Errol Spence: The Floyd Sparring Standoff, Crawford Camp Issues & The Crash That Changed Everything
About this episode
Errol Spence Jr. shares personal stories and insights about his boxing career and challenges in a candid conversation.
Errol Spence Jr. pulls up to THE ART OF WARD in Houston, in the middle of training for Tim Tszyu, for one of the most open conversations of his career. The Dallas native and former unified welterweight champion takes Andre all the way back — fighting in the DeSoto streets, a 120-degree gym with no AC, starting boxing late but making the 2012 Olympic team anyway, and the mindset that made him a feared sparring-session legend before he ever turned pro. Errol gets into the stories only he can tell: the day Floyd Mayweather called him an expletive mid-session and they turned off the bell to keep going, why his father steered him to Al Haymon over a $250K Top Rank signing bonus, the car crash that nearly took everything, the eye injury that cancelled Pacquiao, and the truth about the Crawford camp and the loss that reset his life. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:19 – Relationship Between Andre & Errol 00:02:30 – Training Camp & Working Smarter With Age 00:06:03 – Growing Up in DeSoto, Texas 00:07:16 – How Errol Got Into Boxing 00:09:47 – Amateur Career & Roy Jones Influence 00:13:00 – Competitive Mentality & Sparring Intensity…
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