Boxing stock watch: Which fighter has the best chance to emerge from a crowded group of 154-pound contenders?
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Junior middleweight is red hot with so many names floating near the top and a potential to reach undisputed status
For the second time in two weeks, boxing's deepest division will be on full display this weekend when former 154-pound titleholder and Australian star Tim Tszyu makes his comeback from a disastrous 2024.
Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs), the son of Hall-of-Famer and former unified 140-pound king Kostya Tszyu, entered last year alongside Terence Crawford as the favorites to take over the junior middleweight division. A nasty cut, however, caused by an elbow against late replacement Sebastian Fundora played a key role in Tszyu's first pro defeat in March 2024 when he dropped a bloody split decision before being brutally stopped in his next fight against IBF titleholder Bakhram Murtazaliev in October.
On Saturday (PBC on Prime Video, 8 p.m. ET), the 30-year-old Tszyu returns on home soil in Newcastle, Australia, when he faces Joey Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round headlining bout from the Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
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