A quality-looking card takes place Down Under on Sunday, and in the bill-topper at Afterpay Arena in Sydney, former world champions Errol Spence Jr and Tim Tszyu collide over twelve rounds at middleweight.
Amazon Prime and DAZN televise Spence vs Tszyu live on pay-per-view.
Spence (28-1, KO22) would ordinarily start as favourite for this one, but with the Texas-based ‘Truth’ being inactive for nearly three years, few know what to expect from the American here.
At his best, Spence was a unified welterweight world champion, with his reign beginning with an eleventh-round knockout of Kell Brook in 2017, and he added the WBC crown in September 2019, taking a split verdict against Shawn Porter in Los Angeles.
He would add the WBA strap in April 2022, halting Yordenis Ugas in ten rounds, but then Spence finally met his match, and suffered his only pro defeat in July 2023, down three times before being halted by the gifted Terence Crawford for undisputed glory in the ninth round of their bout.
With several issues outside of the ring, it is unclear why Spence has been inactive for so long since the Crawford reverse, and Tszyu (27-3, KO18) will certainly test that inactivity.
Son of the legendary Kostya Tszyu, Tim began his career with 24 wins on the spin, including claiming the WBO super welterweight title after a spell as interim champion.
He would lose that crown in his first defence, via split decision to Sebastian Fundora, and he would also lose his next fight, a third round stoppage at the fists of Bakhram Murtazaliev in Orlando.
After a comeback win, Tszyu challenged Fundora in a rematch, and this time he was forced to retire after seven rounds after being decked in the opening round.
The 31-year-old has resurfaced in his native Australia, and won twice, the last a wide points win against Denis Nurja to take the vacant WBO international middleweight trinket.
Prediction: If Spence can re-discover his mojo, and shake off the ring-rust, I fancy him to take victory against Tszyu, most likely over the distance.
Stephen Fulton vs Liam Wilson
Another crossroads clash is on the undercard, where former unified super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton (23-2, KO8) takes on former world title challenger Liam Wilson (18-3, KO10).
Fulton lost his WBC and WBO belts in 2023, when he was stopped by Naoya Inoue, but he rebounded to win the WBC featherweight title in February 2025, outscoring Brandon Figueroa.
Fulton would suffer defeat last time out in a move to lightweight, widely outpointed by O’Shaquie Foster last December.
Wilson has been stopped by Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez, but has won five on the spin since the Valdez reverse, the last a fourth-round stoppage of Rodex Piala in January.
Prediction: I expect Fulton to be too smart for Wilson, and the American can take a clear win on the scorecards.
Remaining Undercard
In ten-rounders, Paul Fleming (28-1-2, KO18) should have too much experience for Ahmed Reda (8-0, KO6), and can record a win on the cards, while at middleweight, Callum Peters (7-0, KO6) can halt Argentina’s Ivan Ricardo Actis (13-0-1, KO9).
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At light heavyweight, Paulo Aokuso (10-0, KO5) can take the vacant IBF Intercontinental title with an early win against Luis Antonio Tejeda (12-0-1, KO9).
In the sole four-rounder, debutant Tina Rahimi should take a points win against Sacha Ryan Dryden (2-2, KO0).
