Boxer Errol Spence, a welterweight boxing champion from DeSoto, was seriously injured Thursday morning when he crashed a Ferrari near downtown Dallas.

Police said the 29-year-old is expected to survive his injuries but remains in intensive care. Premier Boxing Champions spokesman Tim Smith confirmed his identity, along with Dallas police.

Smith said Spence’s parents were with him at Methodist Dallas Medical Center and that the boxer’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.

The single-car crash occurred around 3 a.m. when Spence lost control at high speed in the 500 block of South Riverfront Boulevard, police said. The car crossed a median into oncoming traffic and flipped several times, police said. Spence, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected, police said.

According to a source, Errol Spence is awake and responsive in the hospital. — Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) October 10, 2019

Spence was taken to Methodist hospital with serious injuries, police said.

The boxer “is awake and responding, and his condition is listed as stable. He did not sustain any broken bones or fractures but has some facial lacerations. He is expected to make a full recovery,” the Spence family said in a statement Thursday evening.

Police said they were continuing to investigate the crash, but noted that the car was speeding at the time of the crash. Video footage showed the car rolling multiple times.

Spence’s last bout occurred Sept. 28 when he won a hard-fought battle over Shawn Porter to secure the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation welterweight titles and improve to 26-0.

Boxer Errol Spence, a welterweight champion from DeSoto, was seriously injured but was expected to survive his injuries after he was ejected from a Ferrari on Thursday morning. (Metro News Service / Special Contributor)

“This is a lifetime dream,” Spence told The Associated Press after the fight. “It shows hard work pays off. ... Shawn Porter is a rough and awkward fighter. I didn’t get off what I wanted to. He’s a true champion. He made it tough ... [but] all my punches have bad intentions.”

Porter said on Twitter that he hopes for a speedy recovery for his competitor.

“I’m praying for @ErrolSpenceJr & his family because he has a lot of life to live,” he wrote.

My dad always tells me “this boxing thing is a part of your life but it’s not going to last forever. U still have a lot of life to live after that.” With that, I'm praying for @ErrolSpenceJr & his family because he has a lot of life to live and I pray he recovers quickly & fully. — ShowtimeShawn Porter (@ShowtimeShawnP) October 10, 2019

Before the fight with Porter, Spence told The Dallas Morning News that he hoped a victory would launch him to stardom.

“This is what everybody is pushing for,” Spence said. “Floyd [Mayweather Jr.] is out now and everybody wants to be that pay-per-view king, and it’s definitely one of my ambitions, one of my goals. To be a pay-per-view fighter and pay-per-view king, every fight counts, especially this one, and you got the networks and the only thing they care about is numbers. You have to put up great numbers so you can get back on Fox pay-per-view.”

Spence’s family later released the following statement:

"Errol Spence Jr., IBF/WBC unified welterweight world champion, was involved in a serious, single-car accident in Dallas early Thursday morning and is being treated at a Dallas-area hospital. Spence is awake and responding and his condition is listed as stable. He did not sustain any broken bones or fractures, but has some facial lacerations. He is expected to make a full recovery.

“He is currently resting with his family by his side. They want to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes and are extremely grateful to the Dallas first responders who rushed to the scene to attend to Errol after the accident and the doctors who are taking care of him at the hospital.”

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Staff writer Calvin Watkins contributed to this report.