Errol Spence Jr. and Tim Tszyu are set to clash in a high-stakes crossroads battle at 160 pounds. The two former champions come into the fight badly in need of a victory over a major opponent and with little room for error. The fight takes place in Tszyu’s home country of Australia and it will top off a solid but recently weakened card. Let’s talk boxing.
Spence-Tszyu Results
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Results and scorecards post here as each bout ends, main event first. Ring-walk timing slides with how the undercard runs, so the later fights may land earlier or later than the estimates below.
- Errol Spence Jr. vs. Tim Tszyu, middleweight —
- Paul Fleming vs. Ahmad Reda, lightweight —
- Paulo Aokuso vs. Luis Antonio Tejeda, vacant IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title —
- Tina Rahimi vs. Sacha Ryan Dryden —
- Callum Peters vs. Ivan Actis, middleweight —
Key Facts at a Glance
- Event: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Tim Tszyu, “USA vs. AUS”
- Date and venue: Saturday, July 25 for U.S. viewers, Sunday, July 26 local · Afterpay Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
- Prelims: 8 p.m. ET
- Main card: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT / 2 a.m. BST Sunday
- Main-event ring walks: approximately 11:30 p.m. ET
- Broadcast: PBC pay-per-view on Prime Video and DAZN, $79.99 U.S. and £24.99 U.K., plus PPV.com
- Records: Spence 28-1 (22 KOs) · Tszyu 27-3 (18 KOs)
- Weigh-in: both men at 159 pounds, under the agreed 160 limit
- Titles at stake: none in the main event. The vacant IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight belt is the only strap on the night
Spence-Tszyu Full Card and Start Times
The main card opens at 9 p.m. ET with Peters and Actis, and Spence and Tszyu are penciled for roughly 11:30 p.m. ET. No Limit has not published a bout-by-bout running sheet, so the times below are estimates spaced across that window rather than posted ring walks.
This card has been gutted twice in a week. Jermall Charlo vs. Koen Mazoudier fell out on a visa denial, then Fulton missed the 133-pound catchweight by 6.5 pounds and his fight with Liam Wilson was scrapped on the spot. Aokuso vs. Tejeda was promoted to the main card to backfill. My full card and viewing breakdown has the broadcast details.
- 9 p.m. ET — Callum Peters vs. Ivan Actis, middleweight
- 9:35 p.m. ET — Tina Rahimi vs. Sacha Ryan Dryden
- 10:10 p.m. ET — Paulo Aokuso vs. Luis Antonio Tejeda, vacant IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title
- 10:45 p.m. ET — Paul Fleming vs. Ahmad Reda, lightweight
- 11:30 p.m. ET — Errol Spence Jr. vs. Tim Tszyu, middleweight
What’s At Stake For Errol Spence Jr?
A Spence loss could and should lead to an immediate retirement. He’s 36 and he’s been out of the ring nearly three years exactly. His last fight was a brutal TKO loss to Terence Crawford in 2023. He can ill afford to lose to Tszyu and even more, taking significant damage is obviously a no-no.
He is also two divisions north of where he built his name, working with Ronnie Shields, and walking into hostile territory to do it. The weigh-in and ring-walk breakdown has the rest of the numbers.
How Good Is Tim Tszyu Right Now?
Tszyu has won two in a row since he went through his rough patch and losing his title to Sebastian Fundora, dropping the rematch and being stopped by Bakhram Murtazaliev. However, he hasn’t been in with top competition. If he can’t beat Spence, he’ll too be considered washed by many in the boxing community.
The one number in his favor is geography. Tszyu has never lost on home soil, and this is his middleweight debut in front of a Sydney crowd. Saturday also runs wall-to-wall, with Joshua and Prenga in Jeddah hours before this one starts.