{"id":482620,"date":"2026-02-18T08:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482620\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:36:15","slug":"former-errol-spence-jr-opponent-mikey-garcia-delivers-verdict-on-tim-tsyzu-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482620\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Errol Spence Jr opponent Mikey Garcia delivers verdict on Tim Tsyzu fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former four-division world champion Mikey Garcia<\/a>, who lost to Errol Spence Jr<\/a> in 2019, has offered his thoughts on the American\u2019s expected comeback fight against Tim Tszyu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was reported last week that, following a three-year layoff, Spence is set to return against former world champion Tszyu this summer.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old has not fought since his ninth-round stoppage defeat to Terence Crawford<\/a>, who seized his WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles in dominant fashion.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, many considered Spence to be the top dog at 147lbs, capable of becoming a two-division world champion at super-welterweight.<\/p>\n

And while a lengthy hiatus has now diluted such comments, at least to a certain extent, \u2018The Truth\u2019 is nonetheless looking to reignite his career later this year.<\/p>\n

Standing in his way of future multi-division glory, it seems, is sturdy contender Tszyu, whose performances have not quite looked the same since his split decision defeat to Sebastian Fundora in 2024.<\/p>\n

After that particular night, where he showed tremendous grit to fight through a horrific gash on his forehead, the Australian found himself on the receiving end of a far more punishing third-round stoppage against Bakhram Murtazaliev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having since claimed two victories back home, while also losing his rematch with Fundora via a seventh-round finish, many are questioning what Tszyu has left to offer at world level.<\/p>\n

But while the same, of course, could be said for Spence, former pound-for-pound star Garcia has effectively told ESNEWS<\/a> that the Texan should enter their potential showdown as a clear favourite.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a good fight for Errol if it\u2019s his comeback [fight]. Tim Tszyu is, I don\u2019t think, a huge, huge threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s been a long time since Spence Jr [last fought], so I think it\u2019s a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spence defeated Garcia, the naturally smaller man, with a wide unanimous decision at 147lbs, before defending his titles against the likes of Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former four-division world champion Mikey Garcia, who lost to Errol Spence Jr in 2019, has offered his thoughts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-482620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}