Pacquiao is scheduled to sign a contract to fight Spencer in August 2021. But when Spencer was ruled out with an eye injury, Yudis Ugas stepped in. Ugas beat Pacquiao by one point, and Spencer believed he would have crushed Pacquiao even harder if he had been on the field.
"It's going to be a great battle. As far as Pacquiao is concerned, I am a boxer very different from Pacquiao, and at this point, I am a better fighter. You've been mentioning Pacquiao, but it's like mentioning Ali. Pacquiao had passed his peak. It was the torch that would pass to me, but I missed the opportunity, so I just had to do a great show. ”
"Ugas is a real warrior, but I'm hungry too. I won't let this opportunity pass you by. I'm going to put on a great show for my audience. ”
Double champion Spencer, 27, and Ugas, 35, will officially battle at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, on April 16, with the winners unifying the gold-level "sub-middleweight" three gold belts of professional boxing.