Spence adds 3rd title belt with TKO over WBA champ Ugás

Published April 16, 2022 11:42 PM

By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Errol Spence Jr. became a three-belt welterweight champion by defending his WBC and IBF titles in a unification bout in front of a home crowd when his bout against Yordenis Ugás was stopped in the 10th round because of the WBA champ’s right eye that was almost completely swollen shut. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds, but 1:44 into the 10th, referee Laurence Cole sent Ugás to a corner have his eye checked out by a ringside doctor for the second time. Unlike two rounds earlier, when the fight was allowed to continue, it was stopped this time despite protests by Ugás. Spence improved to 28-0 with his 22nd knockout. Ugás, the 35-year-old Cuban, is 27-5.

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