Welterweight champion Errol Spence recovering after car crash

ERROL SPENCE is expected to make a full recovery after a car crash.

The WBC and IBF welterweight champion was taken to intensive care after the crash in Dallas, Texas.

A statement from his representatives at Premier Boxing said Spence โ€œis resting with his family by his side.

โ€œThe Spences want to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes and are extremely grateful to the Dallas first responders who rushed to the scene and the doctors who are taking care of him.โ€

A statement from Dallas Police Department said Spence, driving a Ferrari and not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle when it โ€œflipped multiple timesโ€ in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The 29-year-old was subsequently taken to an intensive care unit at a local hospital.

The statement read: โ€œOn October 10, 2019, at 2:53am, a white Ferrari was travelling at a high rate of speed northbound in the 500 block S. Riverfront Boulevard.

โ€œThe Ferrari veered left over the centre median onto the southbound lanes and flipped multiple times ejecting the driver who was not wearing a seatbelt.

โ€œThe driver, Errol Spence Jr, 29-years-old, was taken to an area hospital where he remains in ICU. He is expected to live. The cause of the accident is undetermined at this time.โ€

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Spence beat Shawn Porter to unify welterweight titles Stephanie Trapp/TGB Promotions

Spence added the WBC belt to his IBF title last month when he beat fellow American Shawn Porter in Los Angeles, and is unbeaten in 26 fights as a professional.

He has held the IBF crown since taking it from Kell Brook with victory over the Briton at Sheffield Unitedโ€™s Bramall Lane in 2017.

Brook took to Twitter to offer his wishes to Spence, saying: โ€œGet well soon champ! Thoughts are with you and wishing you a full and speedy recovery.โ€

Multiple world champion Terence Crawford also tweeted: โ€œPraying for you champ Errol Spence Jr, get well, we fighters I know you will.โ€

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