DALLAS – Boxing superstar Errol Spence Jr. was seriously hurt when he crashed his speeding sports car in Downtown Dallas.
The crash happened around 3 a.m. Thursday on Riverfront Boulevard near Interstate 30.
Dallas police said the driver of a Ferrari was speeding when he lost control of the car, flipped several times and hit a streetlight pole.
The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car. Responding officers found him lying on the street, police said.
A spokesman for Premier Boxing Champions confirmed the driver was 29-year-old Spence, who holds the WBC & IBF welterweight world champion titles. He also competed in the 2012 Olympics.
Spence was taken to Methodist Dallas Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
His parents are now with him at the hospital, his spokesman said.
