{"id":862675,"date":"2026-08-18T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862675\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:48:08","slug":"former-undisputed-champion-says-he-is-fighting-tim-tszyu-next-were-working-on-the-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862675\/","title":{"rendered":"Former undisputed champion says he is fighting Tim Tszyu next: \u201cWe’re working on the location\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Tszyu<\/a> scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr last time out, and now it seems as though the Aussie will take on another tough assignment, with a showdown against a former undisputed world champion supposedly in the works.<\/p>\n

Tszyu was knocked out by Sebastian Fundora for a second time in their rematch for the WBC super-welterweight world title last year, but the 31-year-old has responded with a trifecta of wins on home soil and has recently appointed Australian boxing legend, Jeff Fenech, as his lead trainer.<\/p>\n

Last month, he handed Spence Jr a final career defeat,<\/a> with the Texan announcing his retirement during the aftermath, whilst Tszyu looked poised to challenge Erislandy Lara for the WBA middleweight title after unveiling plans to make a permanent switch to the 160lb division.<\/p>\n

However, according to Lance Pugmire, former undisputed super-welterweight world champion Jermell Charlo has informed him that his next outing will be against Tszyu.<\/p>\n

Story update: Told by @TwinCharlo<\/a> that talks of him fighting Ortiz is \u201cnot true at all.. I talked to Al (Haymon) myself and I\u2019m (fighting) Tim (Tszyu) next, working on location..\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Charlo has not fought since an underwhelming challenge for Canelo Alvarez\u2019s undisputed super-middleweight crown back in September 2023<\/a>, but it seems \u2018Iron Man\u2019 is now planning on breathing new life into the middleweight scene; which is in desperate need of a new poster boy.<\/p>\n

It is still possible that Tszyu could either be using Charlo as leverage for his negotiations with Lara or simply eyeing the American up for a potential first defence, if able to dethrone the 43-year-old Cuban in their rumoured December scrap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr last time out, and now it seems as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-862675","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\/862675","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=862675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}