“The dude is kind of jealous of me,” Spence said to KO Artist Sports. “You look at me with PBC and Golden Boy. He’s been jealous of me. The proof is in the pudding.”
Spence tied that view to activity, noting that he can call for a fight and have one lined up immediately, while Jermell Charlo has gone without one.
“There’s a reason why he hasn’t had a fight, and there’s a reason why I can say, ‘Hey, I want a fight,’ then I have a fight tomorrow,” Spence said.
The Texas welterweight also questioned Charlo’s standing with fans, suggesting the lack of movement in his schedule is not accidental.
“People are tired of giving him fights,” Spence said. “Where can Jermell fight and sell out at? He can’t fight in Houston and sell out. So where is he fighting at?”
Spence is definitely tapping into a narrative that has been brewing in the boxing world for a while. By calling out Jermell’s inactivity, he’s hitting a sore spot because, in this sport, staying relevant is almost as hard as staying undefeated.
Spence is highlighting a harsh truth about the business side. While Jermell was undisputed at 154, Spence has always had a more consistent drawing power. Even after a long layoff and a tough loss to Terence Crawford, Spence is jumping right back into a major fight against Tim Tszyu on July 25.
Errol’s comment about Jermell not being able to sell out Houston is a direct shot at his status as a hometown attraction. Spence has successfully packed AT&T Stadium in Texas, and he’s using that as leverage to say Jermell just doesn’t have the “star power” to keep the dates coming.
Spence added that the tension between them could eventually be settled in the ring, but stopped short of naming a timeline.
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