{"id":568777,"date":"2026-07-26T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568777\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:13:11","slug":"errol-spence-jr-to-retire-after-losing-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568777\/","title":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr to retire after losing comeback fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr has retired from boxing after losing his comeback fight to Tim Tszyu in Sydney.<\/p>\n

American Spence Jr, 36, held the WBA, WBC and IBF belts and was undefeated in 28 fights before being beaten by Terence Crawford three years ago.<\/a><\/p>\n

His first fight back saw him on the back foot throughout against Australian Tszyu, losing 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 on points.<\/p>\n

“I think yeah, for sure,” Spence said when asked if this was the end of the road for his career.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got my faculties intact. My money is good at working for itself. Everything’s good, man.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got a beautiful family, and I thank God I’m gracious to leave this sport with my faculties intact and my family still by my side.”<\/p>\n

Tszyu grew in confidence and power throughout the fight and consistently looked to attack Spence’s chin. He now wants a shot at a title of his own.<\/p>\n

“I had sleepless nights thinking about, ‘What am I going to feel like facing a legend like that?’ But it was one hell of a show, and I understand why he’s one of the greats,” Tszyu said.<\/p>\n

“I’d love to fight for a title. That’s what I’m aiming for. But I’ve got to say beating a great like Errol Spence tops a world title.”<\/p>\n

Spence won his first title in 2017 when he beat British fighter Kell Brook at Bramall Lane.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr has retired from boxing after losing his comeback fight to Tim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-568777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}