But Spann wasn’t going to stay down for long. He got back to work and waited for the phone to ring. And it did – with an unexpected offer to rematch Anthony Smith on August 26.
“Yeah, I think I was surprised. It was weird that they came to me with it,” Spann said. “I didn’t think that we would get it back, but it really didn’t matter because I was ready to move on if I needed to. But yeah, it was a bit surprising.”
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Spann didn’t have many thoughts about that first fight with Smith. Sure, he was disappointed with the result, but he can’t even look back at the tape and recognize himself in that bout.
“It’s hard to say because I didn’t show up for the first fight,” Spann said. “It’s hard to take anything from it, really.”
