Errol Spence Jr vs Tim Tszyu | Full Fight | No Limit Boxing | July 26, 2026

He's at stake, Errol Spence and Tim Zhu. It is all or nothing in Sydney. Ben Damon alongside Sean Porter and Paulie Malinagy and Errol Spence looking around this crowd. It was almost like he was feeding off those boos. Yeah, he's he's supposed to feed off the boos, you know, and I appreciate the boos coming, coming, being here. It didn't feel like this was a hostile crowd. But now that the time has come, everybody knows what side they should be on. Errol's legs are great early on. Even even early on, a few seconds before the fight, he tried to throw a left hand to the body, missed it, and his back leg just came off the ground. I want to see as the fight progresses, if he gets his legs under him. That's always going to be the question here with Errol being out of the ring for a while and he wasn't taking a great shot a few years ago, trying to get that lead hand established while Tim is patiently stalking. Very wide stance it is to Errol Spence, who tries to feed off that jab as Timzer just shuffles forward confidently towards him in the opening stages of this, the first round. And that back leg does not look good, Pauly. I saw you. You called it. It's it's shaky when he when he when he when he changes his level and goes down a little bit, that back leg is shaky. Danny Green made a good point between fights, said Errol pushes his punches. It's that back leg. You got to give the drive with the back hand with the left hand and that left hand looks like it pushes out because there's not enough explosiveness in the back leg again. Let's see. Sometimes guys can warm into it. Sometimes guys are a little older, they warm into the fight. Yeah, let's see which one it is for Errol. Crowds himself a little there as he comes towards Errol Spence as well. But Spence very watchful in the opening stages here and then throwing out that left hand that he tries to find the body of Tim. So he does find it there and just shuffles in to Spence. So chops down with that right hand. Great game plan from from from Errol to try to get to the body immediately. You know, not a lot is he's pushing with the jab. We hate to see that. But he's going to the body. What do you think of the patience Tim is showing so far, champ? I want to see him push forward. I want to see him like that right there. Punch more, punch between the gloves. Mentally stress, Errol. He's not punching a lot. He's giving a high guard while trying to position his body. That's a right hand from Zhu. Yeah, now he's starting to get active. On hands to lead from Tim Zhu against the circle. He catches it. Tim Spence, he tries to blink it away. There's a shot from Spence. Big left hand from Spence. Lifts straight through onto the orthodox fighter, Zhu. Which one is taking a better shot, guys? They both took a good shot so far. The one that didn't look as shaky as Tim. Tim ate that left. He you could tell that he felt it, but he recovered almost instantly. And stay stoic. And Errol still looks a little shaky. You know, it's interesting because Errol is the guy who comes forward a lot. Is the bigger weight forcing him to fight in retreat? And is he going to be effective in retreat? Remember we talked about the guy that goes in retreat in this fight is going to be the guy that's going to have more trouble. Well, what an opening round we have seen. There's vulnerability. There's uncertainty. But there's a fight to win. Tim Zhu listens to the instructions of Jeff Fennec for the very first time. And this is what we saw. It's a straight left right there. A short right hand coming from from Tim Zhu. That was a very good clean shot. And then right here, he's off balance. Tim doing the right thing. Follow your opponent through the right punch. Follow them through the right punch. Found his opponent. That's what I'm talking about. And then right here, Errol comes right back. Yeah, Errol got himself through that unsteady moment and then came back firing himself. Smart of Tim to push him down and end that little exchange. But again, to show Errol's fighting spirit as well. He's like, OK, I mean, you can get me with a big shot. I got to get you back before the end of the round. All right. So we're three minutes down. And this one, well, it could turn into a shootout pretty quickly. Both of them had a big moment in that first round, and they'll both know they can do damage. Spence and Zhu in round two. We got rules, right? So the rule for the Southpaw is to circle to your right. Keep your foot on the outside. There's a lot of he's a lot of foot wrestling on the ground. He's given up all of his leverage by stepping to his left, making things a little easier for Tim. And Tim is stepping over, stepping on Errol's foot a lot and keeping his foot on the outside and trying to make him trip over. He's on the outside of him, but touch still touching his lead leg. A lot of stepping, a lot of foot jockeying on the ground. For anybody that doesn't understand that, right. It's like walking in the dark and reaching and touching your toe. No, but it's like it's but it's like reaching and touching for that, for that, that light. You don't have to look at that foot. You just have to have that wherewithal to know that I need to be on the outside. Sometimes you might touch it a little bit and then you know, I'm on the outside of you. And again, Spence tries to find the body. Then he looks for an uppercut with his left hand. So shopping in and coming towards Errol Spence, who again reaches out to the body. Interesting how the pressure Tim is applying is more mental. He's not a very active fight from Tim Zhu so far, but he's positioning himself as a body in front of Errol, trying to stress him mentally and trying to get Errol to throw panic punches as opposed to smart punches. And I'm not mad at that. He's, Errol's punching back and not, not, he's not, Tim's not giving anything up. How are you in front of Errol Spence Jr. and you're not giving up anything? Yeah, well, Errol, I tell you, he's trying to get to the body, trying to be smart and get to the body. But my question is, are they panic punches? Is he rushing his work a little bit because Tim is in front of him? Good shot there again. Lead right hand from Tim Zhu again. That looks like the punch he knows can get him on the inside of Errol Spence. It's more of Spence looking to the body. It's more of a sweeping right hand. I like to see him come back to that a little bit more, too. Again, punches that you aren't used to seeing, those sometimes are the punches that end up becoming the money shot. See, Errol fell in there again. That's, threw a couple of punches and fell in again. It's the legs of Errol that concern you. Before this fight started, I said, Errol looks tight to me. He's pushing with everything. He's trying to punch with a lot of power. He's got to loosen up and use some speed. And before the fight, everybody was talking about, oh, Errol was a big welterweight. Errol's a big guy. But you can see in the ring, Tim is bigger. He's physically stronger. He's the one pushing Errol back. But Errol's smartly going to the body. And this investment to the body, it could still pay off. Oh, there's a shot. There's a shot from Spence. Spence with the left hand again, like in the opening rounds. Xu, he wears it well, though. And he continues to stand in front of Spence. And again, I just talked about the rules, you know. He's a slight step to his right, and that creates that angle for that straight left hand. I will say, though, Errol's body attack has been more consistent this round. Tim is holding his position and landing some good shots himself. But if Tim doesn't start making Errol pay for those body shots, it could get a little awry later. Short right hand from Xu. Late in this, the second rounds. Listen, everything you're doing, okay, that was a good round. But look, don't fall in with punches, okay? Everything else is good. Keep using the jab, but keep facing it. If you see something, you got to take it. When you kick their head off the line, I want this side or that side, okay? Just move their head. Everything else is good. He knows, guys, this round, high work rate always from Errol. But that straight left that he threw, and again, you can see him step off a little bit to the right. That punch was created because, look, watch him circle a little bit to his left, to his right, excuse me, and he was able to land that straight left. And Tim attacking a little bit too squared up there and allowed Spence to be able to get that shot down the middle and step around. A better second round, no doubt, for Errol Spence. Sean, how have you scored the first capital? I got it, 1-1, tie game after two. Okay, so Zoot and Spence recommence here in round number three. I like Ronnie's instructions, get your head off line for Errol Spence. It's going to test just where Errol's legs are at, because to throw a punch and get your head off line, you've got to have your legs strong under you, because it's double the work for your legs. But at the same time, it does protect you. But a guy that doesn't have great legs, to throw the punch and get his head off line, sometimes discombobulates his balance. Let's see if Errol's able to do it. Straight right, landed right there for 10 minutes. Yeah, Zoot goes through, and then they tangled with their feet, and Zoot went awkwardly. Now, they stand here in punching range, and they try and find it, the pair of them, willing to let attack take the place of their defense. And there's a shot over the top from Spence. Zoot covers up as he comes towards Spence now, chopping his Spence, body shot. That's a lot of power, though. Errol's punching with a lot of power with both hands. But is it affecting Tim or isn't it? Tim's showing a good poker face here, pushing back. Again, this is where the physical strength comes in, and this is where you wonder which one is going to wear down first, because Errol's doing some terrific body shots now. Even if they're okay, they're not as sharp as they used to be and not as much snap, he's still consistent with them. He's putting money in the bank there. Tim keeps pushing back, though. He's consistently looking to the body, Spence. Zoot consistently walking forward and looking for those right hands. I look back on my fight with Errol, that was the biggest difference in our fight is he got to my body and I didn't get to his. Coming to the ring tonight, Tim should have been ready for a great jab, that straight left, and the body work. There's a body shot again from Spence. Tim's focused on pressure, taking away his own ability to attack, though. Spence is starting to create a little more space for his attack. Seems like Tim Zoot is smothering himself. Yep, that's how I say the offense becomes the defense, you're forcing your opponent to keep his hands at home. Step back. He gets some space here to Zoot, but he's right in there with a chopping Errol Spence, who turns a left hand around as well. Nice little Vincent's combination right there from Errol before he reached with that left right there. Okay, that back leg's still not steady for Errol. He reached over again, but he's getting the numbers up. And Zoot is not transitioning the mental pressure to the physical pressure. He still continues to walk Errol down, but he's not putting the numbers behind him now. There's a left hook and a right hand from Zoot. The crowd surged behind every one of his punches. And he shoves away, does Errol Spence to give himself some room to try and work from this jab. It's a lead right hand, though, from Zoot. Now they just watch for a moment. Champ, should Zoot be going to the body with a couple of right hands? Absolutely. When at that mid-range, should he be shooting right hands to the body? Absolutely, both these guys. You see the opportunity there. Spence takes the body shots. Zoot, not going to the body as much as you'd think he could. Let's get into Tim Zoot's corner with Jeff Fennec. Timmy, the right hand never missed him. It never missed him. He got a throng for him. Feel all good? Come on, Timmy. Gotta keep your hands up. Come on, come on here. Timmy, you're standing in front of him just waiting. No, you've got to take him this year. Make him fight your fight. Don't let him make you fight his. Timmy, there's no problem, brother. You've seen it all. Catch and punch, Timmy. Don't just let him hit you and catch it. Catch and cover. Timmy, the uppercut's here. You catch and throw the uppercut. I promise you, you're gonna go home. Trust me. You see Fennec wants the transition from the mental pressure to the physical pressure. He said, you're catching the shots, but you gotta respond now. You gotta start transitioning over. And that's the right instructions for Zoot. Well, Jeff Fennec speaks to exactly what the punch stats say. All of the punches in the last couple of rounds coming from Errol Spence. Tim Zoot, he is right there, and he's not as active with his shots as he fires a short right hand. Right there, it has to be a make-em-miss, make-em-pay kind of situation. Tim, I think he needs a short step back, make Errol reach, and then capitalize off of the missed punch. Also, no jabs from Zoot. Zoot walks down Spence. There's some body shots that we were asking for last round. Well, that's better from Zoot. More activity, more right hands. And that's the thing, we talked about whoever backs up in this fight is gonna have a lot of trouble, but Spence has been able to back up and have success because Zoot has not been using the jab. He's not using punches. And that one may have crept low. Too low again, okay? Phil, Zoot lost the referee with a warning for Errol Spence. The feet continue to tangle between this orthodox and southpaw fighter. I gotta tell you, I'm impressed, though, from Tim. Tim is, he's feeling that left, that lead foot, and he's able to reposition it. It's very important. And it's a right hand from Zoot. Head straight punch out of there. Seems like Zoot lands the strongest shots when they land. But again, it's Spence's activity. Yeah. Zoot was landing cleaner. Yeah. But Errol is, you know, consistently working. You can see, as much as everybody wants to talk about big of a wall, the way Spence was, this is still Zoot's more natural way. Right hand from Zoot as well. Just to stay part ways, he continues to score with that shot. The right hand to Zoot. Made a miss. He didn't catch him with that. Here's Spence. He's being consistent with that counter. He's not putting a lot of weight on it, but it is, if he keeps countering that left hand with sharp right hands, it's gonna create some doubt in Spence's mind. Nice straight right coming right there from Tim Zoot. One got through from Zoot. Body shot too. Body shot. Oh, here goes Zoot. Spence has to get back on the jab, guys. Spence on his toes as Zoot comes towards him. Gotta get back on the jab. That becomes your defense now. Yep, exactly. That jab becomes his defense. He's losing his... Good straight left right there from Arrow. Arrow get back to pumping that jab. Off his neck. Body shot again. Tim Zoot, Arrow, Spence. He's in there, but he isn't throwing as much in this round. That's the problem when you go to the body. Eventually you remind your opponent he's also gotta go to the body, just because you felt the body shots. And Tim Zoot has remembered to go to the body this round, and it's paid dividends for him. Right. Much better round for Zoot with a chomping right hand as well. Spence is jabbing now. Tim not forcing it. Tim not, you know, I feel like he's got a few moments right there where he's really zapped Arrow. But you know when you listen to the corner with Fennec, Fennec wanted, Fennec didn't say he didn't like the mental pressure, but he wanted the physicality attached to it. He wanted the punches thrown, and Tim added the punches to the mental pressure. Look, I need you to jump in that javelin, but you gotta step in with the punches. Okay? Straight down the middle with the one-two. Then move your head. Take that to the body. Don't go to the uppercut. Uppercuts are down. Okay? Watch your distance with him. Okay? Jump, jump, two and three. Second third attack, okay? Good second third attack, sorry. The conversation ongoing in the Zoot corner. Nikita Zoot is here. So is Terence Crawford. Acknowledge him. As we hit round five. Pop that up. Some water in the corner. The Zoot corner. I'll tell you what, you Aussies know how to do that, don't you? Yeah. It's certainly been a specialty here today. Where are we at just now? Do you feel, Sean, in this one? Again, I got it tied after four. I like Tim, or I'm sorry, I like Errol's energy right now. He's pumping the jab the way that Ronnie asked, and he's also stepping around the way that Ronnie asked. Body shot from Spence. He's looked so good going to the body when he has. Zoot brought it back to him in the previous rounds. He has made that investment, has the American. Errol taking a small step back, but someone's like he's in no man's land. He doesn't really know what to work off of. Well, Errol was never a guy who fought going backwards. Considering that he's not done a bad job fighting on the back foot, but he does look awkward, almost out of place at times when he's going backwards. Good combination there from Spence, though. And again, Tim is going back to not responding, even though he's, again, trying to apply that mental pressure. Yeah, this is better pressure again from Spence. Zoot's strong in the previous round, but Spence is firing nicely in this. Body shot, though, from Zoot. We got an O to Errol. We got an Errol that's been out of the ring for three years. The Errol that I knew he would punch and keep punching. There was no smothering. There was no one, two, and we're done. This kid used to punch and punch and punch. Errol, you knew he had legs. This one's legs ain't so sturdy under him. I mean, he's fighting a brave fight, and it's effective in those spots. I mean, this is a close fight. But I also feel like Zoot is also letting him live more than he should, and it could cost him, you know, because Errol's still, regardless, he's investing to the body, and you don't know what kind of dividends that pays later on. Spence turned right-handed for a second, and he goes back to lefty and shoots a nice left hand. Yeah, good left hand it was from Spence. Gets back, investing to the body of Zoot again. I feel the exact same, Paulie. I feel like Zoot's almost, he's almost allowing Errol to live. He's not firing quick enough. Yeah, and Errol falls a lot, falls over that front foot a lot. Again, a testament to, I think, the legs does not be in there like they used to be. But Tim not making him pay with the uppercuts. He's getting a little too close to himself and smothering himself. Inside the final 30 seconds of round five here. Both go to the body. Spence really digging in with this shot to right hand from Zoot. Don't hold, don't hold! Right! That's that sweeping right hand again. He's gotta start, it's like this looping, hooking motion. Yeah, that's a good shot, but Tim has to get in the proper range for it. He's either too close or too far a lot of times. Another close round between Spence and Zoot. I want better, Timmy. I don't want you to let me punch you. Push him backwards, Timmy. I'm gonna tell you now, every time he pushes you backwards is the only time he hits you. Come on. Breathe. The uppercuts there, the right hands there. Two rounds ago, he hit him with 20 right hands. You stopped it, use it. You're on the outside ball. Make him think you're gonna do something to throw the punch. Faint, Timmy, faint. Feel good? Come on, we've got 12, three easy. I know. Come on. He was tired before the last thing. You're gonna come back into it. Don't let him back into it. Come on. Gee, those numbers tell a story. The body shots of Errol Spence, they have been significant in this fight so far. There's that looping right hand, that sweeping, as I call it, right hand. It's a good punch and it's landing right there just on the jawline. Spence threw some nice combinations in that round, but that was the best punch of the fight, I mean, best punch of the round was landed by Zhu, so close round, that last round. Fennec, again, showing why he was brought on with the instructions there, trying to get Tim to have that self-belief and his ability to pressure and be the man in the ring. Push him back, go for it, let your hands go. So he's trying, again, this is what was missing from Tim Zhu is his self-belief. Short right hand it was from Zhu. Ref letting Tim use that lead hand as a measuring stick. Some refs don't like it. The rule is that your hand's gotta be closed, right? Yeah, it's gotta be closed and it has to be working, usually, you know? If it's out there, it can't stay out there. They struggle for position again here at center ring, both trying to find their punches over the top. Spence puts the body shots away for a moment. Now he goes back there. No, another thing we see from Arrow is there's no setup. It's just, you know, it's body shots. Zhu's having a better round again there. They're trading rounds again. Yeah, it seems that way. Zhu, proactive, but Spence, when he punches to the body, he looks so good. The right hand's thudded through from Spence to the body of Zhu, who disguises that right hand and pours it through as well. And there'll be a warning here on a low shot from Spence again. I'll tell you what happened there. He didn't get his last warning, but Spence bit on the feint of Zhu. And then he bit on it, he dipped as he bit on the feint. And while he was down there, he's like, all right, I'm just gonna throw a shot. He wanted to go to the body, but he went low, but he wound up that low because he bit on Zhu's feint. Shuffles away to Spence and he goes to the body, Zhu on the inside. Tim becoming a bully, you know, again, that lead hand leading, forcing Arrow to do what he wants to do again. The right hand, Zhu, he drove to the body a couple of times, then he drove to the head. So it becomes easier for Zhu to be the boss when Spence stops jabbing. And Spence has stopped jabbing. And Zhu not only coming forward, but again, adding the numbers, adding the punches, the way Fennick wants to do behind that pressure. But Spence can offset that with his jab. But he's not jabbed that much. And again, that back foot coming off the ground as he falls over trying to throw the left hand. And the crowd, they surge around Tim Zhu every time that he scores with anything. They did so again there as he drives into the body again with his right hand. That's interesting the way Arrow is blocking that body shot. I mean, he's pulling his ass back. He's really trying to block that shot. What is it about the body? He could also get more of an angle then, if that's the case. So he doesn't have to be so awkward when he gets that. But again, you have to have the legs to change positions like that. I don't know if Arrow has them. So they are trading rounds here in Sydney. Arrow, Spence, and Tim Zhu. Here's some highlights. And we had a good round for both these guys. A little bit more back and forth. I felt like that round was controlled by Tim. He landed a beautiful right hand right there. I mean, that's a right hand that ascends your neck all the way back. And that's Tim's mom there. Yeah, she can't watch. She can't even listen at this point. For mothers, it's always gotta be tough. Oh, yeah. But she didn't say she was never coming back, but here she is. I mean, it's the biggest moment of Tim's career. Yeah. You see the difference in Tim Zhu when he puts the numbers behind the person. He really, really troubles Spence a lot. And Spence stops jabbing under that kind of duress. Spence's decision-making gets affected when he's under that kind of stress and under that kind of pressure. We've seen the toing and froing in terms of rounds. Is this another Spence round, do you think, Paulie? That was a Zhu round. The one before- This one. Oh, this one. I mean, we'll see. Because even the one before the last one, it was close. I mean, I thought Spence had better numbers, but Zhu landed the best punch of that previous round. Last round, the one that just ended, it was all Zhu. But let's see if Spence can get back on his jab or if Zhu's bringing that forward momentum and with the punches. Yeah, well, there looks to be some forward progression for sure here for Zhu. He is pouring shots now towards Errol Spence, who backs up there dramatically for a moment. And there's a counter right hand, too, from Zhu. And suddenly, Jeff Minnick is up and he is enjoying this a bit more. Well, again, he wants this. This is where Tim Zhu has lacked a little bit in the last couple of fights, is when he starts to take advantage of the fight and get the advantage. He doesn't pull the trigger to the next level. He doesn't go after another gear and boss the fight. And that's, I think, what Finnick wants to see. He sees Tim taking control of the fight, but now he wants him to step on the gas a little bit. So more defense here from Spence, who had invested so heavily in the body in the early stages of this fight. Now, just forced to cover up. Now he gets to work a little bit, does Errol Spence. I remember in the Nuria fight, Zhu took, you know, was gaining the advantage. Instead of stepping on the gas, kind of started cruising. And Finnick, who was in the crowd, walked home. He's like, I'm leaving. So, he doesn't want to see the same thing under his watch in the corner. That's why he's on his feet right now. If he senses Zhu taking control of this fight, he wants him to add another gear to this pressure. He wants to see uppercuts as well. He saw one right there and he enjoyed it a lot. Did you, Finnick? The uppercut of Tim Zhu. He thinks that's the punch that can do the damage. The right hand over the top as well. But Spence, he's just waiting here for a moment. Now he hangs on and just walks Tim Zhu backwards. There's a right hand again. Close range. That right hook, which is a good weapon against a southpaw at close range. I'll tell you, on righty versus righty, I hate that right hook. But righty versus lefty, that right hook can be a good weapon. It's a much cleaner shot to land, yeah. Body shot from Spence. What I find impressive is that Tim, again, while being in front of Arrow, he's not giving Arrow a whole lot. As a fighter with a high work rate, when I wasn't able to hit Flesh, that did something to my mind. Seeing Spence now be more, retreat, he's retreating more than he's, yeah. Yeah, he's going into flight. That's a good right hand from Tim Zhu. Handed Zhu with the right hand. Spence is starting to go into flight. Spence comes straight back, but Zhu, he's just walking forward now. Yeah, and Zhu smells blood, guys. Now, a good wrinkle for Arrow, because he's stepping around, but do you know how to work off of that? Yeah, that's the thing. The rest he's not doing, because he was backing up well early in the fight. He was backing up with a jab. His jab is not as consistent, because he's not even backing up so much as he's in flight now. There's a difference. You can fight backing up, and then you go into flight where you're not even fighting on the back foot. You're just moving back. Get in the corner. Trust me, on that side, I can see it. Only you can make him get out of there now. Those shoulder punches, I still want your defense to be the most important thing. Don't dumb that out there. I didn't catch the second half of what he said. I want to come back to that. That sweeping right hand. Keep bringing that all night long. Here it comes again. It's great timing, and there can be time where Arrow uses his jab. Why? Look at his hand. As he jabs, that left hand comes down. It's not a boss jab either. It's a jab where he's just tapping out there, and Kim is able to walk through it and bop him off the head with right hands. Regardless of what Fenix said second, the first thing he said was very, very crucial. He doesn't want to be here anymore. This is a 36-year-old Arrow Spence. Hasn't fought in three years. Is now in deep water. This is where you start questioning yourself as an older guy. Did I come back for the right reasons? Did I come back for a good reason? What am I doing here? And Kim wants to make him keep asking himself those questions. And he didn't let Arrow get out of his corner. Yep. He's right across there, and what he said afterwards was about defense, and he said, don't go mad out there. Yeah. And oh, there is a shot from Spence over the top with his left hand. And he goes again. He sits down on a couple of those, does Arrow Spence. And again. And a good left hook shot from the small stance. That's the opposite of Zu's right hook from the opposite stance is the Spence left hook. That's a good shot because it works on the opposite stance, that hook with the backhand. And three of those to start this round at Arrow Spence as Zu goes into the body. And Zu, Spence is trying to make a statement here by trying to hold his ground. Let's see if he's able to, or if Zu goes back to pushing him back. Uh-oh. I didn't think that was low. That's a number of warnings if he goes again. And the conversation's ongoing between Spence and the referee, Will Sulos. Zu just chases him. They slam into the ropes. Come on, Sean, that was just sweat. Ain't nothing, ain't nothing. That's when it's blood that it starts to get bad. Good, good hook. Shopping shot, the little hook from Zu. Spence tries to work to the body. And he's clear now again. But it is Spence who works hard off the left hand. Zu with the right hand, and again, body to Zu. Spence fires back. Gutsy round from Spence. I don't know if he's winning it, but he's making a much bigger effort to hold his ground. He's really trying to send a message to Spence, like, I'm not going anywhere, I'm here. I don't know if he's gonna win the round. It's still up in the air for me, but at least mentally, Spence is making a decision here. It's not easy for an older guy. And this is why this is a good fight, because on the other side of that, you got good, intelligent pressure coming from Tim Zu. You know, he's not, he's keeping his body on Errol. Errol's trying to move and turn, and he's just keeping his body on him. Eventually, it has to become more punches. But at this point in time, it's- When it is punches, it's great rounds for Tim. Sometimes Tim just takes away his own space, or is it Errol taking away the space from Tim? Regardless, though, when Tim adds the punches to the pressure, he has some very good rounds. Body shot from Zu. Brought the leg up there from Spence. He just ripped in with his left hand to the body. Spence has had success with his own left hand. You see the little cheap breaks here. He evades for a moment, and he continues to do so. It was a good punch from Zu. When you fight, you know, little cheap breaks to try to make it not hurt, but Spence is backing up without fighting. He might be recovering from that body shot. The bottom line for Errol is he's not, he doesn't bring a lot of variety to the game. When you see him doing things that aren't in his nature, it's more than likely because he's hurt. It's more than likely because he needs that space to breathe. Side-eye head to the stools again. This one at a very important stage. Eight rounds down between Spence and Zu. Give me a deep breath. Out of my face. Gotta be smarter now, man, okay? Look, give me the head movement. But look, go back to basics for me. Basic jabs. Stay in there, make him throw something, then you fire back. But don't wait on him. You gotta be fast. Jump in that jab, shoot the left hand. When you get close, body, uppercut. Uppercut's up there. Punches have got closer together, but the investment in the body from that man, Errol Spence, is significant. How are you scoring it, Sean? Oh man, that's a great question. One, two, three. I'll let you count them. As these two get back into the battle, Zu and Spence. I think the last round, the question is, are you gonna give Spence a sympathy round? He had a better round than he had the last couple rounds, but I'm still not sure he won it. But I can appreciate his effort. I don't think he won the round. I got five, three. Spence. I mean, I'm sorry. Five, three, Zu. Okay, so five rounds to three to Tim Zu, according to Sean Porter. And jabbing now is Spence, and chasing. Spence a lot of times falls over when Zu spins again. Yeah, we found him in that position a lot of times in this fight. And Zu did find him once with the right hand, but he's chased every other time and knocked back on him. It's a good overhand left when Errol was able to find it. Yeah, he found it in the previous round a few times, did Errol Spence. When you're fresh, and when you're an older guy, you're fresh, and you decide to take a fight. You know, you're fresh, you're not tired. You don't feel a discomfort. If this part of the fight now where you say, did I really want to come back or not? It's Spence's decision-making in this part of the fight, in these last rounds, that will decide how badly he wanted to come back. It's not easy. I mean, he's fought bravely, but it's not easy to be an older guy in this position with a younger guy stalking you like this, a physically bigger guy stalking you like this. It's where you start to say, okay, you know, how badly did I really want to come back? And sometimes you start to say to yourself, maybe I didn't want to come back as badly as I wanted to. This movement, that movement is what Errol needs, but you can see, I mean, he just shuffled his feet, he stuttered his feet. It's what he needs, but it's nothing, it's not something that he, you know, teaching the old dog new tricks. That to me will be a new trick for him. Well, both of you guys did predict a stoppage around this time yesterday. Is it still that way that you think it's headed or are we going the length here? Dan, I thought this fight was going to be over three rounds in the third round coming in, you know? I just thought it was going to be, you get me or I'm going to get you. But both these guys have exemplified better defense for coming in there from Zu. And more punch resistance like that than I think anybody expected. Yeah, well, it looked that way a shootout early on, but it's sort of got into this position now. Not a good counter from Zu. And Zu scores with a couple of strong right hands there. And he drives out to the body. He's good doing so as well. His right hand long to the body of Spence has been an important punch. Spence going the wrong way here, guys. Started going the other way at close range, now he's going in the correct way. That's a good feint. But again, that's something that he doesn't do that. He doesn't feint. Right hand again from Tim Zu. Nice little throwaway shot. And then he threw the right hand. Spence hasn't done a punch in about 30 seconds, does he? I don't know if he's recovering from something or if he's just exhausted. But he is not. With those punches from Zu, right hands are pointing. There in round nine, Tim Zu had some strong moments to end the round with his powerful right hand. Yeah, Spence didn't throw a punch the last 30, 40 seconds of the round. You just said we're done at the end of the round. You're throwing hands, brother. You're in position to do it all the time. You gotta throw it. When you're not throwing, that's why he's hitting you, Kimmy. Breathe first. Believe in what you're doing, champ. But have a great defense to it, please. Hands up. He's trying to bring him on the left hand over. Breathe. Breathe, Kimmy. See, one good hook deserves another. Spence used the left hook inside and Zu comes right back with his right hook. Talk about those backhand hooks. One more deep breath. Later in the round, Zu with that straight right hand down the middle. A shot you want to use on a cell phone. Second down, let's go! And that's what Fennick wants. More of those right hands from Zu. And there was a noticeable dip in activity from Errol Spence in round nine. Let's see what he has for us in 10. Oh, there's that right drive to the body. Can Spence get back to the body where he had so much success? I feel like, if anything, Tim might feel like he has him where he wants him. I think we're going to get more offense. More offense. Good body shot coming from Tim. Spence to the body. Zu over the top with the right hand. And again. And he drives to the body of Spence. And left hands too. Spence just trying to duck underneath these shots. But not returning any fire, guys. And Tim not allowing Errol to get as close as he had been before. Less active is Errol and more movement from Errol. Can't find him there, Zu. Now he goes with a left hand to Spence. Good cross there from Spence. He's still there. He's Errol Spence. He's got that strong left hand. He invested to the body as well. So, what happens? The further we go here. But gee, Tim Zu has stepped it up the past couple of rounds. Oh, good body shot from Spence again. From Zu. There he is to the body, Spence. Body for Zu. You see what he is. Spence is looking to throw in shots. Not to take the initiative, but to take a break. He's looking to land a shot and take a break. And I think Zu's got a good shot there from Spence. But Spence has to do more of this. He's got to try to follow up when he lands a shot. And the other side of that, Pauly, is Tim is allowing Errol to dictate the pace. You can't allow Errol to dictate the pace. He's got to stay on the front foot and keep punching. Jabbing to the body, then finding his right hands. Here's Zu. Here's Spence. He's been much more active the last 30 seconds or so. No jabs, but can't find Zu. Spence is not able to be active for a full round anymore, guys. See, it's more of this now. It's more bouncing away from Zu and trying to pick off movements. Zu got another sharp right hand there. 30 seconds left in round 10 of this 12-round hour. Now Zu with a jab, a rare jab from Zu, right? Zu, to me, doesn't jab as much as he could and should. Especially right now with the lead hand of Spence down and he's tired, this is a good chance for the right-hander to use that jab effectively. White's on the shot. If you're not going to jab, you've got to feint. They waited on the shot there, Tim Zu, and Spence was away. We are 10 rounds down as we head into the corner with Ronnie Shields. You're giving away distance here, you know? The distance, right? You've got no distance with this guy. Okay, now listen. We've got to do something better than what we're doing right now. You okay? Yeah. You sure? Yeah. Okay, now you listen to me, then. This round here, I want you to show me you're sure. Okay. I want you close. I want you to go back to the body. So you get overhand up every time. Keep stepping around it, please. Don't just stand right in front of it. Okay? Go to the body. You're not going to the body with me. We say you go to that body. Okay? Let's go to work now. Okay? Let's go. What are you hearing there, Paulie? And they're trying to motivate Spence to, you know, stay afloat, essentially, you know? I think he's lost the last three, four rounds, you know? But it's not always for lack of trying. I mean, there's moments where Spence tries to take control of the round, but it's just not as consistent anymore. Early in the fight, when they were exchanging rounds, Errol was able to fight for the full round. And now, the parts of the round where Errol doesn't fight, even when he has a good moment, he loses the remainder of the round. It's because Zu is hitting him with those right hands. Showing you are scoring it. Where have you got us? I don't know. Don't bother me with the score right now. Okay. You see Errol trying to make another stand here. It's the gutsy heart of a fading champion. Yeah. But I don't know if he has, again, he doesn't have the three minutes to do this. And now, there comes a point in the round where he lost the round. He walked into a right hand there, as well, from Tim Zu. He threw his own left hand, but Zu's right hand was sharp. And Spence, yeah, he is really digging deep here. Oh, there's a good left hand from Spence. Good body shot from Spence, as well. Listen, if my math is not off, it's 96-92 for Tim Zu. And it's his 94, you mean? Yeah, that too. My math is on. Oh, knockdown. Clearly, yeah. Working hard is Spence here in round 11. Again, he's acknowledging Ronnie Shields' corner instructions. Trying to get busy. You can see he's tired. Some of those punches are tired on where he punches, but he's trying to outwork Zu in there. Again, the heart of a faded ex-champion who refuses to go away from a world-class level. Clearly, there's something left, because he is dug deep here in this 11th round, as Errol Spence is trying to find that left hand, as well. Left is the heart of a champion. It doesn't go. You get to a point where you're allowing your fighter to survive, and you said that about Tim Zu quite a few rounds ago, that he was allowing Errol to, for the second one, to get off. You gotta give Ronnie Shields credit here between rounds, because this is a more motivated Spence. He's just as tired as he was before, but digging down a little bit more, gritting his teeth a little bit more, and taking advantage of the lack of activity from Zu, who's gone back to trying to mental pressure without the physical part. Yep. Right hand again for Zu. Working those Spence. Zu comes back and finishes the combination. Spence walks forward with a shot. Both fighters with success. 30 seconds still to come in round 11. If you allow Errol to, he'll use the real estate. He'll circle around and create the space that he needs. This is Tim's fault for allowing Errol to breathe. But it was also a little bit more digging down from Errol. Yeah, yeah, for sure. I'm telling you, Ronnie pushed him a little bit. The last few rounds, he'd given you a good 30 seconds each round, but then he was losing the rest of the round. This time, he kind of dug in and fought for the majority of the round, and Ronnie gave him an earful between rounds, and he came out and listened. So, we head to the corners for the final time in this one. And here is Jeff Vennick with Tim Tsui. It's the last round, isn't it? Yes. Hey, listen to me, listen to me. He's going to try to come around. Be smart, hands up, you've still got a punch. Don't just go into defensive mode like he's trying to, but be smart. Lots of fight, lots of fight. Your right hand's beautiful, it's up catching. Just stay alert. Three minutes, three minutes. We've trained for 15 rounds. Last round, we'll go center ring, Tasha. Uppercut's got to be behind, all right? Come on, baby, that's got to work. This is it. Last round. Lead this round, okay? So, let's go out there and take it, all right? Stay close to him. Get that upper hand out there, behind the uppercut. So, the speeches have been made. Both fighters head to battle for the final three minutes of this one. Errol Spence and Tim Zhu. I thought there was more urgency in the corner of Spence. There was urgency in the corner of Zhu, but it was also a half a play it safe, half a be active kind of speech. I think both guys should, for the safe side, be on the safe side to try to win this round. Spence might need it a little bit more, and Ronnie's instructions showed that. Yeah, I'm reminded of my fight with Errol, where I said, man, the round that I got knocked down, somebody's got to get a knockdown here. This fight is too close. I feel the same for this. I feel like we know that Tim is winning this fight. However, there have been some swing rounds in between, and I think if there's a knockdown either way, it seals the deal. The way this round is starting, though, did Errol burn too much gas in the last round? Good body shot from Zhu. Great body shot. Set it up off his jab as well, and he's jabbing more, at least using that left hand, is Tim Zhu, to try and set things up here in the final round of this fight. Errol Spence wheeling around now to his left, and just squares up here for a moment. Not an active first part of the round. They might be trying to save it for the second half. Call it old man in it, as the Brits say in England. You'll fight for the spots in the rounds that you try to be more convincing of, but not for the full round. Well, you know, it would be beautiful if Errol knew what he was doing and what he was trying to set up. What do you mean, he's just moving? No, well, I'm saying that, you know, hopefully this is a set up here. The thing about Zhu's feet is he has trouble hitting a moving target, you know? Zhu is putting the mental pressure, but he's not applying the physical part to it. Even his body, even something simple like a straight right hand to the stomach, as Spence moves around, he's trying to do that. And that's what I was asking for from Zhu. He's gotta get the physical part active if he's gonna put the mental part here. What'd you call that earlier? You said going to the attic? Oh, no, a rooftop. Rooftop, I mean, that was a nice little touch to the body and a straight right to the head, yeah. Yeah, he's been looking for that combination, has Tim Zhu. He's been trying to set things up more in this last round as well with that jab. And there's a right hand from Zhu. See, again, if he's active, I don't know, I'm questioning whether Spence burned all his gasoline around 11. He had a really active round 11. He's got nothing here around 12 and Zhu's starting to put the punches in here to put the round on the bank. Strong final round here for Tim Zhu so far. He's scoring with right hands at times and Errol Spence, who was so active to the body in the early stages of this fight, he has put the cue in the rack at times, particularly here in this final round. What does the aging superstar in Errol Spence have for us in the final 20 seconds here in Sydney? Tim Zhu with the crowd surged, he's boxing live. He's in there with the legends. Hit a hat's another. And is it Zhu out of the shadows? They go the distance. Errol Spence in Sydney and Tim Zhu, 12 rounds. It went up and down. We went the length. And there is an embrace between the fighter and the trainer, two champions who look very content with their work here today. I wanna, I hate to word it this way, but it is the proper terminology only because, again, Spence is older and he fought so tough in round 11. But he gave round 12 away. He gave round 12 away. He didn't fight round 12 at all. But again, it's not the same if a 25-year-old gave him round 12 away. He fought so hard in round 11 that it's very demanding to go out in round 12 and do the same thing at that age after a physically demanding fight. Not making excuses for Spence, but it feels like the term is too hard. He gave the round away in round 12. It may cost him the fight. But again, this is an older Spence. And he hit a wall. I think he hit that wall. And that, even earlier, was really willing to bust through the round. That 12th round was just not it. You know, a round that he moved essentially the entire round. And on the other side, Zhu didn't really throw a lot of punches the first half of round 12, but he took the round home in round 12, controlled it, and bossed it at the second half. And for me, won himself the fight with that round 12. One thing I find a little frustrating, we had a moment really early in this fight where Tim Zhu follows, trails Errol and catches him with a nice little uppercut and then shakes Errol up. I talked about this earlier. When you talk about making the fighter feel old, when you talking about making the fighter feel those three-year-old, those moments, you gotta create more moments like that, you know? And I find that frustrating that Tim didn't go for it a little bit more. Well, you know, we also have to keep in mind, we're talking about Errol being older and whatnot. Tim is not quite as old, but he's been through the ringer as well as far as the tougher fights in his career and some of the tough losses in his career as well. So these are both guys sort of being rehabilitated against one another so that the winner can move to big fights. And because they still have such big names, I wouldn't say either of them looked their best tonight, but it was a good little entertaining scrap. It was that. 12 rounds here in Sydney. Tim Zhu and Errol Spence. And it is time now to find what the judges have made of this one. And we can head to Jimmy Lennon Jr. Ladies and gentlemen, after 12 rounds of action, the judges are in agreement. We have a unanimous decision. Here are the score totals. Judge at ringside, Adam Haidt, scores the action 118 to 110. Judges Carlos Costa and Ioana Schwalger both scored about 117 to 111. All three in favor of the winner, the Phoenix Team!