Tim Tszyu Returns with Victory

Australia's former world champion Tim Tszyu returned to the ring in style with a fourth-round TKO over Joey Spencer Saturday night in the main event of PBC Championship Boxing on Prime Video from the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, Australia.

Tszyu came into the fight measured and largely held back his punches in the first two rounds, choosing instead to stalk Spencer (19-2, 11 KOs) around the ring and measure his distance. In round three, Tszyu turned up the heat and began to score with lead left hooks as Spencer was too often caught stuck in the line of fire.

“I learned from my mistakes,” said Tszyu. “You don’t go in like a hothead in the first round and abandon everything. I had a hell of an opponent in there and I was blessed to share the ring with him.”

In round four, Tszyu quickly began to do damage, badly bruising Spencer’s right eye, which immediately began to swell. From there, the onslaught was on, Tszyu unloaded with huge combos, while Spencer was only able to return fire with one or two shots at a time.

Tszyu landed a brutal 41 power punches in the decisive fourth round according to CompuBox, eventually forcing Spencer’s corner to throw in the towel, ending the fight 2:18 into the round.

“The critics are always going to be there, but I had to prove it to myself,” said Tszyu. “I proved it to everyone in the world. I’m back baby, I’m back.”

After the fight, Tszyu welcomed a potential Australian blockbuster against former unified world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman, who recently returned to the ring in the land down under, knocking out Aussie Brock Jarvis in March.

“Sign the contract big boy,” said Tszyu. “If the fans want it, we can bring a mega-show to Australia. He knows who to contact.”