Tim Tszyu admits his career is at a crossroads ahead of must-win bout against Joey Spencer

Tim Tszyu has admitted his boxing vocation is astatine a crossroads up of must-win bout against American Joey Spencer connected Sunday. 

Tim Tszyu experienced 2 important defeats successful 2024 that has led him down this road.

In March, helium mislaid a divided determination to Sebastian Fundora, relinquishing his WBO ace welterweight title.

Then, successful October, Tszyu faced Bakhram Murtazaliev for the IBF ace welterweight rubric successful Orlando, Florida.

Murtazaliev dominated the bout, knocking Tszyu down 4 times earlier securing a third-round stoppage.

He knows different daze nonaccomplishment could spell the end, and is determined to guarantee that does not happen.

'A batch of greats fall,' the 30-year-old said.

'It's not astir however you fall. It's astir however you get backmost up and this is my redemption.'

Tszyu is vowing to people his territory and support his homeland aft Joey Spencer overcame a week of play and turmoil to marque value and corroborate the pair's spicy super-welterweight showdown successful Newcastle. 

After being accused of 'sooking' astir 3 Australian judges initially being assigned to the combat and turning up to unfastened grooming sessions successful beanies and sweaters, Spencer really deed the scales lighter than Tszyu connected Saturday.

After wasting each week, the American had nary much clip to spare to occurrence disconnected immoderate much barbs aft days of verbal sparring betwixt the 2 combatants.

'All the request for speech is done. We're acceptable to fight,' Spencer said.

Tszyu was blessed to play shot arsenic helium bids to resurrect his vocation aft 2 disastrous world-title losses past twelvemonth successful the US to Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev.

The Tszyu family, including his Hall-of-Famer begetter Kostya and younger member Nikita, are an unthinkable 50-0 successful Australia - and unbeaten successful 12 fights successful their alleged 'Tszyu-Castle' fortress.

'My country, my town. Let's defend,' Tszyu said.

'Let's get it on.'

No backward steps, some fighters are, inevitably, promising to triumph Sunday's high-stakes bout.

The power-punching Spencer (19-1, 11KOs) believes this is his day with day destiny.

'It represents a imagination travel true,' said the 25-year-old 'Small Town Soldier' from Michigan.

'This is what I've wanted to bash my full life. I judge with each my bosom that this is my time.

'Everything has travel unneurotic for this opportunity, and truthful I'm conscionable enjoying it. I'm enjoying the moment.'

Stopping abbreviated of claiming helium has Tszyu (24-2, 17KOs) rattled, the planetary challenger is adamant helium has the location anticipation covered.

'I don't cognize if he's underestimating maine oregon not. I'm not wrong his head. He says thing antithetic successful each interview, truthful we don't cognize what helium truly feels oregon thinks,' Spencer said.

'It's astir apt bully connected his portion to support everybody other guessing. But that's wherefore I'm not focused connected him.

'I conscionable cognize I've enactment in, what I cognize I've got wrong me. I consciousness similar my travel has brought maine to this point.

'He's a large opponent, he's done large things, I deliberation he's highly unsafe but, astatine the extremity of the day, it's not astir him. It's astir maine and I consciousness similar I've got what it takes to beryllium astatine this level and to triumph this fight.

'I'm not arrogant capable to accidental that I'm conscionable going to beryllium capable to take what I bash successful this combat and he's not going to respond.

'We're some going to person to respond to each other. This is going to beryllium a competitory fight, and truthful that means there's going to beryllium ebbs and flows, adjustments to beryllium made.'