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 crimson 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 relaxed whereas Aussie anthem “Land Down Below” performed all through the area. For a person together with his profession doubtlessly on the road, Tszyu actually appeared comfy in entrance of his Australian countrymen. His junior middleweight bout with Spencer was the primary 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 learn how to finish a struggle early, in spite of everything. Tszyu utilized stress within the second, shifting ahead and protruding his jab. Spencer, however, 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 seemed to be the quicker 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 overwhelmed punching bag. Spencer’s crew properly stepped in and threw within the towel earlier than the American took any extra harm. “I proved it to everybody on the planet,” a jubilant Tszyu stated afterward. “I’m again child, I’m again.” A doubtlessly big struggle with Keith Thurman was introduced up within the put up struggle interview. “Signal the contract, large boy,” Tszyu stated with a smile. “Signal the contract!”
One have a look at Spencer’s bruised and bloody face informed viewers all they wanted to know in regards to the high quality of Tszyu’s comeback struggle. Whereas Spencer wasn’t thought-about a high notch opponent, he wasn’t thought-about a second charge fighter, both. Positive sufficient, earlier than the weekend the person was seen as a possible rising star. He merely couldn’t sustain with Tszyu, nevertheless. As has been stated, “there’s ranges to this sport.” Now Tszyu can stay up for greater issues. A struggle with Thurman would definitely be fascinating. Thurman, lengthy probably the greatest welterweights within the sport, is arguably previous his prime attributable to a lot inactivity. With Tszyu nonetheless arguably getting again on his ft, nevertheless, there may very well be an enormous curiosity think about play.
