{"id":803719,"date":"2026-07-15T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/803719\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:25:09","slug":"former-world-champions-return-at-risk-just-days-away-from-fight-amid-visa-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/803719\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world champion’s return at risk just days away from fight amid visa struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jermall Charlo’s return fight is in jeopardy after he missed a flight to Australia with his team.<\/p>\n

Charlo is set to make his first appearance<\/a> since beating Thomas LaManna last May.<\/p>\n

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Charlo’s return has been plunged into chaos, and he is currently unsure if he will make it into AustraliaCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

He is slated to take on Koen Mouzedier on the undercard of Errol Spence’s comeback fight on away soil<\/a> against Tim Tszyu in Sydney.<\/p>\n

But his return has been plunged into doubt after a chaotic day of travel.<\/p>\n

Spence and his coach Derrick James boarded the plane down under, with Charlo set to be on the same flight.<\/p>\n

But ‘Hit Man’ has yet to receive his visa to travel amid behind-the-scenes issues according to Fox Sports Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It is just 11 days from the bout and there will be fears from inside Charlo’s camp that he could miss out on his return.<\/p>\n

Last minute chaos will not help his preparations, but hope will be that he can get his visa issues sorted to attend fight week.<\/p>\n

As of right now, Charlo has still yet to be given permission to fly and is awaiting clearance by authorities.<\/p>\n

Should the bout be removed from the card, it would be a big blow, given it is scheduled to act as the chief support on the night.<\/p>\n

Charlo is 34 fights unbeaten and is hoping to return to the world level podium and step up his activity.<\/p>\n

Spence ready for own comeback against Tszyu<\/p>\n

For Spence, Charlo’s teammate, it’s been a far longer period out of the ring.<\/p>\n

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Spence and Tszyu will meet in a blockbuster clash between two big profiles<\/p>\n

‘The Truth’ hasn’t fought since his brutal KO defeat at the hands of bitter rival Terence Crawford in their 2023 undisputed clash.<\/p>\n

Tszyu represents a game and big name test in his first fight in three years.<\/p>\n

But Spence suggests despite turbulence inside and outside of the ring, he is ready to go on away soil and make a big statement.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI feel mentally sharper right now. This layoff gave me time to reflect a lot and recover. <\/p>\n

“I needed this break. Even after my car accident, I never took a break. After the eye injury they told me I couldn\u2019t work out, but I was still walking eight to 10 miles a day trying to keep my weight down. <\/p>\n

“I enjoyed this layoff, because it gave me a lot of clarity. I feel rejuvenated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a first time for everything. I\u2019m definitely looking forward to beating him in Australia and disappointing all those people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jermall Charlo’s return fight is in jeopardy after he missed a flight to Australia with his team. Charlo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,49,48,191250,124612,282787,82,5154,282788],"class_list":["post-803719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-errol-spence","tag-jermall-charlo","tag-spence-vs-tszyu","tag-sports","tag-tim-tszyu","tag-tszyu-vs-spence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803719","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=803719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}