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Welterweight contender Errol Spence Jr. is on the doorstep of a world title shot.Spence, the 2015 ESPN.com prospect of the year, will meet Leonard Bundu in a world title elimination fight on Sunday in the first boxing event at the new Ford Amphitheater at the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York -- and he does not just want a victory.Spence wants to impress the national television audience that will be watching the Premier Boxing Champions match, which airs on NBC at about 5 p.m. ET -- immediately after the mens basketball Olympic gold-medal game. Other bouts from the card will air on tape delay beginning at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN.I just look for another spectacular fight, another spectacular one-sided performance, Spence said. This seems like a familiar refrain, as most of Spences fights so far have been one-sided. Turning pro after reaching the quarterfinals for Team USA in the 2012 Olympics, Spence was regarded by most as the fighter with the best professional potential from the team. So far, he is realizing it.In his last fight, on April 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn,New York, Spence destroyed former junior welterweight titlist Chris Algieri on NBC in prime time. He knocked Algieri down three times and stopped him in the fifth round of an overwhelming performance, even more impressive than Manny Pacquiaos decision win against Algieri in a 2014 world title bout.Ive promoted a lot of fighters throughout the years, and there wasnt a better fighter from the last Olympic class or this one that is better than Errol Spence Jr., promoter Lou DiBella said. In terms of ability, talent and instincts, hes world-class. He fights with much more intelligence than his ring age. Hes a master of controlling the ring. When I watch this kid fight Im always blown away.On Sunday, Spence Jr. is fighting a real professional and he has a chance to prove something on national television. This is a great forum for him to follow the Olympic gold-medal basketball game. The kind of audience that is going to watch the gold-medal game [is] the kind of people that we need to bring into boxing.Spence (20-0, 17 KOs), a 26-year-old southpaw from DeSoto, Texas, would like to match his April showing against the 41-year-old Bundu (33-1-2, 12 KOs), a 2000 Olympian from Italy and the reigning European champion.Of course I would want the knockout, but with me, I just look for, you know, a spectacular performance, said Spence, who was born in the New York area and will have plenty of family and friends cheering him on. Its like walk them down or go for the knockout. You know, hopefully I get the knockout. If it comes, Im definitely going to take it. But if I have to box, then Ill box, too, but hopefully I have another performance like I did with Chris Algieri.Im a rising star, and I want to look spectacular against him and get a knockout, but main goal is to win. Thats what Im looking for.The winner of the bout will earn a mandatory title shot at the 147-pound belt held by Englands Kell Brook, though when the winner fights for the title, Brook is unlikely to still hold it as he is moving up to middleweight for a shot at unified titleholder Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 10; win or lose, he will likely never see 147 pounds again.Whether Spence fights Brook for the title or somebody else for the vacant belt is not his concern. He just wants the win over Bundu. Then comes the title opportunity.Bundu is a very good fighter. Hes experienced and technically sound, but he can be awkward, said Spence, who hopes to become the second member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team to win a world title after Raushee Warren won a bantamweight belt on June 18. We went [down] the rankings trying to find an opponent. A lot of guys didnt want to fight me, even in a title eliminator. So I want to thank Bundu for taking the fight.Im not worried about whats going to happen next. I know whats next if I take care of my business. If I win Im guaranteed a chance at the world title. I want the title fight sooner rather than later.Spence is a huge favorite against Bundu, who has won two fights in a row against low-level opponents since suffering his first defeat, a shutout decision in which he got knocked down by Keith Thurman in an interim world title bout in December 2014 in Las Vegas.Bundu is aware that he is a big underdog against Spence, but he said he is not at all intimidated.Spence Jr. is a good boxer. Hes probably my toughest fight to date, Bundu said. These kinds of fights make me more motivated. I have nothing to lose. Im going to give it all I have, and Im very confident in myself. I believe I can be victorious.Spence Jr. and Thurman have some similarities but also are completely different fighters. I have studied Spence and I believe I will have an even better chance against [him]. I thought my performance was OK against Thurman. There was definitely room to improve and I think Im an even better fighter now than I was then. I feel like I was 10 years ago. Im like wine. Im truly getting better with age.Said DiBella: Theres no question Errol is the favorite while Bundu is the underdog, but hes been the underdog before. He knows he has to win and that this could be his last chance on a big stage.For Spence, it is likely just the start of what could be many years on the big stage.I dont have an eye on the future, he said. I think winning this fight, my future is already set in stone, so Im locked into this fight. Once I get an opponent, Im locked into him. Im locked into Bundu. This is the title eliminator.So Im not worried about the future because I know what comes after this is the world title fight. I [will] win but I dont know how Im going to win, but Im going to win and Im going to look spectacular doing it. San Diego Padres Gear . Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night. Stitched Padres Jerseys . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. https://www.cheappadresjerseys.us/ .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. Today, we look back at Boston Strong - a citys recovery from tragedy. Cheap Padres Jerseys . 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SEATTLE -- The Toronto Blue Jays got another huge crowd cheering for them at Safeco Field on Monday night, and they rewarded the Canadian fans with a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners.Toronto already turned the Mariners home field into Canada South, and now the Blue Jays want to inflict further damage by knocking Seattle further back in the American League wild-card hunt.The Blue Jays (82-68) are currently tied with Baltimore atop the wild-card standings, with Seattle trailing by three games. A win Tuesday could really put the Mariners (79-71) in a bad spot with just 11 games left on the schedule.Weve got to keep playing; thats what our schedule says, Seattle manager Scott Servais said after Mondays loss. And we play the same team (Tuesday), and theyre the team ahead of us.The Blue Jays were celebrating after winning the first game of the series, and they gave the fans who traveled south a lot of the credit.Its incredible, center fielder Kevin Pillar said of the pro-Blue Jays atmosphere that comes from thousands of Canadians from British Columbia heading south for the annual series. The best way to describe it is overwhelming. Its emotional. ... Not to knock our fans at home, but when its the only three games our Canadian fans are going to see all year, its just a different energy.Starter Marco Estrada, who flirted with a no-hitter before giving up a leadoff single in the seventh inning, echoed those sentiments.We feltt like we were the home team, he said after a one-hit performance over seven innings.dddddddddddd. And its something we can build off of.One-time Mariner (and three-time Blue Jay) J.A. Happ is scheduled to be on the mound for Toronto. Happ began last season with Seattle but was traded to Pittsburgh midway through the year. He re-signed with the Blue Jays in the offseason and is having a career year at the age of 33. Happ (19-4) goes into Tuesday seeking the first 20-win season of his career.Seattle will counter with dependable veteran Hisashi Iwakuma, who leads the team with 16 wins -- also a career high. Iwakuma was the Mariners best starter for the first four months of the season but stumbled down the stretch in August. The 35-year-old right-hander has rebounded to win each of his past two starts.Iwakuma might be pitching at home, but hell be in a somewhat unfamiliar environment. The thousands of Canadian fans have made sure the Blue Jays feel right at home in Seattles stadium.The hometown feel gave the Blue Jays a lift Monday night, and now the AL wild-card leaders are hoping to build off that win and keep rewarding the visiting fans.We really needed this, Estrada said after the Blue Jays snapped their two-game losing streak Monday night. We just have to build off this and keep it going. ' ' '