Overview
- Terence Crawford said teams for Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora declined fights at super welterweight, with Fundora’s side eyeing an Errol Spence Jr. matchup after he won titles.
- Crawford faulted Tszyu’s former handlers for not stopping the first Fundora fight after a deep cut and for sending him next to puncher Bakhram Murtazaliev.
- Ahead of Tszyu’s bout with unbeaten Denis Nurja on Sunday in Wollongong, seen as must-win to keep a planned Errol Spence fight alive, Crawford visited the Tszyu Boxing Academy in Sydney.
- Tszyu’s downturn began with Fundora’s split-decision upset in March 2024, followed by a third-round TKO loss to Murtazaliev six months later.
- Crawford retired after beating Canelo Alvarez to become undisputed at super middleweight and said he stepped away because he had nothing left to prove.