{"id":698466,"date":"2026-07-18T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698466\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:33:07","slug":"former-world-champion-removed-from-errol-spence-vs-tim-tszyu-card-i-want-to-apologise-to-my-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698466\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world champion removed from Errol Spence vs Tim Tszyu card: “I want to apologise to my fans”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former two-weight world champion Jermall Charlo has been denied an Australian visa, meaning he will no longer feature on the undercard of Errol Spence Jr vs Tim Tszyu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old was supposed to face Koen Mazoudier at Sydney\u2019s Afterpay Arena on July 25, hoping to establish himself as a genuine super-middleweight contender.<\/p>\n

His opponent, however, was hardly likely to facilitate that plan, given that Mazoudier has always fought at 154lbs and remains several tiers below world level.<\/p>\n

But still, Charlo was determined to at least blow off some cobwebs after having not fought since his ring return against Thomas LaManna<\/a> in May 2025.<\/p>\n

It ultimately proved a successful comeback, resulting in a sixth-round stoppage, even with the \u2018Hit Man\u2019 having incurred a year-and-a-half of inactivity.<\/p>\n

But now, the American must remain out the ring for a short while longer<\/a>, at least until Al Haymon\u2019s PBC finds him a new date and location.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram<\/a> late last night, Charlo expressed his frustration with being denied entry into Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, I will not be able to fight next Saturday. I\u2019ve been training nonstop for the last three months and was ready to make a statement. I want to apologise to all my fans and let them know I will keep training and be back on a PBC event very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Charlo has been removed from the card, another former two-weight world champion in the form of Stephen Fulton has seemingly kept his place.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old will in fact be facing Liam Wilson, a solid super-featherweight contender who is perhaps best known for his defeats to Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former two-weight world champion Jermall Charlo has been denied an Australian visa, meaning he will no longer feature…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-698466","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\/698466","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=698466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}