{"id":592196,"date":"2026-05-19T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592196\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:36:14","slug":"trainer-robert-garcia-sums-up-errol-spences-chances-of-beating-tim-tszyu-after-3-years-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592196\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainer Robert Garcia sums up Errol Spence’s chances of beating Tim Tszyu after 3 years out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Garcia has questioned whether Errol Spence Jr<\/a> can rediscover the qualities that made him one of the sport\u2019s \u201cbest fighters\u201d between 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Truth\u2019 was once considered a top 10 pound-for-pound operator, back when he dethroned Shawn Porter and Yordenis Ugas to unify the WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles<\/p>\n

Around that time, many even predicted that he would defeat Terence Crawford, only for him to lose their undisputed clash via a one-sided ninth-round stoppage<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

Since then, Spence has remained out of the ring but now looks to reignite his career against Tim Tszyu, a fellow former world champion, on July 25.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off at a catchweight of 158lbs in Australia, with Tszyu claiming a home advantage as he, too, looks to restore his place on the world stage.<\/p>\n

His last outing at world level resulted in a seventh-round stoppage defeat to Sebastian Fundora<\/a>, who edged their first encounter by split decision in 2024.<\/p>\n

That same year, Tszyu found himself on the receiving end of a devastating third-round finish against Bakhram Murtazaliev, but now comes off back-to-back victories following his rematch with Fundora last July.<\/p>\n

Spence, on the other hand, appears to be taking a sizable risk by jumping straight into a perceived 50\/50 clash, with top trainer Garcia telling ESNEWS<\/a> that the 36-year-old would have been forgiven for taking a \u201ctune-up fight\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cErrol Spence was a f***ing badass \u2013 pound-for-pound one of the best fighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he fought Crawford, you can tell that was not the Errol Spence we were used to seeing. He didn\u2019t look good at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree years later, he wants to come back to boxing \u2013 and he\u2019s not going to start off [with] a tune-up fight. I think he doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s got left and, if he does a tune-up, he might get his ass kicked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s probably why he [made] the decision to go straight into the Tim Tszyu fight. If he\u2019s fresh and he\u2019s good, then he can win.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Garcia highlights, there is no way of knowing how much Spence has left due to the inactivity, which is largely what makes this such an intriguing contest against Tszyu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Garcia has questioned whether Errol Spence Jr can rediscover the qualities that made him one of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-592196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592196","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=592196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}