{"id":647930,"date":"2026-05-04T00:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647930\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:26:15","slug":"moment-errol-spence-jnr-snubbed-tim-tszyu-in-las-vegas-what-happened-video-press-conference-when-is-the-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647930\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment Errol Spence Jnr snubbed Tim Tszyu in Las Vegas, what happened, video, press conference, when is the fight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Tszyu\u2019s video team have captured the exact moment his handshake was coldly brushed by American superstar Errol Spence Jnr<\/a>, prompting the Australian to brand his rival a \u201cdisrespectful f***\u201d during a fiery Las Vegas press conference on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Footage captured by Tszyu\u2019s promoters No Limit show \u2018The Phoenix\u2019 walking down a narrow corridor prior to the MGM Grand press event when he confronts Spence\u2019s entourage, including the former welterweight king and trainer Ronnie Shields, coming the other way.<\/p>\n

First up, Spence shakes hands and embraces a PBC content team member walking ahead of Tszyu.<\/p>\n

As a result, and holding a white Starbucks container in his left hand, Tszyu naturally then extends his own right hand to greet the man he is set to face Down Under on July 26.<\/p>\n

Spence refuses however, and keeps walking, saying something that sounds like: \u201cI see no man dapping up, bro \u2026 you can kill that s***\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, for God\u2019s sake,\u201d a US public relations chief can be heard saying out of shot.<\/p>\n

Initially, Tszyu laughs at Spence\u2019s behaviour.<\/p>\n

Smiling, the Aussie star then turns as Spence continues on down the corridor, grinning \u201cI see how it is \u2026 I see how it is\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spence then goes again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can kill that s***,\u201d he repeats. \u201cYou know how it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Someone off camera can then be heard saying: \u201cC\u2019mon, don\u2019t start \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

But start, they undeniably have.<\/p>\n

During the ensuing press event, both fighters again went at each other after Tszyu likened the Spence opportunity to his father Kostya\u2019s world title win, in 2000, against Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know back in the day my dad fought Julio Cesar Chavez,\u201d the Sydneysider started.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd growing up he used to think of Chavez as the number one guy.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Then] he got to fight him. And beat him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this is the type of moment where I get to reflect because I grew up watching Errol Spence, and being at that top calibre.<\/p>\n

‘Disrespectful f***’: Tszyu lashes out | 05:43<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now I get to fight him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my Julio Cesar Chavez moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked for a reply, Spence shrugged: \u201cI think that\u2019s cute. But it ain\u2019t what this is.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is Errol Spence versus Tim Tszyu.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not the calibre of his daddy. He can\u2019t compare himself to his pops.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s fighting me. He is trying to get out of his daddy\u2019s shadow. We\u2019ll see July 26 if he can get out of that shadow\u201d.<\/p>\n

When then asked for a response to all that, Tszyu didn\u2019t miss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a very respectful guy,\u201d he started. \u201cI came up to him before and tried to shake his hand \u2013 he just walked past me like a disrespectful f***.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat just shows the type of person he is.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s alright. He\u2019s talking about the comparisons between me and my dad, I\u2019ve heard it all.<\/p>\n

Nikita speaks on upcoming Diaz bout | 01:40<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery fighter I\u2019ve ever fought has said the same thing. It\u2019s alright \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

At which point Spence interjected from across the stage: \u201cBro, I don\u2019t play games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people talk s***, and then when you see me it\u2019s \u2018hey, what\u2019s up\u2019, all buddy buddy. I\u2019m not one of those dudes bro. I\u2019m not one of those guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you talk s*** on social media and then when you see me you want to shake my hand \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

At which point, Tszyu then cut in: \u201cI\u2019m very respectful, what are you talking about? I\u2019ve been calling you one of the best fighters of this decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spence then said something like \u201cgive me a hug after the fight\u201d.<\/p>\n

But still Tszyu wasn\u2019t done.<\/p>\n

Asked for his final thoughts, he grinned: \u201cVictory, victory. I was only going to give him a shake [of the hand] and a hug because it\u2019s his last fight \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu\u2019s video team have captured the exact moment his handshake was coldly brushed by American superstar Errol…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-647930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}