Just weeks before the iconic fight against the Filipino sensation, Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr, ‘The Truth’ suffered a retinal tear that took him out of the fight.

However, the unified welterweight world champion is now going up against the Cuban international, Yordenis Ugás on April 16th, 2022. Leading up to the fight, Spence sat down with Brian Custer on Last Stand Podcast where he opened up about his near career-ending injury.

What happened to Errol Spence Jr?

The 32-year-old explained the event as it happened to Brian Custer, he said, “I didn’t know I had a retina tear but I do remember when it happened because when the guy hit me I felt like little, I heard like a little pop and then I went to the corner like man my eye or whatever, they looked at my eye and then I actually came back out there and sparred like four-five more rounds and two days later I had sparred again”

When the doctors asked the 32-year-old whether he could see a shadow to his far left, he said, “I mean I see a little something but it ain’t nothing too crazy like it’s not disrupting my vision or whatever”

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What did the commission’s doctor have to say about his injury?

‘The Truth’ decided to go to the commission’s doctor in Vegas who looked at his eye for two minutes and said, “I got some good news I got some bad news, bad news is that there’s no way you can fight and then the good news is that it’s partially detached so I mean they can put it back on but you know there’s no way you can fight”

On April 16th, Errol Spence Jr. will take on the titleholder Yordenis Ugás, who is coming off a historic win against Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao. This electrifying bout is set to have the boxing world on its feet. Errol Spence will look to make a statement with his performance.

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