‘Opportunity for Brook’

“Kell Brook has a terrific opportunity to showcase his skills to the division,” Thurman said. “Errol has the opportunity to make a big statement. I’m just waiting to see who wins.”

Brook, 30, suffered his first loss last September, stopped by undisputed middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin after jumping up two weight classes for the bout.

Garcia hopes his fight and the Brook-Spence bout set the stage for delivering an undisputed welterweight champion, something the division has not seen since Zab Judah held three of the four belts in 2006.

The Garcia-Thurman fight took on extra emotion last month at a news conference when Garcia’s father and trainer, Angel Garcia, screamed racial insults at Thurman, who moved towards the elder Garcia before security personnel intervened.