{"id":605824,"date":"2026-05-27T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/605824\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:06:09","slug":"brian-norman-jr-predicts-first-round-ko-in-errol-spence-vs-tim-tszyu-hes-going-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/605824\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Norman Jr predicts first round KO in Errol Spence vs Tim Tszyu: “He’s going to sleep”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former welterweight world champion Brian Norman Jr.<\/a> doesn\u2019t see the fight between Errol Spence Jr<\/a> and Tim Tszyu<\/a> lasting long when they meet this summer.<\/p>\n

Spence last fought in July 2023 when he competed for the undisputed welterweight title, but he was comprehensively outclassed and beaten by long-term rival Terence Crawford<\/a>, who went on to further strengthen his legacy and establish himself as an all-time great while Spence was inactive.<\/p>\n

The former unified champion now looks to get back on track as he returns from three years out at a catchweight of 158lbs against Tszyu in Australia.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to Fight Hub TV<\/a>, Norman, who has been sparring Spence in recent weeks, believes that his fellow American will get the job done inside three minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re definitely going to see a different version of Errol. I feel like he is going to be better than he was in the past and what I mean by that is \u2013 first-round knockout coming soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cTim Tszyu is going to sleep, man. The boy ain\u2019t got nothing for him. My boy, he coming to Australia just to give him the work, you feel me?\u201d<\/p>\n

It is perhaps unsurprising to hear Norman back \u2018The Truth\u2019 for victory, with the pair now both trained by highly-respected coach Ronnie Shields.<\/p>\n

The fight between Tszyu and Spence is set to take place on Saturday, July 25, as the home fighter seeks a career-best triumph that would extend his winning streak to three consecutive bouts. It will be his first outing with Jeff Fenech as his lead trainer.<\/p>\n

Should Spence win, he may look to enter the super-welterweight ranks in pursuit of another world title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former welterweight world champion Brian Norman Jr. doesn\u2019t see the fight between Errol Spence Jr and Tim Tszyu…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-605824","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\/605824","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=605824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}