Errol Spence Jr. Hospitalized After Being Seriously Injured in Rollover Crash in Texas
By Sam Dunn
The boxing world awoke this morning to the kind of awful news that makes you hold your breath and wish you had merely had a bad dream. Errol Spence Jr., one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world, has been hospitalized in Dallas after a serious automobile accident that occurred around 3 a.m. local time.
Reports indicate that Spence's Ferrari rolled over multiple times, and that he was ejected from the vehicle.
#BREAKING: Sources confirm to CBS 11 News that the driver who was injured in a rollover crash this morning is boxer Errol Spence Jr. of DeSoto: https://t.co/ZAoEj196v5 pic.twitter.com/DRChz4vNfe
— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) October 10, 2019
Dallas Police have not confirmed a cause for the accident as of this writing. In the meantime, Spence is receiving treatment at a local hospital.
Per CBS 11 News, the 29-year-old WBC and IBF welterweight champion is expected to survive his injuries.
UPDATE: Sources tell @CBSDFW Pro boxer ERROL SPENCE JR is the “high-profile man” @Dallaspd says was seriously injured after being ejected from the #Ferrari he was driving during a rollover crash on Riverfront Blvd. He was transported hospital, but expected to survive. #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/JjkCP2OcXz
— Madison Sawyer (@MadisonSawyerTV) October 10, 2019
Spence is not even two weeks removed from a his thrilling title unification bout against Shawn Porter. In what many analysts immediately called the fight of the year, the Desoto, Texas native weathered Porter's best effort, scoring a late knockdown and earning the win by split decision.
Today, however, boxing is the last thing on anyone's mind. We wish nothing but the very best for Errol Spence. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this truly scary time.