Hall of Famer Andre Ward<\/a>, Spence went into a little more detail on the incident.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019d just seen him say he was going to do me like [Sebastian] Fundora did Keith Thurman,\u201d Spence said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m like brother what\u2026 then he\u2019s trying to be all [friendly], I\u2019m like brother we aren\u2019t doing all that, bro.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis ain\u2019t that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fight, scheduled for Sunday, July 26, is set to take place in an as-yet unnamed Australian city, after initially being tipped for Dallas, Texas. <\/p>\n
That would have handed the Texan a clear home-ground advantage, but surprisingly Spence says he\u2019s more than happy to head Down Under for the showdown. <\/p>\n
When asked by Ward what his motivation is at 36, he said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got something [left to give],\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd it be boring, bro,\u201d he added with a laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need some excitement. That\u2019s why I wanted to go to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI could have fought in Dallas, but I didn\u2019t want to deal with all the people asking for tickets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Dallas I\u2019d be getting 40\u201350 tickets, and I don\u2019t even talk to 40 or 50 people \u2013 I probably talk to five, bro, if that…\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re just giving people tickets\u2026 Ain\u2019t nobody coming to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
The superstar veteran also suggested Aussie fans could be witnessing the final chapter of his decorated career. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot left, but for me I\u2019m not going to give it all to boxing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fight by fight basis. I might be done after this. It all depends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spence also reflected on his infamous 2023 defeat to Terence Crawford, admitting his preparation leading into the fight was just not good enough.<\/p>\n
Many boxing fans were stunned to see Crawford completely dismantle Spence in a one-sided masterclass.<\/p>\n
Looking back, Spence described his training camp under longtime former coach Derrick James as \u201ctrash\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cAsk anybody who was in Vegas in that gym. They didn\u2019t see me sparring,\u201d Spence said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAin\u2019t nobody see me sparring. Baby, two weeks out, two, three weeks out, I didn\u2019t spar six weeks out.<\/p>\n
He also revealed he wasn\u2019t prepared to deal with Crawford\u2019s ability to switch stances. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe guys [we got into the gym] didn\u2019t fit,\u201d said Spence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no southpaws in there to spar, none of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was all out of whack.\u201d<\/p>\n
But heading into his showdown with Tszyu, Spence insists things could not be more different.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood thing I started camp early\u2026<\/p>\n
‘I wanted to go to Australia’ | 02:05<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I work a lot smarter, I\u2019m still working hard but I\u2019m taking the time to listen to my body.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t go hard every day\u2026 It\u2019s been a huge adjustment of how I go about things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Errol Spence has opened up on his viral Tim Tszyu snub \u2013 and revealed the surprising reason he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-742082","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\/742082","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=742082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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