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 scorching titlist had seen his profession and popularity take successful. But as he stepped into the ring on the Newcastle Leisure Middle 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 probably on the road, Tszyu actually regarded comfy 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 how one can finish a struggle early, in any case. Tszyu utilized strain 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 strain within the third, throwing and touchdown spectacular mixtures. 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 mixtures within the fourth. By the ultimate minute of the spherical, Spencer had transitioned from a recreation competitor to a bruised and overwhelmed punching bag. Spencer’s group correctly stepped in and threw within the towel earlier than the American took any extra harm. “I proved it to everybody on the earth,” a jubilant Tszyu stated afterward. “I’m again child, I’m again.” A probably big struggle with Keith Thurman was introduced up within the submit struggle interview. “Signal the contract, massive boy,” Tszyu stated with a smile. “Signal the contract!”
One take a look at Spencer’s bruised and bloody face instructed viewers all they wanted to know in regards to the high quality of Tszyu’s comeback struggle. Whereas Spencer wasn’t thought of a prime notch opponent, he wasn’t thought of 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, nonetheless. As has been stated, “there’s ranges to this recreation.” Now Tszyu can stay up for larger issues. A struggle with Thurman would definitely be attention-grabbing. Thurman, lengthy among the finest welterweights within the sport, is arguably previous his prime resulting from a lot inactivity. With Tszyu nonetheless arguably getting again on his toes, nonetheless, there may very well be an enormous curiosity consider play.
