When boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao fought at AT&T Stadium in 2010, a wide-eyed Errol Spence, Jr. sat in the audience largely as an obscure 20-year-old boxer from Desoto.
He was in the midst of a three-year run as the national amateur welterweight champion. But it was two years before he started to make a semi-name for himself as a 2013 Olympian before losing in the quarterfinals and deciding to turn pro.
As the laid back and understated Spence grew as a professional, he had to call other boxers out to get attention and fights. He had to go out of the country to make a name for himself.