Tim Tszyu beat Errol Spence Jr. by unanimous decision in the Spence vs. Tszyu main event at Afterpay Arena in Sydney, Australia.
The official result was Tszyu by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. The ringside scorecards were 118-110, 117-111, and 117-111 for Tszyu, who improved to 28-3. Spence fell to 28-2 in his first fight since the Terence Crawford loss in 2023.
The pay-per-view was scheduled for Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT in the United States, with the card taking place locally on Sunday, July 26 in Sydney.
Round-By-Round Flow
Rounds 1-3: The fight opened with clean exchanges from both sides. Tszyu hurt Spence with right hands in the first, Spence answered with volume and body work in the second, and the third stayed tight as Tszyu tried to raise his activity.
Rounds 4-6: Tszyu began finding Spence with repeated right hands. Spence still had body-shot success, but Tszyu’s pressure and size started showing by the sixth.
Rounds 7-9: Tszyu took command of the center and repeatedly got to Spence with right hands and counters. Spence had moments with the left hand, but Tszyu was landing the more consistent power shots.
Rounds 10-12: Spence needed a big finish. He had a stronger eleventh on some unofficial cards, but Tszyu closed the final round aggressively, backing Spence toward the ropes before the judges made it unanimous.
Tszyu Turns Back A Major Name At Home
Tszyu entered the fight at 27-3, with his recent run defined by world-title losses and a rebuild that needed a major name attached to it. Beating Spence in Sydney gave him exactly that in front of a home-country crowd.
The result also landed on the same weekend MiddleEasy had been tracking the changed Spence-Tszyu card, after Stephen Fulton missed weight and the Liam Wilson fight was scratched. That left the main event carrying even more of the pay-per-view attention.
For Spence, the assignment was a difficult return. He was coming off a three-year layoff after his 2023 stoppage loss to Crawford and moving into a middleweight bout against a naturally bigger opponent. Tszyu used that size and timing well enough to bank rounds without chasing a reckless finish.
Tszyu now has the kind of name-value win that can reset his position after a turbulent stretch at world level. Spence leaves Sydney with questions about what comes next, while Tszyu leaves with the decision, the scorecards, and the hometown main-event moment.
Elsewhere in boxing, Hamzah Sheeraz also edged Simon Zachenhuber by majority decision on a busy weekend of result coverage.
