Spence vs. Tszyu will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, July 26 at an undetermined location. The timing means the fight will air in prime time on Saturday night in the US on Amazon Prime pay-per-view.
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Former unified welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) has not fought since Terence Crawford stopped him in July 2023 in a one-sided fight for the undisputed welterweight championship.
Spence, 36, was rumored to face WBC welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora for much of 2024, but those talks were not finalized. Meanwhile, Spence has been dealing with a legal challenge from his former trainer, Derrick James, who claims he was not fairly compensated for some of the fights they worked on together.
Tszyu (27-3, 18 KOs) defeated Brian Mendoza to win the vacant WBO super welterweight title in October 2023. He was upset by Fundora, who replaced him late, in March 2024 and then lost again for the world title after being brutally knocked out by Bakhram Murtazaliev in October of that year.
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Tszyu has fought four times since then, winning three bouts against lower-level opponents and losing a rematch with Fundora last July.
After losing to Fundora for the second time, Tszyu left coach Igor Goloubev to join Pedro DÃaz in Miami. The duo worked together in two fights that Tszyu won. The Australian, however, recently parted ways with Diaz and will be trained by the legendary Jeff Fenech for his July fight against Spence.