(Fightnews.com) In a WBA/WBC/IBF welterweight unification battle, Errol Spence Jr., (28-0, 22 KOs) from Dallas stopped Yordenis Ugas out of Cuba (27-5, 12 KOs) in round 10 Saturday night in front of a raucous 39,946 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a tough, gritty fight.
The southpaw Spence Jr., opened the fight with his right jab and straight lefts to the body as Ugas looked to time and counter Spence over the first couple of rounds and had some success doing so. By the third, Spence picked up the pace as he landed his overhand left and uppercuts and his patented body shots. The fourth round was much the same as Spence worked his way inside of Ugas and scored to the head and body.
Spence took charge in round six with combinations and uppercuts, before a big right hand by Ugas knocked his mouthpiece out. Spence looked away to find it and Ugas capitalized with a perfectly placed right hand that temporarily wobbled Spence as he bounced off the ropes. Referee Laurence Cole eventually stopped the action and Spence was able to retrieve his mouthpiece and fully recover and went back on the attack the last part of the round. In round seven, Spence was in kill-mode as he went for the knockout and got his hometown crowd in a frenzy, but Ugas showed his warrior spirit and countered with some nice counter shots of his own.
In round eight, Spence continued the onslaught and forced the referee to halt the action to have the ringside physician look at the right eye of Ugas, that was almost completely shut. By the 10th round it was target practice for Spence who smelled blood and kept pounding Ugas on the inside as he tried desperately to end the fight with a knockout. Right before he could, Cole went back to the doctor and this time was advised to stop the fight. The official time was 1:44 as Spence Jr., earned the TKO victory.
Now that he has added the WBA belt to his WBC and IBF, the only one left is the WBO that belongs Terence “Bud” Crawford, another pound-for-pound great. The fight that seemed all but dead not too long ago, is once again alive to be this generation’s “Super Fight”.
And Spence Jr. made it clear and left no doubt on what he wants next as he told his fans in the ring after the fight: “I want Terence Crawford next. Terence, I’m coming for that …belt.”
