Errol Spence Jr. confirmed to return against Tim Tszyu in Australia
Spence hasn't fought since his loss to Terence Crawford in 2023.
Errol Spence Jr. will end a three-year layoff to face Tim Tszyu this summer in Australia, Premier Boxing Champions announced Thursday. Spence vs.
Tszyu will take place in the afternoon on Sunday, July 26, at an undetermined location. The timing mean the bout will air on prime time Saturday night in the U. S.
on Amazon Prime pay-per-view. Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), a former unified welterweight champion, has not fought since being stopped by Terence Crawford in July 2023 in a one-sided fight for the undisputed welterweight championship. Spence, 36, was rumored to take on WBC welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora for much of 2024, but those talks were not finalized.
In the interim, Spence has been dealing with a legal challenge from his ex-coach, Derrick James, who claims he was not compensated fairly for some of the fights the pair worked together. Tszyu (27-3, 18 KOs) defeated Brian Mendoza to win the vacant WBO super welterweight title in October 2023. He was upset by late-replacement Fundora in March 2024 and then lost again for the world title after being brutally knocked out by Bakhram Murtazaliev in October of that year.