- Tszyu beats Nurja 100-88 across all three cards, then calls Spence out on X with "let's go fishing"
- Spence fires straight back: "You think shit sweet — I'm do you so bad"
- PBC on Prime Video targeting summer 2026, with Australia in late July reportedly the lead venue
Right then, the gloves came off — and not just the boxing ones. Tim Tszyu walked out of his ten-round shutout of Denis Nurja, brushed off the cut under his eye, and went straight to social media to do what he came to do all along — name his next fish. "Let's go fishing," he posted. The fish? Errol Spence Jr. The hook is in.
Make no mistake, this was a planned callout. Tszyu didn't fight Nurja for ten rounds with a busted eye to take a soft option next. He took the Nurja fight to stay sharp, get on US screens via PBC, and earn the right to call the shot. Three judges scored it 100-88. He won every round. He took every round. Job done — now bring him the man he's been chasing since the Sebastian Fundora setback.
Spence Bites — Hard
And Spence didn't ignore him. Within the hour, Errol fired back on X: "You think shit sweet I'm do you so bad." Not subtle, not playing for the cameras — Spence has been quiet since the Crawford defeat in July 2023, and this is the most heat we've seen from him in nearly three years. That tells you everything you need to know about where his head is. He wants this. He needs this. He has not fought since that night in Vegas, and a comeback against the best 154 pounder on the planet is exactly the kind of statement Spence needs to remind people who he was before Crawford got hold of him.
Let's not beat around the bush — Errol's trainer Derrick James has been quoted this week saying Spence is "absolutely back" and ready for elite-level work. Whether the body holds up is another question entirely — Spence has had more eye operations than most fighters have had press conferences, and at 36, with the car crash on his record and three years of inactivity, the version of him that walks to the ring against Tszyu is unlikely to be the version that swept Yordenis Ugas.
Where And When
The reporting line is summer 2026 on PBC's Prime Video PPV, with Australia in late July as the lead venue. That makes total sense. Tszyu is the home-soil draw, the Sydney or Newcastle Stadium will sell out, and Australia in winter is far easier on a 36-year-old American body coming off three years out than Vegas in August. Get the gate, get the PPV, get the storyline — it writes itself.
The Pick
I am calling Tszyu. By stoppage. Not on points — by stoppage. Spence has not fought since July 2023 and the body that took the Crawford beating has not had three years off, it has had three years of surgery and recovery. Tszyu is younger, fresher, levels above him at the weight, and walks people down for fun when they don't punch back hard enough. Tszyu inside seven, off body work and a left hook that Errol will not see in time. Take it to the bank.
For Spence, this is the last big fight. Win or lose, he gets a final pay day and a final stand. Lose, and he walks. Win, and he announces himself back at the very top — and that, brilliantly, is exactly the storyline that sells PPV. Tszyu vs Spence is now a fight everyone can see. Make it.