Errol Spence Jr. vs. Tim Tszyu
📺 Watch on: Prime Video / DAZN (PPV); DAZN + WOWOW Live in Japan
Former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. returns to the ring for the first time since his September 2023 TKO loss to Terence Crawford, jumping two divisions to face Australia's Tim Tszyu (ex-WBO super-welterweight champion) at a negotiated 160lb middleweight limit in Sydney on July 25-26, 2026.
Key points
- Date: Saturday, July 25 (US broadcast) / Sunday, July 26 local — Afterpay Arena, Sydney, Australia
- Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) returns for the first time since his 9th-round TKO loss to Terence Crawford in September 2023
- A 2-division jump from his 147lb (welterweight) reign: the bout was first agreed at a 158lb catchweight, then changed to a full 160lb middleweight limit at Spence's side's request, which Tszyu accepted
- Tszyu (27-3) is a former WBO super-welterweight (154lb) champion, fighting on home soil in Sydney
- Broadcast: Amazon Prime Video / DAZN pay-per-view internationally; DAZN + WOWOW Live carry it in Japan
- Full 7-bout card confirmed, including Jermall Charlo's comeback fight and Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Liam Wilson
Fight card
- MAINMiddleweight (160 lbs)Errol Spence Jr.vsTim Tszyu
- Super Featherweight (130 lbs)Stephen Fulton Jr.vsLiam Wilson
- Super Middleweight (10 rounds)Jermall CharlovsKoen Mazoudier
- 🏆 IBF Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight titleLight Heavyweight (175 lbs)Paulo AokusovsLuis Antonio Tejeda
- Lightweight (135 lbs)Paul FlemingvsAhmad Reda
- Middleweight (160 lbs)Callum PetersvsIvan Ricardo Actis
- Super Bantamweight (122 lbs)Tina RahimivsSacha Ryan Dryden
What to watch
Former unified welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. returns to the ring for the first time in roughly three years, since a 9th-round TKO loss to Terence Crawford in September 2023. His opponent is Sydney's own Tim Tszyu, the former WBO super-welterweight (154lb) champion, in a bout set for July 25-26, 2026 at Afterpay Arena, Sydney.
Spence is jumping two full divisions from the 147lb welterweight class he once ruled as undisputed champion. The fight was originally agreed at a 158lb catchweight, but Spence's side later requested a change to a full 160lb middleweight limit, which Tszyu accepted — an unusually steep ask for a fighter coming off a three-year layoff, and one framed by several outlets as a survival-stakes comeback for Spence at the top of the sport.
Tszyu, a legitimate former 154lb world titleholder (won by beating Brian Mendoza for the WBO strap), fights in front of a home crowd, adding a further disadvantage for the visiting Spence.
The co-feature is Jermall Charlo's own comeback fight against Koen Mazoudier, alongside Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Liam Wilson. Paulo Aokuso vs. Luis Antonio Tejeda carries the IBF Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title, rounding out a stacked seven-bout card.
The event streams on Amazon Prime Video / DAZN pay-per-view; in Japan, DAZN and WOWOW Live are carrying the broadcast, with JP boxing-schedule listings pointing to a morning (JST) start on July 26 — check each platform's own listing for the exact main-card time.
Card and weights per PBC's official listings and cross-checked reporting. This page will be updated with results within 24 hours of the fight.