Errol Spence Jr Talks About the Impact of Boxing on His Kids

Errol Spence Jr. has had stellar growth in the sport of boxing. Currently, he’s one belt away from being the Undisputed champion at Welterweight, as he currently holds the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles. Well, all of this couldn’t have happened without the support of some very close people in Spence’s life. Any fight with Spence Jr. would feel incomplete without the presence of his biggest fan, and that is his girlfriend, Debra. They’ve been dating for a long time now, and she’s been seen in almost every Spence bout.

Spence has always been vocal about how his family has been his biggest motivation to get better after he was in a life-threatening car accident. Besides Debra, Spence Jr. has three kids: two daughters, Ivy and Violet, and one son, Errol III, who’s named after his father and himself. Well, it’s not known if Debra is the mother of his children, but still, they’re always together like a family. Recently, he’s talked about the impact his profession of violence leaves on his little children.

Errol Spence Jr. talks about his children’s mindset when he fights inside the ring

In the recent episode of Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, Errol Spence Jr. made an appearance ahead of the biggest fight of his career against 3-division champion Terence Crawford. So, in one of the segments, the co-host, DJ Whoo Kid, asked Spence about how his kids react whenever he’s inside the ring. Do they get worried, or do they cheer him up?

Spence replied that the whole course of action is quite “natural” for his kids. He added, “I could be getting punched in sparring or anything, and it’s like a regular day for them.” DJ Whoo Kid was blown away by this, and he stated that his kids seem to have a boxing mindset already. Then Spence explained that he’s been taking them to his gym since an early age.

He said, “I’d just bring the car seat and drag them in, prop them up by the ring. And they watched me spar, watched me workout, and everything.” So they’re used to everything that happens to him. Mike Tyson, after hearing everything, also stated that his kids used to say, “Daddy’s not happy today,” whenever he used to come back after getting beaten up. Additionally, Spence’s training session is sort of a family time oftentimes.

Spence Jr. trained alongside his children even during the Terence Crawford camp

Errol Spence Jr. has been training with a lot of zest and zeal for his preparation against Terence Crawford. Their bout is just a couple of days away. And they also got done with the Undercard media workout the previous day. The fans there mocked Spence, calling him a ‘goldfish’, and he snapped back a little at Crawford fans. Nonetheless, Spence’s training videos have been getting a lot of traffic online.

One such video has been uploaded by Premium Boxing Championship on their Instagram handle. In the video, Spence can be seen doing squats with a kettlebell. While his one-and-a-half-year-old son was playing around with the weights. Also, one of his daughters could be seen in the back. So, PBC wrote in their caption, “Training is a family affair in @errolspencejr’s camp.” Well, this substantiated his statements on Hotboxin’ even more.

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The family plays a very important role in Spence’s life, and they’re his biggest drive to perform well inside the ring. Well, Spence currently has a flawless zero-loss record, so it’s yet to be seen whether his family’s love will do him any good on July 29th against Terence Crawford. What do you think about that? Tell us in the comments section.

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