{"id":824575,"date":"2026-07-25T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824575\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:57:11","slug":"teddy-atlas-picks-a-winner-in-errol-spence-vs-tim-tszyu-i-know-what-im-getting-from-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824575\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Atlas picks a winner in Errol Spence vs Tim Tszyu: “I know what I’m getting from him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary trainer Teddy Atlas has considered the \u201cquestion marks\u201d that surround Errol Spence Jr<\/a> ahead of his ring return against Tim Tszyu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old has not fought since July 2023, back when he suffered a ninth-round stoppage defeat in his undisputed welterweight encounter with Terence Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only has he incurred three years of inactivity, but many feel that Spence has never been the same fighter since his life-threatening car crash in 2019.<\/p>\n

In addition to all of this, \u2018The Truth\u2019 has successfully requested a 2lb increase<\/a> after originally agreeing to face Tszyu at a catchweight of 158lbs.<\/p>\n

As a result, many are doubtful that Spence will turn back the clock and defeat his more active opponent at Sydney\u2019s Afterpay Arena, Australia, this weekend.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Tszyu has hardly set the world alight in recent performances, with two of his last five fights resulting in brutal stoppage defeats to Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev.<\/p>\n

That said, Hall of Famer Atlas is backing the Australian to emerge victorious, saying on his YouTube channel<\/a> that there is too much uncertainty attached to Spence\u2019s comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe naturally smaller man, who is moving up, is requesting a little change [in weight]. That\u2019s a little concerning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to pick Spence. But being at home, and with Tszyu being active \u2026 there\u2019s too many question marks about Spence.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with the flaws in [Tszyu], I know what I\u2019m getting. I think that would probably be enough to favour Tszyu.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Spence should be applauded for taking on such an established opponent, many have questioned whether Tszyu is the wisest choice following his three years of inactivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary trainer Teddy Atlas has considered the \u201cquestion marks\u201d that surround Errol Spence Jr ahead of his ring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-824575","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\/824575","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=824575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}