Next weekend\u2019s Tim Tszyu vs. Errol Spence blockbuster card has been thrown into turmoil after American superstar Jermall Charlo was denied entry into Australia. <\/p>\n
Former middleweight champion Charlo was scheduled to face Sydney underdog Koen Mazoudier in the co-main event of a card that was touted as the best in Aussie boxing history. <\/p>\n
Charlo was supposed to land on Thursday alongside Spence, but didn\u2019t make the flight after his visa was denied. <\/p>\n
Promoter No Limit had been tying to get his paperwork in order, trying six times to have Charlo\u2019s application approved with hopes he could even arrive as late as this Tuesday. <\/p>\n
However, with a little over a week until fight day, Charlo posted that the Australian government had denied him entry.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, I will not be able to fight next Saturday,\u201d Charlo said. \u201cI\u2019ve been training non-stop for the last three months and was ready to make a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want to apologise to all my fans and let them know I will keep training and be back on a PBC event very soon.\u201d <\/p>\n
In an Instagram story, Charlo pointed the blame at Australia. <\/p>\n
\u201cAustralian government,\u201d he wrote with a thumbs down emoji and a shrugging emoji. <\/p>\n
\u201cOut of my control \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI will stay focused and locked in. (Promoter) Premier Boxing will update you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
A former opponent of Nikita Tszyu, and a mainstay on No Limit shows, Mazoudier stood to make the biggest payday of his career against Charlo next weekend. <\/p>\n
No Limit is working on another American opponent for Mazoudier, so he can still fight on the Tszyu-Spence card next Sunday at Afterpay Arena in Sydney. <\/p>\n
Mazoudier was devastated when told the news on Saturday morning, but remains fully focused on fighting next Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo Limit are the best promoters in the business,\u201d Mazoudier told Code Sports. \u201cThey\u2019ll find me a replacement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve trained for the fight of my life. I\u2019m in incredible shape. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a fighter. Every opponent I\u2019ve ever been offered, I\u2019ve said yes to. Fighters fight, and I\u2019m fighting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got full faith in No Limit to get me a replacement.\u201d <\/p>\n
No Limit confirmed the setback on Saturday morning. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re bitterly disappointed, we worked hard to assemble a great card,\u201d a spokesperson told Code Sports. \u201cCharlo was a part of those plans as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still working hard to put together a fantastic card for Australian boxing fans next Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe remainder of the card is unchanged in stature. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt remains one of the best cards ever assembled on Australian soil, headlined by Errol Spence Jr\u2019s highly anticipated return against Australian superstar Tim Tszyu, plus Stephen Fulton vs. Liam Wilson, Callum Peters and Paulo Aokuso and more.\u201d <\/p>\n
Charlo wasn\u2019t the only one with dramas around his entry into Australia. <\/p>\n
Spence was nearly stopped from boarding his flight from Los Angeles to Sydney when one letter on his passport was different from the paperwork immigration officials had. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there were concerns around Stephen Fulton \u2013 who fights Queensland\u2019s Liam Wilson \u2013 but the Philadelphia fighter made a low key entry on Friday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next weekend\u2019s Tim Tszyu vs. Errol Spence blockbuster card has been thrown into turmoil after American superstar Jermall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[381308,381337,381317,381355,381333,325111,381293,381297,377114,381328,381287,379096,381326,380507,378194,381340,381320,381343,381288,376769,381350,381289,381022,381318,381300,225617,381305,381299,381292,381351,64,381306,381349,63,381316,2492,61527,381315,802,288473,381312,68077,56957,154443,381331,3931,7608,381346,6756,35546,381290,39598,381309,379545,381336,381341,381319,381354,381302,137117,381325,2741,481,381307,13053,381334,381298,381348,381313,11876,43766,381295,381357,381347,38065,193199,381335,18273,381356,701,46907,381342,381304,85,381327,182354,381339,381301,670,381338,381303,381352,381291,381359,381324,381311,19424,381332,381314,347190,381294,381358,376754,381310,381344,381296,381329,381323,381321,381345,381330,9357,1542,381353,140557,381322],"class_list":["post-807358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-s-application","tag-s-highly-anticipated-return","tag-s-liam-wilson","tag-s-tim-tszyu-vs-errol-spence-blockbuster-card","tag-s-tim-tszyu-vs-errol-spence-card","tag-my-life","tag-a-card","tag-a-fantastic-card","tag-a-fighter","tag-a-former-opponent","tag-a-great-card","tag-a-little","tag-a-low-key-entry","tag-a-mainstay","tag-a-part","tag-a-pbc-event","tag-a-replacement","tag-a-shrugging-emoji","tag-a-spokesperson","tag-a-statement","tag-a-swipe","tag-a-thumbs","tag-a-week","tag-afterpay-arena","tag-all-my-fans","tag-american-star","tag-american-superstar-jermall-charlo","tag-an-american-boxing-superstar","tag-an-instagram-story","tag-another-american-opponent","tag-au","tag-aussie-boxing-history","tag-aussie-visa","tag-australia","tag-australian-boxing-fans","tag-australian-government","tag-australian-soil","tag-australian-superstar-tim-tszyu","tag-boxing","tag-callum-peters","tag-charlo","tag-code-sports","tag-concerns","tag-dramas","tag-emoji","tag-entry","tag-errol-spence-jr","tag-every-opponent","tag-fight-day","tag-fighters","tag-former-middleweight-champion-charlo","tag-friday","tag-full-faith","tag-his-career","tag-his-entry","tag-his-flight","tag-his-paperwork","tag-his-passport","tag-his-visa","tag-hopes","tag-incredible-shape","tag-liam-wilson","tag-los-angeles","tag-mazoudier","tag-morning","tag-my-control","tag-next-saturday","tag-next-sunday","tag-next-weekend","tag-nikita-tszyu","tag-no-limit","tag-no-limit-shows","tag-non-stop","tag-one-letter","tag-order","tag-paulo-aokuso","tag-premier-boxing","tag-promoter","tag-promoter-no-limit","tag-queensland","tag-saturday","tag-six-times","tag-spence","tag-sports","tag-stature","tag-stephen-fulton","tag-stephen-fulton-vs","tag-superstar-american","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-underdog-koen-mazoudier","tag-the-australian-government","tag-the-best","tag-the-best-cards","tag-the-best-promoters","tag-the-biggest-payday","tag-the-blame","tag-the-business","tag-the-card","tag-the-co-main-event","tag-the-fight","tag-the-flight","tag-the-last-three-months","tag-the-news","tag-the-only-one","tag-the-paperwork-immigration-officials","tag-the-philadelphia-fighter","tag-the-remainder","tag-the-setback","tag-the-tszyu-spence-card","tag-this-tuesday","tag-those-plans","tag-thursday","tag-training","tag-tszyu-card","tag-turmoil","tag-visa-drama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807358","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=807358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}