{"id":663991,"date":"2026-06-29T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663991\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:09:16","slug":"roy-jones-jr-weighs-in-on-errol-spence-vs-tim-tszyu-hes-highly-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663991\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr weighs in on Errol Spence vs Tim Tszyu: “He’s highly dangerous”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Jones Jr<\/a> has urged Errol Spence Jr<\/a> to adapt his approach, and rediscover elements of his amateur style, ahead of his comeback fight against Tim Tszyu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Truth\u2019 has not fought since his undisputed encounter with Terence Crawford, back when he suffered a surprisingly one-sided ninth-round stoppage defeat<\/a> in July 2023.<\/p>\n

As a result, Spence was relieved of his WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles before stepping away from the sport and giving no indication as to whether he would return.<\/p>\n

Now, though, the 36-year-old is gearing up to face fellow former world champion Tszyu, who will boast a home advantage when they collide in Australia on July 25.<\/p>\n

The pair have reportedly agreed to a limit of 158lbs, with Spence looking to reinvent himself at a new weight and with a new trainer.<\/p>\n

Such changes can partly be explained by his defeat to Crawford, as Spence has since expressed his disappointment with the training camp<\/a> that had been arranged by his then-head coach, Derrick James.<\/p>\n

Now training with Ronnie Shields, this feels like an opportunity for the American to right the wrongs and perhaps even gain inspiration from his old amateur style.<\/p>\n

Speaking with ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT<\/a>, Hall of Famer Jones said he would like to see Spence focus more on being an all-round boxer, rather than an all-out pressure fighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cShout out to [Spence] for taking a fight of this magnitude right away, after being [out the ring] for three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s taking on a guy who\u2019s been active. [Tszyu\u2019s] not been at the top \u2013 not had the best outcomes [in recent fights] \u2013 but he\u2019s been highly active and he\u2019s highly dangerous.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [Spence] was an amateur fighter, he was an all-round boxer. He just chose to use pressure in the pros but, to get where he wants to get, he\u2019s got to go back to being that [fighter he was as an amateur].\u201d<\/p>\n

Spence was a vastly accomplished amateur who became a three-time national champion and entered the 2012 Olympics, only to lose his quarter-final bout against Russia\u2019s Andrey Zamkovoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr has urged Errol Spence Jr to adapt his approach, and rediscover elements of his amateur…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-663991","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\/663991","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=663991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}