{"id":299906,"date":"2025-11-22T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299906\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T15:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:55:03","slug":"errol-spence-jr-called-out-for-huge-comeback-fight-2-years-on-from-terence-crawford-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299906\/","title":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr called out for huge comeback fight 2 years on from Terence Crawford defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Errol Spence Jr<\/a> has been presented with a monumental opportunity for his next assignment, even though the former unified welterweight champion has not fought since July 2023.<\/p>\n

It came as a sizeable shock for many fans when Spence found himself on the receiving end of a one-sided beatdown against Terence Crawford.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, the Texan had amassed a solid unbeaten run against the likes of Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia and Yordenis Ugas, only to then lose his three major titles at 147lbs in convincing fashion.<\/p>\n

It was that ninth-round stoppage that plunged the future of Spence\u2019s career into uncertainty, or at least gave credibility to claims that he was no longer at the peak of his powers.<\/p>\n

It has recently been rumoured that the 35-year-old is expected to end his two-and-a-half year layoff, perhaps in 2026, and attempt to reinvent himself as a rejuvenated super-welterweight operator.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hoping to spoil those plans before they really begin is Vergil Ortiz Jr, who insists that their potential match-up could quite easily headline a card at the AT&T Stadium, Texas.<\/p>\n

Since moving up to 154lbs, Ortiz has claimed notable wins over Serhii Bohachuk, Israil Madrimov and, more recently, Erickson Lubin, who he stopped in the second round earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, shortly after his last outing, the 27-year-old faced off in the ring with his American rival, Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis, in what appeared to be a promotional push for their possible showdown next year.<\/p>\n

Ortiz\u2019s manager, Rick Mirigian, however, later took to social media and expressed his interest in an all-Texas clash with Spence.<\/p>\n

Echoing his handler\u2019s thoughts, Ortiz told FightHype<\/a> after his victory over Lubin that it would be his \u2018dream\u2019 to fight Spence at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s next. If I had to pick, I\u2019m gonna be honest, it would be Spence, because that\u2019s my dream fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been calling [for] it [to happen] at the Cowboys Stadium. I just think that\u2019s my dream fight. I don\u2019t care what anyone says about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr has been presented with a monumental opportunity for his next assignment, even though the former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-299906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}