Errol Spence Jr. has said he feels like he did before his horrific, car-flipping accident in October. He has only one more obstacle to overcome: his dental situation.
The welterweight titleholder lost teeth in the accident, which required three posts to be implanted in his mouth. He won’t be cleared to spar until the posts are replaced with permanent teeth.
“I have no restrictions in my training except sparring,” Spence said on the “All The Smoke” podcast, which is available on Showtime Sports’ YouTube channel. “I can’t spar yet because I got my teeth knocked out. And they put two posts in my mouth, well, three posts in my mouth. And I’m waiting on them to heal.
“And once they heal, then I’ll get my permanent teeth. And then I’ll be able to spar.”
Spence told podcast hosts Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson that the shutdown of boxing because of the coronavirus pandemic will have allowed him time to ease back into his normal routine.
“In all actuality, this pandemic has really been helping me out a lot, yeah, basically [with] recovery and just taking my time to get back,” Spence said. “But I’m already back. I’m 100 percent. I went to a facility in Cleveland, where they checked me out, checked my brain, gave me MRIs and things like that, and everything went well.
“So, everything’s been going good. I think I’m 100 percent healthy and in shape.”
Spence doesn’t know who or when he’ll fight next. Manny Pacquiao reportedly is a viable option but, as arguably the top 147-pounder, he has a number of good options in a deep division.