WBA Give Recovery Spence Jr Met Thurman In February 2023

JAKARTA - The party that welterweight boxing lovers have been waiting for will finally materialize. Errol Spence Jr. has received the green light against Keith Thurman.

Please note, TGB Promotions, which became the promoter of Spence's match against Thurman, applied for a special permit to the World Boxing Association (WBA) on November 14. The request was fulfilled.

With a special WBA permit, the battle between the holders of the WBA Super, IBF, and WBC welterweight titles with Thurman will take place in February 2023.

"WBA decided that Spence could face Thurman," said the WBA statement on its official website as quoted via Antara, Tuesday, November 22.

WBA assessed that this match could be a step to cut the WBA world title. The reason is, WBA has also given permission for the duel of WBA (regular) world title holders Eimantas Stanionist against Vergil Ortiz.

Later the winners of the two fights will meet each other. So, in the future there will only be one WBA title that will be contested. There is no more Super WBA or regular.

Spence successfully won the WBA Super title from the hands of Yordenis Ugas in the United States on April 16, 2022. The victory made him unite three welter division titles.

Meanwhile, Thurman won in his last match. He defeated Mario Barrios in Las Vegas, February 5, 2022.