Ugas suffered orbital fracture in TKO defeat to Spence | Inquirer Sports

Ugas suffered orbital fracture in TKO defeat to Spence

/ 06:53 AM April 18, 2022

Errol Spence Yordenis Ugas

Errol Spence Jr. celebrates after defeating Yordenis Ugas at AT&T Stadium on April 16, 2022 in Arlington, Texas.  (Getty Images via AFP)

LOS ANGELES – Yordenis Ugas’s right eye socket was fractured in his 10th-round technical knockout loss to Errol Spence in Texas, the Cuban fighter said Sunday.

“I have a fracture in my eye and in the next few days the doctors will say how they will treat it,” Ugas said in an Instagram post.

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“I spent all morning in a hospital and I write these words with only one eye, the other one is still closed.”

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Referee Laurence Cole stopped the fight in the 10th round on the advice of the ringside doctor because Ugas’s right eye was swollen shut.

The Cuban, who fell to 27-5 with 22 wins inside the distance, had fought on for three rounds after the swelling began in the wake of a left uppercut from Spence in the seventh round.

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“I couldn’t see from the eye, but I wanted to keep going to the end,” Ugas said in an in-ring interview after the bout at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in suburban Arlington.

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ESPN reported that Ugas did not require emergency surgery, and would be re-examined after the swelling subsides to determine if further medical intervention is needed.

Unbeaten Spence improved to 28-0 with 22 knockouts with the victory, adding Ugas’s World Boxing Association welterweight title to his own World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation belts.

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