Joey Spencer
Joey Spencer
11 Pro Wins
Joey Spencer (born March 24,2000 Linden,Michigan) is a professional boxer.[3]
Amateur Career.
Spencer won his first of nine amateur boxing titles at the age of eleven and posted a 90-10 amateur record.The
Spencer’s moved to Northern California in 2016,where they trained at the gym of 2011 Trainer Of The Year Virgil Hunter.The younger Spencer also had access to two-division world champion Andre Ward.He stated:
I saw the tail end of my father’s amateur career.I
became a huge fan of the sport at a very young age.Boxing is
all I thought about.It’s all I
was ever around.At six,I was already
fighting,so I was always boxing.It came to the point
by [age] eight,my father got me involved with these different tournaments around the country and it grew from there.
Professional Career
Turned Pro In 2018
A 17-year-old Spencer made his pro debut at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on February 17, 2018.In front of a nationally televised audience, he delivered a second-round tko of Uriel Gonzalez.
Then in April 2018,Spencer needed only 55 seconds to defeat Ousmane Sylla.That
was followed by a first-round knockout of Tom Howard in June and a two-knockdown second-round stoppage of Bruce Lutchmedial in August.He scored
another first-round knockout of Cory Macon in September.Spencer stated:
My fourth fight [Lutchmedial] was in New York,on the Andre Berto-Devon Alexander card.Both
Andre Ward and Floyd Mayweather were ringside.That was
a big deal for me. Spencer.It was
incredible
because they’re two of my favorite all-time fighters.Their presence just made
me really excited to perform in front of them.That was the first time
I met Floyd. It was amazing that they
were
Fought 5 Times In 2019
Spencer stepped up the competition in 2019,fighting five times in total and winning all of them.On
January 13, 2019,he knocked out Brandon Harder in two rounds.That was
followed by six-round unanimous decisions over Osias Vasquez in April and Akeem Black in June.He scored a
three-knockdown third-round knockout of Travis Gambardella in September 2019.
The Spencer’s moved to Northern California in 2016,where they worked at the gym of 2011 Trainer Of The Year Virgil Hunter.The younger Spencer also had access to two-division world champion Andre Ward.
Spencer earned Premier Boxing Champions 2019 Prospect of the Year honors.
Ranked 147th By Boxrec
On August 22,2020 he ko'd Shawn West on the on FOX in 2019.As
of September 2020 he is ranked 147th in the world at middleweight division by BoxRec.As of January 2021 he has a professional record of 12 wins,0 losses with 9 knockouts.