I think he was in a very mentally and physically taxing accident and that regardless of visibly minor injuries, it takes time to heal and recover from a near miss like that. Boxing is a brutal sport, both physically and mentally. If he thinks he needs time to recuperate before jumping back into hard sparring and training, so be it. His big advantage is that he's young and strong and it would be a different story if this happened after 35 or so. His style is very physical so anything less than his best is not going to work for him to maximize his skills. As noted earlier, he's probably a bit embarrassed about the spectacle and everyone knowing his business as he seems to be a bit of a low key guy when not promoting a fight. He made a mistake and it made national headlines. I would feel a bit shy and reclusive after that too.
Now if he does come back and gets beat by Crawford the excuse will be "Spence isnt the same because of the accident. Thats why Crawford gave him the beating he did"
I would expect deep muscle damage in the back, shoulders, forearms , and at least a thigh and and a calf. Probably some issues with his neck as well.
Hopefully not a brain injury. Kid made a mistake. A big one. He put himself and others at danger. He needs to deal with that on top of his health. Hopefully comes out of this a better person.
Yeah, agreed. I've come off motorcycles hundreds and hundreds of times, on and off road/track etc*, and the most serious ones almost never gave me broken bones either, but whiplash injury, wrist and patella damage, road rash, hyper-extension of joints can hurt for longer and take longer to recover from than straight breaks. *99% off road (dirtbike) incidents, two serious ones involving multiple vehicles on road in a 20 year time frame.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/boxing/10406466/errol-spence-mugshot-car-crash/ That eye does not look good. And this (From Arum) doesn't sound good: " I don’t think [Crawford-Spence will] happen next year,” Arum told IFL TV for an interview that posted to its YouTube channel Thursday night. “I don’t think it’ll happen the year after. And it’s not because promoters don’t want it to happen. [It’s] because I have grave doubts whether Errol Spence will be back in the ring in the foreseeable future. [As unfortunate] as that may be, and I have received some inside intelligence that allows me to say that. “So, I mean, let’s pass on Errol Spence because until we see him face to face, until he appears in public, until we can establish that he’s ready to go back into the ring, it’s unfortunate, but let’s not talk about him. He’s a lovely young man. That was a horrible accident that he had. And just leave it at that.” The 88-year-old Arum declined to reveal who updated him on Spence’s health. “I don’t think that would be appropriate, but it is good information,” Arum said. “It’s, very unfortunately, very good information.”