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Dallas Native Errol Spence To Defend Welterweight Title At Ford Center

FRISCO, Texas – Leave it to Cowboys COO Stephen Jones to lend some self-deprecating humor during the announcement of Dallas’ own Errol Spence Jr. basically returning home to defend his IBF Welterweight World title right out here at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco.

“Tell you what, we don’t get to – it’s been too long since we’ve been touching champions,” Jones said during the promotional press conference for the first boxing match inside Ford Center, scheduled for Saturday, June 16 at 9 p.m. “I grabbed Errol in there, and said, ‘Let me touch.’ It’s been a long run for us to be called a champion.