{"id":682701,"date":"2026-05-20T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/682701\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:43:09","slug":"boxer-tim-tszyu-considered-bringing-in-nrl-legend-braith-anasta-as-an-adviser-ahead-of-errol-spence-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/682701\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Tim Tszyu considered bringing in NRL legend Braith Anasta as an adviser ahead of Errol Spence fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Tszyu has revealed he was in talks with NRL great Braith Anasta about the footy legend becoming his adviser.<\/p>\n

Code Sports<\/a> sat down with the Sydney-born boxer, 31, as he gears up to face former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence in a huge showcase bout on July 25.<\/p>\n

It has been an up and down 12 months for Tszyu \u2014 who has recovered from a second loss against Sebastian Fundora to win his last two outings.<\/p>\n

But the defeat to Fundora saw him make two significant changes to his backroom staff.<\/p>\n

Tszyu has now confirmed he considered another new face in his camp in the form of Bulldogs and Roosters icon Anasta \u2014 and even spoke to the ex-footy star about coming on board.<\/p>\n

The pair had become friendly while working as ambassadors for Calmerceuticals.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Code Sports<\/a>, Tszyu said: \u201cWe had a conversation about working together \u2013 not as management though.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great guy, and he\u2019s got a lot of really good ideas. He\u2019s got a lot of connections too.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut right now, there\u2019s so many people I can lean on. I\u2019ve met so many people just in the last year that I haven\u2019t previously had the chance to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many people out there in boxing and in sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just interesting to talk and mingle with other athletes (like Anasta) \u2013 it was refreshing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, the link-up did not materialise \u2014 with Anasta busy presenting NRL 360, as well as managing stars such as Cameron Munster, Lachlan Ilias and Jonah Pezet.<\/p>\n

Tszyu has begun training camp for his fight with Spence \u2014 and will jet off to Bangkok for three weeks on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"Tszyu<\/p>\n

And the Aussie appears to be in a very positive headspace as he eyes the biggest win of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back and falling in love with the sport,\u201d he said. \u201cThese types of fights \u2013 and fights like Hagler vs Hearns \u2013 this is what boxing is for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a true lover of the sport for such a long time, and now I\u2019m back at that place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before he added: \u201cIt\u2019s good to have different opinions, that\u2019s what makes the fight interesting. He\u2019s got a lot of support. But I\u2019m going to shock the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I win this fight, the opportunities ahead are crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu has revealed he was in talks with NRL great Braith Anasta about the footy legend becoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-682701","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\/682701","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=682701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}