Errol Spence stays unbeaten, stops Yordenis Ugas in 10th to unify welterweight titles

ARLINGTON, Texas — Errol Spence was dazed as he peered around the ring looking for his mouthpiece.

Yordenis Ugas sent it flying on Saturday after he connected with a brutal right hand in Round 6 before referee Laurence Cole slowly moved to halt the action to allow Spence to retrieve it. That's when Ugas connected with a left hand followed by a right that sent the distracted Spence careening into the ropes for what could have been called a knockdown.

The series of events seemed to only reinvigorate Spence, who was fighting in front of his hometown fans at AT&T Stadium for the third time. He began to attack far more aggressively the following round and took control of the bout after he buckled Ugas with a left uppercut. The systematic beating he dispensed on Ugas slowly but surely closed the Cuban's right eye before the ringside doctor advised Cole to stop the fight at 1:44 of Round 10.

With the victory, Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) added Ugas' WBA welterweight title along with the WBC and IBF titles he already owned. Now, Spence only needs Terence Crawford's WBO title to become undisputed 147-pound champion.

«Everybody knows who I want next, I want Terence Crawford next,» said Spence, ESPN's No. 6 pound-for-pound boxer. «That's the fight that I want, that's the fight everybody else wants. Terence, I'm coming for that mother------- belt.»

For years, Spence and Crawford have circled each other but never came close to finalizing a deal for what's long been one of boxing's biggest potential bouts. Crawford's win over Shawn Porter in November was the final of his long-term deal with Top Rank, a promotional company that rarely does business with PBC.

Now that Crawford is a promotional free agent, the greatest roadblock to the matchup