By: Sean Crose
Tim Tszyu was seeking to make a comeback Sunday in Australia. After dropping two fights in a row in 2024, the previous pink sizzling titlist had seen his profession and repute take a success. But as he stepped into the ring on the Newcastle Leisure Heart in Australia to battle American Joey Spencer, Tszyu appeared comfortable whereas Aussie anthem “Land Down Beneath” performed all through the enviornment. For a person together with his profession doubtlessly on the road, Tszyu actually appeared snug in entrance of his Australian countrymen. His junior middleweight bout with Spencer was the principle even of a PBC card and was scheduled for ten.
The primary spherical noticed the 24-2 Tszyu and the 19-1 Spencer start cautiously. Each males knew finish a battle early, in spite of everything. Tszyu utilized stress within the second, shifting ahead and protruding his jab. Spencer, alternatively, continued to stay affected person, although he slipped and hit the mat within the closing moments of the chapter. Tszyu turned up the stress within the third, throwing and touchdown spectacular combos. Spencer started firing on his personal because the spherical progressed, however Tszyu appeared to be the sooner of the 2 fighters.
Tszyu proceeded to land blistering combos within the fourth. By the ultimate minute of the spherical, Spencer had transitioned from a sport competitor to a bruised and crushed punching bag. Spencer’s group properly stepped in and threw within the towel earlier than the American took any extra injury. “I proved it to everybody on the earth,” a jubilant Tszyu mentioned afterward. “I’m again child, I’m again.” A doubtlessly large battle with Keith Thurman was introduced up within the submit battle interview. “Signal the contract, massive boy,” Tszyu mentioned with a smile. “Signal the contract!”
One have a look at Spencer’s bruised and bloody face informed viewers all they wanted to know concerning the high quality of Tszyu’s comeback battle. Whereas Spencer wasn’t thought of a high notch opponent, he wasn’t thought of a second price fighter, both. Positive sufficient, earlier than the weekend the person was seen as a possible rising star. He merely couldn’t sustain with Tszyu, nonetheless. As has been mentioned, “there’s ranges to this sport.” Now Tszyu can look forward to greater issues. A battle with Thurman will surely be attention-grabbing. Thurman, lengthy probably the greatest welterweights within the sport, is arguably previous his prime resulting from a lot inactivity. With Tszyu nonetheless arguably getting again on his ft, nonetheless, there may very well be an enormous curiosity consider play.
