Errol Spence: The Floyd Sparring Standoff, Crawford Camp Issues & The Crash That Changed Everything

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.

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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
00:15:30 – Starting Late & Being Preserved
00:18:51 – 2012 Olympics Experience
00:20:01 – Turning Pro & Signing With Al Haymon
00:28:24 – Financial Wisdom & Life After Boxing
00:34:13 – Sparring Floyd Mayweather
00:38:58 – Kell Brook Fight in England
00:42:52 – Relationship With Jerry Jones & AT&T Stadium Fight
00:47:04 – Free Agent on Handshakes Only
00:50:29 – Drinking & The Car Accident
00:54:13 – The Shawn Porter Fight
00:58:51 – Financial Discipline & Living Off Interest
01:01:11 – The Car Accident: What He Remembers
01:07:25 – Life After the Accident
01:10:22 – Reconnecting With God After the Crawford Loss
01:15:26 – Being a Present Father
01:22:58 – Manny Pacquiao Fight Falling Through & Eye Injury
01:29:13 – Making the Crawford Fight Happen
01:31:47 – Crawford Camp Issues & Derrick James
01:38:41 – The Crawford Fight Night
01:44:59 – Life After the Crawford Loss
01:52:32 – Why He’s Still Fighting at 36
01:57:47 – Closing Thoughts & Appreciation

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