ShoBox: Dominic Wade vs. Nick Brinson & Errol Spence Jr. vs. Ronald Cruz RBR

Steve Farhood interviews Erislandy Lara, with interpreter Raul Diamante Marquez.

 

Farhood asks why it was important for Lara to fight Canelo, going as far as using social media to call him out.

Lara says when he fought Angulo he issued a challenge but was ignored so he needed to resort to social media to drum up fan support.

Farhood asks why specifically Canelo is an important target for him.

Lara says because they say he is the best light middleweight, and Lara believes himself to be the best and he feels the candidates for being called "the best" should always fight each other to determine who actually is.

:bbb

 

Errol Spence Jr. vs. Ronald Cruz, 10 rounds @ welterweight

 

Catching up delayed on DVR...

(watched FNF's main event live)

 

Round 1

Spence is working the right jab at mid-range and turning it upside down at times, almost throwing a jab/uppercut hybrid, thumb pointing at the ceiling. Cruz is keeping a high guard and watching Spence, rushing in with a 1-2 at chest level. Spence is throwing hard right jabs to keep Cruz outside. Reach-in 1-2 by Cruz, blocked, reforming his guard immediately after throwing. Spence is jabbing into the guard and tapping around the side with a light right hook. Combination on the body by Spence working off the sharp right jab. Spence melts away from a right hand by Cruz, sloping his shoulder while backing up. Spence jabs the body and then doubles up on the face. Cruz gets Spence in a headlock. Break. Another headlock. Spence is maintaining distance, landing jabs. Left hand on the jaw, right hook on the body by Spence as Cruz walks in lazily without his guard up.

10-9 Spence

 

Round 2

Spence is throwing combinations at the head, over the gloves of Cruz. Spence keeps turning Cruz and backing out to long range, ducking when Cruz shows a right hand. Double right jabs by Spence. Cruz chucks in a right on the belly, Spence sucking it in and hopping outside to avoid it. Spence is working uppercuts on the body in a clinch. Cruz gets one in.

10-9 Spence

20-18 Spence