and it just hasn’t happened even though it’s been talked about for years (that’s boxing for you).
Errol and Bud both know what they want next 👀 #SpenceUgas pic.twitter.com/cFkksbqfoD
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) April 17, 2022
However, now we are closer than ever to getting it finally put together!
