Terrence Crawford weighed in on the Errol Spence versus Tim Tsu question and he tilted towards Spence being the one who gets the win. That opinion carries weight because few people on the planet know Spence the way Crawford does. The two have already traded punches. He has broken down Errol’s approach, absorbed that pressure himself, and seen exactly what kind of competitor Spence is from a foot away.
So when Crawford says he expects Spence to handle Tim, it isn’t some throwaway guess pulled from nowhere. It’s rooted in firstirhand knowledge. Crawford gets why people are raising doubts about Errol after their meeting. Yet, he also recognizes that a single defeat doesn’t wipe out everything Spence is good at.
The relentless pressure, the bodywork, the physical strength, and his talent for wearing men down all stay threatening if Errol returns healthy and locked in. >> I know you going to be over there. Yeah. >> I’m going to be I’m going to be supporting Spence, rooting him on, >> you know. Uh I I just like to support, you know, fighters in his own right.
Andre Ward and Roy Jones both know from experience what pressure at the championship level actually feels like. They’re aware Spence is stepping back in with plenty of doubts hanging over him. But they also remember what made him so dangerous in the years before the Crawford defeat. That body work, that pressure, the strength, the discipline, and his habit of dismantling opponents as the rounds pile up remain genuine weapons if Arrol shows up sharp.
Su is durable, busy, and full of belief in himself. Yet Ward and Jones seem to land on the view that Spence owns the better all-around style to keep him under control. If Errol finds his groove, keeps marching forward, and gets to the body early, Tim may struggle to keep him off.
So, the way Ward and Jones see it, this is not the moment to write Errol off. They think Spence has it in him to come back and prove again why he was once among the most feared fighters around. But it’s also Tim Zoo as a guy who slipped a little bit. He’s had, you know, his last three or four fights have not been the greatest.
You see, you see some wear and tear. you see the punishment starting to add up in his career and I this is a strategic fight for Arrow Arrow seeing that and saying okay well you know he’s taking some damage and then I had my last fight and I’ve been on um initial before I get into the interview I know you spent some time with Arrow and you know had a chance to talk to him and been around him as he was trying to figure out what he was going to do next and if and if he was going to come back to the sport of boxing. He’s back July 25th against Tim
Zoo. What are your initial thoughts when you see him fighting again and when you see him fighting a guy like the likes of Timu? >> Shout out to him for taking a fight of this magnitude right away after being off for 3 years. Tim has slipped a little bit. Tim has had some uh unfortunate situations as well who’s been active not been at the top not not doing not not having the best outcome but he’s been highly active and he’s highly dangerous.
So that’s a great thing and I’m so glad that getting back in the game because that just always adds for more excitement in in that division. >> Shawn Porter joined by Anthony Antabrena, Shawn Ziddle, and Ryan Hy went through Errol Spence’s return against Tim Cu and the takeaway from their conversation was that Spence becomes tough to shake off once he hits his rhythm.
Porter isn’t treating Errol like just another guy limping back from a defeat. He knows that a healthy, sharp, fully focused version of Spence still carries the kind of style that can turn this into a very awkward night for Tim. There’s still that lingering curiosity about how it all plays out >> in the Spence fight because in this fight, he still would put, you know, take something off the shots and then boom, finish with a sharp shot to the body.
A real sharp shot to the body or a real heavy left hook. Nice uppercut here. >> Even while they backed him, they also grasped why the questions exist. Spence has been inactive. He suffered a real defeat to Crawford and now he’s returning against a strong, high output fighter who won’t hand him any easy minutes to settle in. Zu is nobody’s gentle tuneup.
He’s rugged, physical, and confident enough to put Spence to the test from the opening bell. That’s what made their analysis worth hearing. They weren’t simply pumping up Arrol because of who he is. They were digging into the actual comeback riddle. If Spence still owns his engine, his timing, and his body attack, he can take over.
But if the time off and the Crawford loss altered him, Zu is exactly the kind of opponent who can expose that in a hurry. >> From what I’ve seen from their last each of their last fights, Spence three years ago against Terence and again against Terence Crawford, he’ll he’ll make you not look good. He’ll make you not quite look like what you are.
>> But I still think uh Zoo is a little sharper punch for punch. The the the sharp punches he would put together off his combinations, they still look sharper than Errol. But the interesting thing is Errol Spence I think is bigger than him. Even though he’s never officially fought at 154, I think Errol’s a bigger man than him once he gets up to 54.
>> And the main problem for Tim Zoo against Errol is going to be that jab. What does he do against that busy constant jab >> on side? Picture Errol just sticking that jab in his opponent’s face all night. Boose and is in the camp that Spence can get past Tim Chu as long as he returns healthy and dialed in.
Tim is strong, active, and carries real danger. But Spence has stood in far bigger moments, and knows how to grind a man down across the rounds. If Arrol locks into his rhythm, starts landing to the body and walks Tim backward, Booseie figures the contest can gradually shift into Spence’s kind of fight. >> I think that’s going to be a good fight, man.
Everybody just sleeping on my man Spence, man. I think Spence going to do what he’s supposed to do, man. I see. And then he fighting a guy that can really fight, you know what I mean? I’m not saying that, you know, he he’s a good boxer, nothing that, but he he comes to fight, you know what I mean? So, this going to be a good uh test for um Spence, I think.
And I think Spence going to do well. >> Now, he’s with a new trainer. He left Derek. Now, he’s with Ronnie, too. >> Ronnie, he with one of the best trainers in the world. You know what I mean? Old school. He like me. Old school trainer. When Shane Mosley talked about Errol Spence, the respect in his voice came from knowing just how difficult Spence’s style is to solve when everything is clicking.
Mosley understands that boxing isn’t only a matter of hand speed or one big shot. Some nights it comes down to pressure, strength, body punching, and keeping the other man uncomfortable in every single round. That’s the territory where Spence has always been a problem. He doesn’t merely follow opponents around the ring.
He quietly shrinks the space they have to work with. He gets to the body, keeps the tempo heavy, and makes fighters keep laboring even at the point where they’d love a breather. >> Cuz when you fought car, you was falling down. You couldn’t really take the shots after the car thing. You know what I’m saying? How well like are you damaging your body doing? I don’t I don’t know.
We will see when he fights. I don’t know. >> Okay. >> Yeah. No, I mean people are excited for it, but in the same time a lot of people say that Errol Spence is on a in a different league than a Tim Zoo, but Tim Zoo I mean Tim Zoo can fight and Tim’s in a good league, too. He in a bad league. Timoo can fight. >> There you go.
>> But I think that what they’re trying to do is maybe beat if they can beat Tim Zoo, they going to go after uh what’s the tall kid’s name again? >> Pandora. >> Pandora. Yeah. For Mosley, then the real issue was never whether Spence used to be great. The thing worth asking is whether that same motor, that same pressure, and that same hunger are still inside him.
If they are, then Tim Su is stepping into a far tougher assignment than a lot of people expect. It all comes back to how much of the old Spence actually shows up for this return. >> Man, is he is he all the way ready? I mean, >> he’s looking good. Strong with He’s He’s working with Rodney Shields right now. >> Okay.
But but is he really he’s strong hitting the bag and stuff, but what about receiving >> the receipts? Yeah. I don’t know. >> What about what about the receipts? How’s the body going to take the receipts? And we see how good it look getting hit. I mean, hitting. What about getting hit back? >> Yeah. This ain’t a body. >> I don’t know. We’ll see.
>> Yeah, we’ll see. Some people really believe in Spence in this fight. I mean, actually, Robert Garcia is kind of insinuating similar things that you’re saying. You know, >> is this still the Errol Spence everyone remembers? That’s the question sitting on the table. The way boxing ego sees it, people are rushing to judge Errol off the Crawford result alone.
It was a rough night, sure, but it doesn’t automatically mean Spence is done. Come back healthy, focused, and sharp. and he still brings the sort of pressure, body work, strength, and knowhow that can hand Tim real trouble. That’s the reason boxing ego leans towards Spence owning the tools to steer the fight.
Tim is durable and busy, but he can be caught. And if Spence gets to the body early, backs him up, and drags him into fighting at Errol’s tempo. The knight can slowly slide to one side. >> I heard Errol Spence doesn’t drink anymore, which is also a plus. He settled that down and looks like the weight melted off him.
He looks very lean, very focused as he should be cuz really it’s a crossroads fight for him and Tim Zoo. Tim Zoo has taken some losses, been stopped by Fura, by Murder Zyv. So this is kind of must-win territory for both fighters. So I like it. Meanwhile, as Andre Ward discussed Errol Spence, the tone he used carried genuine respect for everything Spence has already accomplished in the ring.
Spence stood as one of the steadiest champions of his generation. He didn’t manufacture his reputation through shortcuts. He defeated elite opponents, unified belts, kept turning up for the biggest fights, and earned his standing through pressure, discipline, and pure toughness. That’s exactly why praise from Andre carries weight.
He knows how demanding it is to compete at that height year after year and keep coming out on top. Spence was never simply a puncher or simply a pressure fighter. He operated with a blueprint, wearing men down, working the body, dictating the pace, and pushing opponents to grind harder than they ever wanted to. Errol Spence went back home and got into his family and became a better family man and spent more time with his kids.
Allowed his body to heal, his mind to heal, and he started making some some tough decisions about do I want to come back or not come back. You don’t wait three years to start making excuses, right? And I’m seeing these YouTubers now, right? And I don’t know what to call y’all. I don’t know what to call y’all. Y’all not media.
To me, y’all are and not all of y’all because it’s some guys that are YouTubers that are building their platform, Roy, and they and they trying to just, you know, get some some motion and just build what they doing. And they doing a great job. And I don’t have no names off the top of my head, but I’ve seen guys and I’m like, man, I appreciate him. Man, I appreciate him.
Mikey Garcia then shared his thoughts on Errol Spence, and his words land harder because he has genuinely shared a ring with the man. Mikey knows from direct experience that Spence is a nightmare to handle when he’s sharp. He felt that pressure, the strength, the body punching, and the way Arrol never lets you rest for a moment.
Spence doesn’t always look spectacular, but he makes a fight feel heavy and draining. He stays disciplined, keeps advancing, and gradually strips away your room until you’re stuck fighting his fight instead of your own. So for Mikey, the TU matchup boils down to which Spence turns up. If Errol still carries that timing, that pressure, and that physical strength, Tim is going to notice the difference in a hurry.
>> Spence hasn’t fight, like two two years. >> Since the Crawford fight, yeah, >> two years, maybe two years. >> I think for him to come back cuz Timu is also not at his like prime anymore. He’s been hurt. He’s been knocked out. So that’s actually a pretty good match up for for a return. It’s it’s also a good match up for for Tim.
If he beats Aerospane, he gets another, you know, shot at something bigger. So, >> that’s a good match up for both actually. >> But he’s going to Australia. So, that’s a little iffy there. >> No. Plus, when you travel that far, it takes a long time to adjust to the weather, the food, the the time. Yeah. >> Yeah. Could be a little >> a little tricky, but matchup wise, it’s a good match up.
>> 50/50. Bernie the boxer then offered his read on why so many people are still riding with Errol Spence heading into the SU fight. His argument was that nobody should judge Spence purely off the Crawford showing. In his eyes, there was simply too much surrounding that night.
Errol made poor decisions, sat out for too long, wrestled with weight problems, and stepped into a bout where everything looked off before the first bell even rang. So Bernie doesn’t treat that performance as the complete picture of Spence. That’s why he still trusts Errol to come back strong. The pressure, the body attack, the toughness, the experience, and that championship mentality all remain part of who Spence is when he’s healthy and focused.
And against CU, Bernie sees an opening for Errol to remind everyone that one bad outing doesn’t wipe away an entire career. Tim is dangerous, no doubt, but Bernie is convinced Spence has enough left in the tank to show that people counted him out far too soon. It shapes up as a good fight. You know, it ain’t a tuneup tuneup, but it’s, you know what I’m saying? You know, it’s a good little fight for him. Man been out three years.
Tim Zoo been active. Former world champion. You know, he ain’t going to get nobody. We don’t know. I can’t take no I can’t do nothing but salute him, take my hat off for him and see how he go to work. I think think he going to be fine. He look like he’s in good shape. You know, he ain’t look all out of shape.
He look like, you know, he look good. you know, he looked mentally all there and I mean, them little three years, like I said, I told him as soon as it happened, I said, “Okay, he had other stuff going on.” You know, other stuff going on. That was a that that was a fiveyear accumulation. A lot of stuff he did going through the the rigma with Bud trying to figure out if they was going to fight and building up his reputation and all this stuff.
That was a lot. With most of the boxing world still leaning toward Errol Spence, Robert Garcia is one of the voices who understands the reasoning. Robert isn’t brushing the Crawford loss aside, but he also refuses to accept that a single fight tells the entire story. The way he reads it, Errol made bad calls in the leadup to that night.
The waiting, the extended layoff, the timing, and the state he was in when he entered all contributed to how ugly it looked. So, Robert doesn’t view Spence as a spent fighter. He sees a great fighter who may have hurt himself with the wrong choices. That’s why Robert still hands Errol his respect. If Spence returns healthier, sharper, and better prepared, he still owns pressure, body work, experience, and championship level toughness.
Su is dangerous, but Robert knows Errol has competed at a higher tier before. >> Is it true you said yesterday, I read it all over the internet, that uh Errol Spence has nothing left, that he can’t beat Tim Zoo? If they want to if they want if they want to switch it like that. I didn’t say he can’t beat team two. >> That’s what they said in the headlines.
>> Yeah, of course. That’s what the headlines going to do to >> always do that >> to make it look so people could turn to tune into it. >> No. >> Aerosping bad one of the best fighters. >> Three belts >> but made wrong choices. Drank too much. Car accidents. I don’t know. I don’t know what else. I don’t want to I don’t want I I don’t know.
I never I never heard anything. So, a lot of times drugs get involved and like that. I’m not saying that’s the case, but I know alcohol was he even admitted accidents when he fought when he fought uh Crawford, you could tell that was not the aerospace we were used to seeing. And what was that? Four years ago, three years ago.
And he look he didn’t look very good at all. He didn’t look good at all. So, Three years later, he wants to come back to boxing >> and he’s not going to start off by a tuna fight. >> Keith Thurman then laid out his perspective on Errol Spence against Tim Sue and his angle stands apart because he already knows what it’s like to have his own name tied to Tim.
Keith recognizes that Sue is no gentle assignment. Tim is strong, self- assured, heavy-fisted, and he applies a brand of pressure that can rattle a fighter who isn’t sharp. So Thurman isn’t framing this as Spence strolling into an easy comeback. Yet Keith equally understands what Errol Spence stands for when he’s at full health.
Spence has fought in larger arenas, holds championship experience, and knows how to slowly dismantle opponents with pressure and body attack. That’s why Keith wouldn’t rush to bury him over the Crawford defeat. For Thurman, this whole thing hinges on condition and timing. A sharp Spence can steer Tim and turn the fight heavy.
But a rusty Errol, one who isn’t fully himself, is facing a fighter perfectly capable of exposing that in a flash of activity. And then Spence has the advantage of Penigree, right? He he’s been at another level. He’s achieved more. Uh even though it’s at 147, I just feel like uh he’s really done more been in the ring with more world class fighters.
Um and had some victories against solid world class fighters where Tim Zoo has not been as victorious when the opposition really hits that AA class, you know. So, um that’s the way I break down the fight. I say Kim Zoo uh staying in motion benefits him, but the pedigree and being an Olympic boxer, just different overall things that favor >> Holly Malignaggi then delivered his view on Errol Spence versus Tim Ju and his breakdown leaned more technical than emotional.
Holly sized up Spence as the fighter with the stronger boxing foundation, provided he’s still physically right. Errol doesn’t squander much movement. He cuts off the ring, operates under pressure, targets the body, and drags opponents into a pace they’d rather avoid. That’s the sort of style that can pose problems for Tim if Spence finds his rhythm early.
Still, Paulie also grasps why this isn’t a clean, obvious call. J is strong, active, and genuinely dangerous when he’s allowed to press forward. He’s not going to stand around and let Spence operate without firing back. He’ll go looking to test Arrol’s timing, his body, and his confidence after the Crawford loss.
So Pauliey’s bottom line is that the outcome depends on which version of Spence appears. A sharp, healthy Errol can run the fight with his pressure and body work. A rusty one though is up against a man hungry enough to make him pay for it. >> So Spence Zoo, this is this is something that is an actual real thing, isn’t it? >> Um I mean the talk is but I’ve also char too Jamal Charlo as well.
So you know there you know listen you two and two makes four, right? Use your common sense that Tim is a PBC guy in the states. These guys are PBC guys. You look for the correct possible matchup at this stage in their careers. You know, it’s it may starts to make sense, you know. So, you know, you see it. >> How do I see it? I don’t know.
I mean, Spence hasn’t fought in decades. Feels like, you know, even Jolo. So, I I don’t know. How do you how do you know what’s left out of those guys mentally, physically? You don’t know. You know, obviously with Tim, there’s a lot of question marks. He just come back with a win.
But at least Tim is trying to stay busy and active. With those guys, it’s hard to say. You haven’t seen them. You haven’t even you don’t know how their training is going. if their training is even going and how they are mentally and physically at this point in their life and their careers.
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