Tim Tszyu took a dominant win in opposition to Joey Spencer stay from the Newcastle Leisure Centre in Broadmeadow, NSW on April 5 (ET). Making his house nation ring look, the previous champion from Australia got here out on high, defeating the American contender by TKO.
As Tszyu was unloading a barrage of punches, having Spencer on the ropes, the latter’s nook determined to name it a day and threw within the towel to save lots of their fighter from additional punishment. The official time was 2:18 into the fourth spherical.
With the victory, Tszyu rebounded from two straight defeats to Bakhram Murtazaliev and Sebastian Fundora in 2024. The 30-year-old Sydney native improved to 25-2, 18 KOs.
25-year-old Spencer of Grand Blanc, Michigan dropped to 19-2, 11 KOs. The defeat snapped his three-fight profitable streak.
“We took over the city and placed on a present,” Tim Tszyu mentioned. “To have any such stage, it’s one hell of a trip. There was no stress… nicely, there was a little bit of stress. I couldn’t take one other loss. I hope I taught those that when you go on the ground, you possibly can all the time get again up and rise to the highest.”
“I discovered from my errors. You don’t go in like a hothead within the first spherical and abandon all the things. I had a hell of an opponent in there and I used to be blessed to share the ring with him.”
“The critics are all the time going to be there, however I needed to show it to myself. I proved it to everybody on the planet. I’m again, child, I’m again.”
Tszyu additionally known as out former champion Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs), whom he was scheduled to battle final 12 months. The native of Clearwater, Florida fought in Sydney in March, stopping Brock Jarvis within the third spherical.
“Signal the contract, large boy. If the followers need it, we will deliver a mega-show to Australia. He is aware of who to contact.”
Within the co-feature, Liam Talivaa (7-1, 3 KOs) took revenge on Brandon Grach (3-1, 2 KOs) through fifth-round TKO at heavyweight. With the victory, Talivaa avenged the knockout defeat within the second spherical he suffered of their first battle in November 2023.
Amongst different Tszyu vs Spencer outcomes, Endry Saavedra (17-1-1, 14 KOs) defeated Mikkel Nielsen (13-3, 5 KOs) through eighth-round TKO and lifted the vacant WBO Worldwide middleweight belt. Plus, Koen Mazoudier (13-4-1, 5 KOs) defeated Dan Hill (7-2, 3 KOs) by unanimous determination at tremendous welterweight, with the scores being 100-89, 99-90, and 98-91.
