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4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 5:11am
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Thanks for being with us today.
Tim Tszyu has won against this dangerous American rival, who didn’t quite look at the races today to be honest.
But it’s a big win because it puts him back on track after two devastating defeats.
The plan seems to be that he will face Keith Thurman later this year, probably in Australia.
Then, he wants a rematch against Fundora. He wants his belt back that, frankly, was taken from him after a freak injury.
It was a vastly improved display from Tszyu.
Keith Thurman will provide another challenge though. A different challenge. A tougher challenge.
Thanks for being with me, I’ll catch you again next time.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 5:07am
He still hasnt beaten anyone really
– Haydon Cooper
It’s a tough one, because there are, obviously, a lot of fighters at this weight.
There’s an argument to be made that he’s been well matched before his move over to the States.
But he’s been a world champion. You don’t become a world champion at these weights by beating nobody.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 5:06am
He might be able to have a rematch with the Russian
– Joe
He is talking a lot about Keith Thurman though, so I think that’s the one that’s next off the rank to be honest.
He has just told Main Event that he would like the Fundora rematch too.
No mention of Murtazaliev.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 5:04am
Tim Tszyu is talking to Main Event now.
“It’s just a lot off the chest,” Tszyu is telling Main Event now.
“I was expecting him to come at me, but once he stood still that’s when I felt like I was in control.
“I started feeling him.
“When you have that jab that’s going through the middle, you have the control.”
He says he’s surprised that Spencer didn’t go down under that barrage of punches.
He adds that he’s thrilled that he was able to come back from the consecutive defeats.
“You rise from that, hopefully it’s an example to a lot of people,” he says.
He now wants Keith Thurman, saying that it would be “a hell of a fight”.
“That would be a different fight,” he says.
“What I did tonight, I can’t do against Keith.”
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:58am
It was a mercy, because looking at the replay, Spencer was being pounded into oblivion there.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:55am
Oh wow, how happy does Tim Tszyu look.
“No pressure man, I’m happy,” he says as everyone around him smiles.
“Actually yeah there was a bit of pressure,” he then adds.
“I hope I learned, that if they drop and go on the floor, when shit hits the fan, you can always get up and come back.”
What was the hardest experience of this fight?
“Last night’s weight cut was a hell of an experience,” Tszyu says, looking a bit haunted in honesty.
“The critics, they’re always going to be there, but I proved it to everyone in the world, I’m back.”
Now the important bit.
“I learned from my mistakes,” he says.
“You don’t go in like a hot head from the first round and just abandon everything.
“I learned my lesson.”
He credits Joey Spencer as “one hell of an opponent”.
Spencer, hanging on the ropes in the corner, smiles and puts his thumbs up in front of a face that looks like it’s been slapped repeatedly by concrete.
Tszyu has a message for Keith Thurman as well.
“Sign the contract big boy…”
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:45am
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The smile is as wide as the Harbour Bridge.
Relief? Perhaps.
But that was so much better from Tim Tszyu.
There was defence. There was patience.
Perfect.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:43am
Tszyu lands with a really good right to the head but Spencer landed well to the body with his right too.
Good upper cut from Tszyu!
Good left there from Tszyu lands – Tszyu is getting to the punches earlier than the American.
BANG! Tszyu likes that one, a solid left that goes from upper cut to hook in one motion.
Good left from Tszyu, as Spencer is getting caught by the hands and getting marked around the eyes.
Tszyu gets caught by the left, but now Tszyu has opened up!
TSZYU IS GOING TO TOWN ON SPENCER!
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TSZYU HAS SPENCER AGAINST THE ROPES!
IN COMES THE TOWEL!
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:42am
Can Spencer go past 8
– Phil
He just doesn’t quite look at the races yet, Spencer.
Still a dangerous opponent though.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:39am
Spencer jabs, misses short though.
Tszyu jabs high and misses but they clinch.
Tszyu marches down they clinch.
Good left, a cuffing blow from Tszyu.
Spencer lands twice to the body and then Tszyu returns fire with one of his own.
Tszyu lands with two shots and has Spencer against the ropes. Spencer was covered up well.
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Good land from Tszyu, a solid left there.
Spencer is back against the ropes. Tszyu lands with a right and then backs away.
Spencer is talking to Tszyu as the crowd chants.
Spencer lands a jab, Tszyu lands with a left, and another left, now a right.
Good right from Tszyu, Spencer ducked under a left and was caught by the right.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:35am
Tszyu lands with a counter shot and that’s the first shot thrown in anger in this match. Good stuff from Tszyu.
Tszyu is controlling the ring. This is his ring.
Spencer backs against the ropes and uses them to come back upright.
Tszyu jabs to the belly.
Tszyu marches Spencer down and misses with a shot that catches Spencer’s arm.
Spencer catches Tszyu on the arm.
Spencer jabs low, Tszyu counters nicely on the up.
Spencer just gets his legs in a tangle but Tszyu can’t quite capitalise.
Spencer darts in and Tszyu punches into his American opponent and has just made an impression there I think.
Spencer misses an upper cut.
Good snap shot from Tszyu.
Spencer slips and falls on the ground – just a slip though and he’s a little bit on edge, the American.
Better round from Tszyu there.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:31am
Spencer darts out a couple of jabs.
Both men seem patient to start – I like this from Tszyu, he already looks like the man I last saw in the flesh on the Gold Coast – studious and yet in control.
Spencer flashes a jab, Tszyu backs off.
Tszyu throws a jab short now.
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Lots of feinting. Lots of nerves.
Tszyu ducks jumps, darts but doesn’t throw.
Spencer steps away, and Tszyu jabs.
Spencer lands a jab on the guard of Tszyu. And again. A third time. All covered by Tszyu.
Tszyu jabs and Spencer darts to his left.
Spencer lands to the body with a jab.
Tszyu jabs to the body.
Spencer lands on the guard and that was a very tense, cagey round.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:31am
Tim Tszyu is in the camouflage trunks, he is swaying backwards and forwards has his palmares is read out.
The pair touch gloves in the middle. It’s go time.
4h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:30am
A traditional Tszyucastle welcome for Joey Spencer, who patrols his portion of the ring in his black and white and red trunks.
Boos, subdued on the broadcast but it’s hard to tell how loud the crowd is.
5h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:25am
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Record: 24-2 (17KOs)
Height: 174cm
Reach: 179cm
Weight: 69.86kg
Joey Spencer (USA)
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Record: 19-1 (11KOs)
Height: 178cm
Reach: 178cm
Weight: 69.74kg
5h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:23am
Hood up over his head.
Tim Tszyu is stalking through the backstage area, solo for now.
He’s gone outside, and now is in the main arena.
The crowd are standing in anticipation as Tszyu is shown on the big screen, a lengthy walk, making the 25-year-old stew as he waits in the ring.
And now he emerges, in silhouette behind a poster bearing his name.
An air raid siren goes off, before Land Down Under plays and Tszyu appears in the flesh, walking to the ring amidst a maze of hands reaching out to wish him well.
5h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:22am
Pretty subdued entry for the American.
An acoustic guitar plays as he walks to the ring in a black and white sleeveless gown, with red trim and USA stars on his trunks.
5h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:20am
Tim Tszyu is being shown pacing in his dressing room.
Joey Spencer too, is pacing backwards and forwards.
Tszyu is rubbing his head with his gloves, brother Nikita next to him with the camera.
He’s dancing around and looking relatively relaxed as the music blares around the Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
It’s time to introduce the fighters…
5h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:18am
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Tim Tszyu and Joey Spencer both made the weight at yesterday’s weigh in, with Tszyu tipping the scales at 69.86kg and Spencer at 69.74.
However, both men will be considerably heavier when they step into the ring later on.
Tszyu told reporters in Newcastle that he would top 80 kilos when he walks into the ring “easy”.
This is different to his last fight against Bakhram Murtazaliev, where both fighters were subject to so-called rehydration clauses that meant neither man could put on more than 10 pounds (4.54kg) between the first “official” weigh in and a subsequent weigh in on the morning of the fight.
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Tszyu told reporters that he was happy he didn’t have to lose much more than he had to and that getting down to the super welterweight limit was getting hard.
“It ain’t easy getting down to this weight on my side, and probably ain’t easy on his side,” Tszyu said.
“But I’m already, right now standing here [on Saturday afternoon], heavier than what I was in Orlando.
“[There’s a] Big difference [from Orlando], there’s not another battle to go through.
“A lot of times the weight cut is a battle, and then [with IBF title fights] there’s the next battle with another weigh in.
“I don’t know why they do it, but I’m glad it’s not on for this one.
“I’m filled out. I feel strong.”
Spencer, whose last three fights have been at the middleweight limit (72.6kg instead of 69.86kg) said he would be the heavier man in the ring.
5h agoSun 6 Apr 2025 at 4:17am
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Humble. Quiet. Confident.
All those words could be used to describe the 25-year-old Michigan native Joey Spencer.
A damn good boxer would also be a fair description.
A tremendous Fox Sports piece on Spencer painted a picture of a man comfortable with the simple things in life in rural, small-town America, but with a thirst for success that can only be found in the ring.
A nine-time national amateur champion in the USA and a rising star of the division, Spencer has a professional record of 19-1, with 11 knock outs on his resume.
His only defeat came against world ranked Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr, who is now the WBA mandatory challenger.
Since that defeat, Spencer has stepped up to the middleweight division, winning all three of his contests at the higher weight.
Has that experience with the bigger men added to his power and punch resistance?
Has the weight cut to get back down to the super welterweight limit of 70kg taken too much out of him?
