Shawn Porter and Errol Spence Jr are preparing for a huge welterweight unification match, from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Spence, the current IBF welterweight champion, and Porter, owner of the WBC welter belt, top an attractive card that FOX SPORTS PBC will broadcast on September 29 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
“This is what I have been waiting for. I want to prove that I am the best in the division and that I am here to defeat anyone in front of me. For now, I am focused on defeating Porter and gaining the WBC title. Then I can think of Manny Pacquiao or in other names in this division,” Errol commented.
Spence, a 29-year-old from New York, before becoming a professional, won three consecutive national championships in the United States and represented his country in the 2012 Olympic Games, reaching the quarterfinals.
“I have grown as a fighter over the years, I fight in fabulous arenas and I head world-class cards. Now I am in a unification fight It`s very important for me that I have wanted this for a long time. I know that Shawn will be a complicated rival but I am sure that I can knock him out.
“Shawn is a warrior who always comes to fight, giving everything in the ring. He always comes ready, but I am fighting fit and ready too. We are always in exciting fights, willing to give the fans our best,” says Spence Jr, who comes from defeating defeat multi-champion Mikey Garcia.