The Errol Spence car crash and then a brutal TKO loss to Terence Crawford will have taken a toll ahead of his comeback soon to boxing.
Add to that Spence has been away from boxing for a full three years.
No fights in professional boxing in three years on top of the car crash and the Crawford battering before that.
Ring rust is real. Those three things above and another thing, he’s in even more trouble.
He’s not going in there with some contender he’s going in there with one of the best fighters in his weight in Australian Tim Tszyu for his comeback this summer.
A boxer who is up to the mark.
Spence is running the risk of getting absolutely wiped out in our view.
In his interviews he is coming across as trying to convince himself that the time away from the sport at the highest level won’t matter.
He’s wrong. It will.
Errol Spence Jr vs Tim Tszyu – Factors Ahead of Comeback
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| 3 years of inactivity | Spence’s last fight was July 29, 2023 vs Terence Crawford. He returns July 25, 2026 – 3 years out of the ring |
| Brutal TKO loss last time out | Crawford dropped Spence 3 times and stopped him in Round 9. Spence was down in rounds 2, 7, and 7 again before TKO |
| Punch stats were one-sided | Crawford out-landed Spence 185-96 total and 98-63 power punches. Spence lost 79-70 on all 3 cards at stoppage |
| First loss ended unbeaten record | The Crawford defeat was Spence’s first pro loss, ending a 28-0 record and costing him undisputed welterweight status |
| 2019 near-fatal Ferrari crash | Oct 10, 2019: Spence’s Ferrari flipped multiple times at high speed. He was ejected, not wearing a seatbelt, and taken to ICU |
| Charged with DWI after crash | Spence was charged with driving while intoxicated, class-B misdemeanor, after the 2019 crash. He received probation |
| Career hampered by crash | Spence “acknowledges [the 2019 crash] has hampered his activity in the ring” |
| Only 1 win since detached retina | Spence suffered a detached retina in 2021. He’s “won just once since” – 10th-round TKO of Yordenis Ugas in April 2022 |
| Moving up in weight for first time | Tszyu fight is Spence’s “debut at super-welterweight” / 154 lbs and “first fight… at junior middleweight” |
| Age + wear factor | Spence is 36 years old and said “three years away from the sport changed my perspective completely”. Tszyu has fought 7 times since Spence’s last bout |
Spence is in more trouble than he realizes soon.
He is going to be in for a painful reality check. He is playing with more power than he can even imagine.
His time away, the Errol Spence car crash some years ago before that and the beating from Crawford, will tell a bad story for him soon.
