Eddie Hearn expects Errol Spence Jr to stay at 154 to marketing campaign in that weight class after his subsequent combat towards Keith Thurman in April.
Hearn says it’s going to be more difficult for Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) to make the 147-lb restrict after the automobile accidents and eye surgical procedure that he’s handled prior to now.
Furthermore, Spence is popping 33 subsequent month on March third, and he’ll be coming off a one-year layoff since his final combat towards Yordenis Ugas on April sixteenth, 2022. In making weight for that combat, Spence appeared skeletal, and he didn’t carry out effectively as he had prior to now.
Whether or not that was a results of the ordeal, Spence went via to make weight or the wear and tear & tear from his automobile accident in 2019 is unknown.
If Spence does select to remain at 154, followers might want to await Terence Crawford to maneuver up in weight earlier than they lastly see this match happen.
Many individuals have already given up on this combat as a result of, not like the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Manny Pacquiao contest, neither man is staying energetic sufficient or going through ok opposition to perk the curiosity of boxing followers.
Crawford has been preventing solely every year towards mediocre opposition for some time now, and he lacks the charisma to construct a big following the way in which Mayweather did.
“I feel he’s been at 147 for a very long time. He’s very tight on the weight. Once you have a look at the mileage on Errol Spence via accident, via the attention operation and stuff like that, it’s going to be tougher for him to begin making weight,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to media when requested if Errol Spence will come again down from 154 to 147 after he faces Keith Thurman in April.
If Spence stays at 154, hopefully, he’ll face Jermell Charlo or his undisputed junior middleweight championship and fighters like Tim Tszyu, Tony Harrison, and Sebastian Fundora. After all, if Spence is barely going to be preventing every year, his profession may very well be over by the point he faces all these fighters.
“I don’t know him personally, so I can’t inform you, however I keep in mind seeing him in Sheffield [in May 2017 against Kell Brook] when he made 147, which was years in the past, and I’m shocked he’s nonetheless there,” mentioned Hearn.
“Respect to him and the way in which he makes that weight, however I see him shifting up, and I suppose 154 is his future,” mentioned Hearn about Spence.
