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That night he wrecked his Ferrari in a one-car accident in Dallas that left him in critical condition. He wasn&#8217;t wearing a seat belt, was intoxicated, and ejected from the car, three things that should have meant death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Spence cheated death as it wasn&#8217;t his time yet.<\/p><div id=\"first-452959185\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, he used it as a moment of reflection and a time to refocus on the things that meant the most to him- his family, his career and his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a wakeup call, and most importantly it gave me perspective,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZKQcPtfgARo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Spence on the podcast <em>The Pivot<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI had to really sit down. I realized that all that outside stuff is just a distraction. What\u2019s important are the people close to you. Because when it\u2019s over, that\u2019s all you\u2019ve got. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I realized that I was playing on borrowed time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Realizing that, Spence went back to work.<\/p><div id=\"first-2377595950\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He took care of his injuries and began training again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then a setback occurred in the form of a detached retina, which forced him to pull out of an August 2021 fight against Manny Pacquiao. It would have been the biggest fight in his career, but instead, he would have to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So he trained even harder, and in December 2021, he entered the ring for the fight time in over a year to face Danny Garcia, as tough a fighter as there is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 12 rounds, Spence won by unanimous decision.<\/p><div id=\"first-442745044\" class=\"first-content_3 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream4 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More importantly, he passed his first test since death appeared on his doorstep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the concrete couldn\u2019t break anything in my body, then how could a man hurt me? That\u2019s why I came straight out of the gate and fought a strong ex-champion in Danny Garcia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight, five months after defeating Garcia, Spence returns to AT&amp;T Stadium in his hometown to face a challenger even tougher than Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WBA Super Welterweight champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/proboxer\/541777\">Yordenis Ugas<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spence knows what he&#8217;s up against, but don&#8217;t forget. He&#8217;s also the WBC and IBF world welterweight champion, so he&#8217;s no slouch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ug\u00e1s is a tough fighter, said Spence in the press conference. &#8220;He\u2019s a guy that embraces the fight and wanting to go toe-to-toe. If he has to, he\u2019ll do anything to win. I\u2019m that type of guy. I\u2019m the type of guy that if I have to go toe-to-toe, I will. If I have to stay there and fight, I will.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some express doubt that Spence can be the fighter he once was, claiming that if he was the same man, he would have knocked out Garcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that&#8217;s disrespectful to both Spence and Garcia, for both men are equally tough. In all of the years that I&#8217;ve watched Danny Garcia in the pros, I&#8217;ve never seen him go down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same can be said of Spence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen people say I can\u2019t do this or I can\u2019t do that, I prove them wrong every time. I am the same guy I was before the accident and the injury. I feel like I\u2019m better than that guy that fought Shawn Porter or Danny Garcia,&#8221; exclaimed Spence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight, Errol Spence Jr. will face his toughest test. 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