Spence is considered by many today as the new face of boxing and the pound for pound king, after his latest phenomenal win and memorable performance versus previously undefeated 4 division champion Mikey Garcia, in front of a 48,000 thousand electrifying crowd at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. As an amateur Spence Jr. won three consecutive United States national championships and represented the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals; all in the welterweight division. As a professional, Spence Jr. has held the IBF welterweight title since 2017, when he traveled to Sheffield, England, in May of that year and dethroned Kell Brook with an 11th round KO Stoppage in front of 27,000 Brits.