Errol Spence Jr.'s domination of Mikey Garcia could be the start of a new era in boxing
by Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times
Mar 18, 2019
3 minutes
ARLINGTON, Texas - Errol Spence Jr.'s domination of Mikey Garcia meant more that just what happened in the ring.
On a night when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao made almost ghostly pre- and post-fight appearances in the AT&T Stadium ring, welterweight champion Spence (25-0) posted a clean sweep of the scorecards against the lighter four-division champion Garcia, and a chapter in the sport's history turned.
Spence, in a transcendent showing timed perfectly for his first pay-per-view headline assignment, with 47,525 watching inside his hometown stadium, became the front-runner as best American
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