{"id":672234,"date":"2026-05-15T09:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672234\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:01:14","slug":"boxing-2026-tim-tszyu-training-in-bangkok-ahead-of-fight-vs-errol-spence-jnr-wayne-bennett-jeff-fenech-video-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672234\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing 2026: Tim Tszyu training in Bangkok ahead of fight vs Errol Spence Jnr, Wayne Bennett, Jeff Fenech, video, news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Tszyu\u2019s preparations for his July blockbuster against Errol Spence Jnr<\/a> are set to begin in Bangkok, Thailand \u2013 and following discussions with some of the greatest minds in Australian sport.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Fox Sports Australia this week, Tszyu\u2019s new coach Jeff Fenech has revealed how camp for the Spence headliner has been formulated, in part, following consultation with Wayne Bennett, Graham Arnold and Hall of Fame boxing trainer Johnny Lewis.<\/p>\n

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Back in December, Tszyu also spent time inside Bennett\u2019s office at South Sydney HQ in readiness for his boxing resurrection as \u2018The Phoenix\u2019, which has since included consecutive wins over a pair of previously unbeaten internationals, American Anthony Velazquez and Albania\u2019s Denis Nurja. <\/p>\n

Fenech has also been in discussions with close mate Arnold, who is once again making headlines for his coaching acumen — this time after leading Iraq to its first FIFA World Cup in 40 years.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Marrickville Mauler said he also speaks daily with his own mentor Johnny Lewis, who has also had input into the camp.<\/p>\n

And as a result of said conversations, Fenech, Tszyu and a small entourage will be heading to Bangkok for three weeks training inside a gym handpicked for the task.<\/p>\n

Spence Jr. vows all-out war with Tszyu | 13:36<\/p>\n

As part of the getaway, Team Tszyu will jet out for Asia late next week with two sparring partners and another three waiting on ground, with undefeated WBC International middleweight champ, Eumir Marcial among the candidates. <\/p>\n

The group will then return back home for what will be six or seven more weeks in Sydney, which is a dramatic shift to previous camps where Tszyu has prepared almost exclusively in either Las Vegas, or more recently the Miami, Florida gym of Pedro Diaz.<\/p>\n

Asked about planning for the Spence camp and Fenech said: \u201cI\u2019ve been so blessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past few weeks, I\u2019ve had long conversations with Graham Arnold, I\u2019ve spoken with Wayne Bennett and also chatted with Johnny Lewis of course, who I\u2019m on the phone with every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Wayne, what we spoke about specifically was ensuring Tim is happy for this camp, then how we make sure that happens.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that means you eliminate all the bulls*** in his life. Ensure every day at the gym, Tim is coming in to do something he loves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about the athlete knowing he\u2019s cared for.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think Wayne Bennett is the greatest ever advocate for that in the NRL. He\u2019s the Johnny Lewis of rugby league.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t not love those people because they love you. They want you to be happy, want your family to be happy \u2026 which is why their athletes then arrive at training ready to give 100 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fenech confirmed it was a similar discussion with former Socceroos boss Arnold. <\/p>\n

\u201cGraham and I, we also had a massive conversation and, again, it was about eliminating all distractions, right down to things like social media,\u201d Fenech said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhich I absolutely agree with. I don\u2019t care how good you are, you can\u2019t have distractions.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with the team Graham has now in Iraq, he\u2019s eliminated all distractions. And it\u2019s right down to the point where, if any problem can be solved without a players\u2019 intervention, it\u2019s done \u2026 you don\u2019t give them anything else to think about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fenech stressed a crucial part of all this involves taking Tszyu to Bangkok for three weeks, while also confirming he was incredibly pleased to see the fighter\u2019s proposed lawsuit with former manager Glen Jennings resolved.<\/p>\n

Tim Tszyu with Jeff Fenech. Picture: Jonathan NgSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing to Bangkok,\u201d Fenech continued, \u201cwill ensure Tim comes back a completely different person. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause another thing Graham Arnold and I spoke about was the importance of getting Tim right mentally.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting him understanding not only what we need to do, but how we\u2019ll get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means starting each day having breakfast together, training, watching video \u2026 and when we do train, it\u2019s about getting more done in one hour together than he used to get done in three.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve started up this week and, even over the first couple of days, things have been falling into place nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about doing the majority of camp in Sydney, Fenech continued: \u201cI just want Tim to be happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want him locked up, away from his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, being around family is more important that trying to play the role of some tough guy who has to get away from everyone to do things.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of which means this camp is going to be a lot different to anything he\u2019s done in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when I speak with Johnny it\u2019s the same message: make sure every day your fighter leaves the gym, he wants to come back again.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I can tell you, that\u2019s definitely how I felt with him.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Laughs] First day at Newtown, I got the absolute s*** punched out of me.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Johnny, he said he saw something in me. So I left wanting to go back the next day to get the s*** beat out of me again \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked specifically about what the Bangkok leg of camp will entail, Fenech added: \u201cWe just want to set ourselves a foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going there with a process, a plan, so that by the time we get back to Sydney we then step up our sparring, plus everything else, and go from there.<\/p>\n

\u201cErrol Spence is going to be the best fighter Tim has ever fought. We know that and we\u2019re planning accordingly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we\u2019ve already watched tape of Errol Spence. And we\u2019ll watch plenty more.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s also important to remember, this is about Tim Tszyu.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd about how Tim makes Errol Spence fight different. Because when we do that, we know Tim will be very, very successful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu\u2019s preparations for his July blockbuster against Errol Spence Jnr are set to begin in Bangkok, Thailand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-672234","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\/672234","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=672234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}