Errol Spence Jr.’s title defense against Danny Garcia will be a home game for Spence.
The pay-per-view fight has been pushed back to Dec. 5 – from the original Nov. 21 – and will take place with fans in attendance at AT&T Stadium outside Dallas, Spence’s hometown, it was announced Thursday.
Organizers didn’t say how many fans will be allowed into the venue.
Spence defeated Mikey Garcia in the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in March of last year. Manny Pacquiao fought there twice.
Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) is coming off a split-decision title-unification victory over Shawn Porter in in September of last year. The following month he was involved in a horrific car accident but walked away without major injuries.
“Having my comeback fight be in front of my hometown fans at AT&T Stadium is added motivation and a dream come true,” Spence said. “It means even more because I’m going up against a great champion in Danny Garcia.
“I know people are looking out to see if I’ve lost a step or won’t be at my best, but I’m 100% focused and everything is on point in training camp. I just can’t wait to go out there on December 5 and put on a show.”
Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) is a former junior welterweight and welterweight titleholder. He last fought in January, when he easily outpointed Ivan Redkach.
“I’m very excited to get back in the ring,” Garcia said. “This is going to be my second fight of 2020, even though it’s been a crazy year with the pandemic and everything. I’m glad we’re finally getting back to where we were and that we’ll be able to bring this fight to the fans.
“This matchup is a mega-fight unification bout. It’s my opportunity to reclaim my spot at the top in this division and become a five-time world champion. Training and sparring has been going really well.
“I’m extremely prepared for this already and it can’t get here soon enough. Come December 5, I will be crowned unified champion!”
Also on the card, Sebastian Fundora (15-0-1, 10 KOs) will face Jorge Cota (30-4, 27 KOs) in a junior middleweight title eliminator, Josesito Lopez (37-8, 20 KOs) will take on Francisco Santana (25-8-1, 12 KOs ) in a welterweight bout, and Julio Ceja (32-4-1, 28 KOs) will fight Eduardo Ramirez (23-2-3, 10 KOs) in a featherweight title eliminator.
AT&T Stadium is in Arlington, Texas.
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