Errol Spence Fires Back At 'Washed' Claims

Errol Spence fired back at people on X on Wednesday, scolding them for assigning the label “Washed” to him. Former unified three-belt welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) says that social media followers use the “washed” term “too loosely.”

Two-year Layoff

The reason people say Spence is over-the-hill is because he hasn’t fought in two years and is coming off a ninth-round knockout loss to Terence Crawford on July 29, 2023. Errol hasn’t fought a fight in three years since his tenth-round technical knockout of Yordenis Ugas on April 16, 2022. Additionally, Spence turns 35 next week on March 3rd.

The two-year layoff is bad enough for fans to say Spence is washed, but when you add to that his age, his brutal knockout loss to Crawford, numerous injuries, and long spell since his last victory, it shows that he’s done.

Spence is also quite wealthy, and we’ve seen money wreck many fighters’ careers by taking away their ambition to keep fighting. When they accumulate an immense fortune, many fighters stop competing frequently, become overly selective, and turn in poor performances. The inactivity leads to a drop-off in performances.

If Spence wants to show fans that he’s not washed, he needs to do that because he’s allowed two years to go by since his loss to Crawford. For whatever reason, Errol just isn’t fighting, and you have to figure his confidence is shot. Even if he’s not physically shot, he’s mentally given up, and that equates to a fighter being washed.

WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora said he’s “open” to fight Spence or Crawford after his title defense against Chordale Booker on March 22nd.

“Errol Spence or Terence Crawford fights are always open. I’d love to fight either of them,” said Sebastian Fundora in a press release this week.