{"id":514674,"date":"2026-04-05T18:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514674\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:53:06","slug":"errol-spence-finally-confirms-he-intends-to-return-and-face-former-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514674\/","title":{"rendered":"Errol Spence finally confirms he intends to return and face former champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Errol Spence Jr<\/a> is on the brink of his long-awaited return after nearly three years out of the ring.<\/p>\n

The Former unified welterweight champion hasn\u2019t fought since his undisputed showdown with Terence Crawford back in July 2023.<\/p>\n

Heading into the bout, it was seen as a 50-50 affair, with Spence arguably even a slight favourite, but instead it was Crawford who earned a dominant ninth round stoppage win to claim all four world titles at 147lbs.<\/p>\n

A number of factors have kept Spence out of action since then, including injuries and failed negotiations with other fighters, but now his imminent return has moved a step closer after his planned next opponent<\/a> won his interim bout over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Former WBO super-welterweight champion Tim Tszyu is the man in question, as he secured a one-sided unanimous decision win over Denis Nurja, and then had a callout for Spence immediately after the contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Errol is going to be one hell of a fight, it\u2019s a banger. You know how I am, I don\u2019t take a backwards step. If he wants to meet me at the front, bring it on. You know what they say, catch the big fish. Let\u2019s go fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take Spence long to respond, as posting on social media<\/a>, he promised to deal with Tszyu convincingly.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think sh*t sweet [I\u2019mma] do you so bad!\u201d<\/p>\n

The clash between Spence and Tszyu had reportedly been lined up to take place in June<\/a>, but the Australian did suffer a cut in his bout against Nurja, which could potentially delay proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr is on the brink of his long-awaited return after nearly three years out of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-514674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}