{"id":677720,"date":"2026-05-18T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/677720\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:45:07","slug":"teofimo-lopez-delivers-verdict-on-errol-spences-comeback-fight-against-tim-tszyu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/677720\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez delivers verdict on Errol Spence’s comeback fight against Tim Tszyu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teofimo Lopez<\/a> has offered his honest thoughts on Errol Spence Jr<\/a> vs Tim Tszyu<\/a>, believing that one man already looks to be \u201cin shape\u201d.<\/p>\n

The two former world champions will square off in Australia on July 25, with Spence entering his first outing since losing to Terence Crawford<\/a> in July 2023.<\/p>\n

Back then, \u2018The Truth\u2019 was widely regarded as a slight pre-fight favourite, only to be relieved of his WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles via a ninth-round stoppage.<\/p>\n

Now gearing up to face Tszyu at a catchweight of 158lbs, the 36-year-old is bidding to join the world scene at either middle or super-welterweight.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Tszyu has remained out of the world title picture since suffering a seventh-round stoppage defeat in his rematch with Sebastian Fundora<\/a> last July.<\/p>\n

Their first encounter, in 2024, saw the Australian lose a fiercely-contested split decision, before enduring a punishing three-round beatdown against Bakhram Murtazaliev later that year.<\/p>\n

To his credit, though, Tszyu boasts a clear advantage over his next opponent with regards to activity, having been involved in seven fights since Spence\u2019s one-sided defeat to Crawford.<\/p>\n

But regardless of his inactivity, former world champion Lopez has told Fight Hub TV<\/a> that he expects to see an impressive performance from the American.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanna see [Spence] win. I think Errol Spence has been truly non-stop working out \u2013 he already looks like he\u2019s in shape.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the sparring and everything, he\u2019ll look great [against Tszyu].\u201d<\/p>\n

While Spence attempts to reignite his career, there is perhaps more pressure on Tszyu to produce a statement performance, with the 31-year-old planning on eventually becoming a two-time world champion at 154lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez has offered his honest thoughts on Errol Spence Jr vs Tim Tszyu, believing that one man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-677720","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\/677720","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=677720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}