{"id":698712,"date":"2026-07-18T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698712\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:21:09","slug":"tim-tszyu-speaks-out-on-why-he-allowed-errol-spence-jr-to-change-the-weight-for-their-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698712\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu speaks out on why he allowed Errol Spence Jr to change the weight for their fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Tszyu<\/a> has offered his honest thoughts on Errol Spence Jr<\/a> requesting a 2lb allowance for their Australian showdown next weekend.<\/p>\n

The two former world champions will collide at Sydney\u2019s Afterpay Arena, with Tszyu boasting a home advantage for arguably the most important fight of his career.<\/p>\n

While he has previously been involved in major title fights \u2013 against Sebastian Fundora, Bakhram Murtazaliev and Brian Mendoza \u2013 the 31-year-old must now prove that he still belongs at world level.<\/p>\n

Even with a win over Spence, there is no guarantee that Tszyu becomes a two-time world champion but, if nothing else, a successful performance should afford him the confidence to roll the dice again at 154lbs.<\/p>\n

Until then, though, the Australian must face Spence at 160lbs<\/a> after they originally agreed to meet at a catchweight of 158lbs.<\/p>\n

Having accommodated this request, Tszyu has told The Ring<\/a> that he did so with a desire to defeat the best possible version of his opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want any excuses. I wanted him here. I wanted the fight to happen. I\u2019m not a diva. I\u2019m an easy guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want him here, refreshed, rejuvenated, not struggling with weight, everything on point. I want to beat up the best Errol Spence.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Tszyu has been relatively active, albeit at the expense of losing three of his last six fights, Spence happens to be coming off a three-year layoff.<\/p>\n

In other words, the 36-year-old has not fought since his ninth-round stoppage defeat to Terence Crawford<\/a>, who ultimately relieved him of his WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles.<\/p>\n

Now, \u2018The Truth\u2019 is attempting to reinvent himself at a higher weight but, by his own admission, the Tszyu fight could quite easily prove to be his last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu has offered his honest thoughts on Errol Spence Jr requesting a 2lb allowance for their Australian…\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-698712","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\/698712","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=698712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698712\/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=698712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}