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Former WBO Junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu may face Joey Spencer in April in Australia. This may be a confidence booster for the 29-year-old Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs), who has misplaced his final two fights, going 0-2 in 2024.
Spencer can be a comeback battle for Tszyu to get him prepared for a attainable conflict in opposition to Keith Thurman. That’s if Thurman is victorious in his March twelfth bout in opposition to Brock Jarvis in Sydney. Tszyu was purported to battle the previous WBC and WBA welterweight champion Thurman final yr on March thirtieth, however he pulled out of the bout with a biceps damage.
A Should-Win Combat
Earlier than final yr’s disasters, Tszyu can be seen as an amazing favourite going up in opposition to Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs), however not anymore. That must be seen as a 50-50 battle as a result of Tszyu has proven that he’s incapable of constructing easy changes throughout fight.
Dan Rafael studies that Tszyu vs. Spencer is feasible within the first quarter of 2025.
This can be a must-win for Tszyu as a result of if he can’t beat Joey Spencer, 24, he must assume severely about retirement as a result of this isn’t a top-tier 154-pounder. He was destroyed in seven rounds by Jesus Ramos on March 25, 2023.
Since then, Spencer has crushed three unranked no-name fighters to construct himself up considerably. He nonetheless hasn’t confirmed that he’s working at world-level means, nevertheless it seems he’s adequate to be chosen as Tszyu’s come-back battle in April.
The Murtazaliev Catastrophe
Tszyu was obliterated in three rounds by IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev on October nineteenth final yr in an embarrassing four-knockdown loss on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
Murtazaliev revealed after the battle that he was combating with an injured proper arm and was compelled to make use of his left. That proved to be greater than sufficient, as he repeatedly dropped Tszyu with that punch till the referee lastly waved it off within the third spherical.
Bakhram’s main weapon is his highly effective proper hand. You’ll be able to solely think about what the battle would have been like if he had that working for him. Tszyu may not have made it out of the primary spherical.
Tszyu misplaced to the 6’5″ Sebastian Fundora by a 12-round break up choice on March thirtieth final yr. Going into that battle, there was speak of Tszyu doubtlessly combating Terence Crawford in what would have been a big-money bout, however Fundora ruined every thing.
