blunt admission on Aussie legend… before unloading on Tszyu<\/a><\/p>\n“Daddy’s shadow” Spence fires at Tszyu | 10:36<\/p>\n
Over the past five years, the famed boxing twin of Jermell Charlo has been involved in a series of negative headlines which, in 2024, included being arrested at gunpoint in Texas after crashing his Lamborghini into another car and then fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n
His placement on the card remains unknown.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Tszyu has also explained his decision to sign off on a late request to have the main event increased to 160 pounds (72.6kg).<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I took Sebastian Fundora on roughly a week\u2019s notice,\u201d the former world champion laughed, referencing the 2024 bloodbath loss that still saw his profile grow massively Stateside.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you think I\u2019m worried about a couple of pounds? No, I go for it<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t worry me, man.\u201d<\/p>\n
And as for why he thinks Spence made the request?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s starting to realise the disadvantage that is travelling all the way down here for a fight,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd so as a result, he\u2019s now trying to convince himself he has a competitive edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s trying to make himself feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tim Tszyu has fired some shots at his new opponent.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Speaking with Fox Sports Australia on Wednesday morning, Tszyu\u2019s coach Jeff Fenech revealed the hyped July 26 showdown will now take place at the middleweight limit of 160 pounds.<\/p>\n
Given Spence has not fought in three years, there are suggestions the former welterweight king has grown increasingly concerned about getting down to the initially agreed catchweight limit of 158 pounds \u2013 especially given he hasn\u2019t yet arrived in Australia.<\/p>\n
The new weight will also be four pounds, or almost two kilos, heavier than what was initially discussed between the camps during preliminary talks late last year.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was surprised Team Spence had left it until Thursday to arrive into Sydney for such a big fight, Tszyu continued: \u201cAbsolutely I\u2019m surprised.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this really is all about the arrogance of the guy. He thinks this fight is going to be a walk in the park.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why he also didn\u2019t attend a recent [Main Event] press conference, the guy is in cruise control thinking this is going to be an easy fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut whatever he does, I don\u2019t care. If he disadvantages himself, I don\u2019t care. As long as he turns up on the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘I don’t even know Mazoudier’ – Charlo | 11:09<\/p>\n
While Spence has previously travelled successfully to fight, and famously beat Kell Brook in the UK, Tszyu stressed this was going to be a far different challenge, especially given the former champ has also had three years out of the sport.<\/p>\n
Tszyu also revealed how he once underestimated a fighter, just like Spence was doing to him now.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Wade Ryan,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the last time I ever went into a fight thinking it was going to be a walk in the park. Thinking that I was unstoppable, unbeatable, that I was going in there for a f***ing demolition \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, it what was only Tszyu\u2019s seventh fight way back in 2017, the then rising star had to recover after being dropped to eventually win the type of war that saw him take one card only 95-94.<\/p>\n
\u201cWade gave me one of the hardest fights of my life,\u201d Tszyu recounted. \u201cI underestimated him and dropped me. Took me into a fight that was life and death.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s why for Spence, I know this fight is going to be a real big challenge for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American superstar Jermall Charlo has missed a flight to Australia with Errol Spence Jnr and trainer Ronnie Shields…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-803087","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\/803087","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=803087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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