Tim Tszyu v Joey Spencer boxing last work in Newcastle on April 4, 2025
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00:00In team zoo ladies and gentlemen Tim great to see you again
00:04You've been waking up with a different mindset every morning this week. What is it today? How do you start this fight?
00:09How does this fight go?
00:13First of all, thank you for being here. I'm glad to be back in Newcastle, back in Australia
00:21How does this fight start?
00:23It could start either way but centre of the ring it begins and I'll be there right in the middle to do what I always do and to mean it good. So we shall see.
00:35What do you think Joey wants you to do in this fight? A lot of talk about judging through the course of the week. Do you think he's trying to outbox you and take this the 10 points?
00:44I don't really listen to interviews nor do I watch and see and read stuff in the media. I just get a couple of phone calls from managers and promoters that let me be aware of the scenario.
00:58All I got told was about these judges. It pissed me off. It pissed me off the fact that whenever we travel all of us Aussies, we don't get that luxury.
01:11We just get what we get and for them to come with this mentality, it's deeper luck in my eyes.
01:20Your team wanted neutral judging.
01:22I'm not saying anything bro. I'm all for it bro. I'm all for it.
01:27He's trying to manufacture it. He's trying to set himself up.
01:31From my side, I would never go down that path.
01:35You're trying to set yourself up.
01:37What?
01:38Set yourself up.
01:39Set myself up.
01:40In what way?
01:41You're trying to manufacture something that's not there.
01:44Nah, nah, nah man.
01:46It's fiction. It's fiction what you're saying.
01:50It's the truth.
01:52Your team wanted neutral judges.
01:54Your team wanted neutral judges.
01:56Who? Who? Who wanted neutral judges?
01:58Mr. Rose.
01:59Yeah. So be it.
02:01So be it.
02:02We were all the same age.
02:04You were the guys that started complaining about it.
02:07Who was complaining? Who was suking?
02:09Who was suking about no one going to play him back home?
02:12We've got a neutral judges.
02:13It wasn't me. I was kicking back at home.
02:16Maybe you should start reading. Maybe you should start reading.
02:18Amber was having sex.
02:20This is what I've been told. This is what I've been told.
02:23I'm sitting on my couch at home and you guys are about to go.
02:28You've been lied to.
02:29Of course.
02:30Lied to.
02:32Think about your team.
02:34Think about your team.
02:36Think about your team.
02:38Your team lies to you.
02:40Your team lies to you.
02:41Your team lies to you.
02:43Yeah.
02:44They need you to be all fired up.
02:46They're worried about you.
02:47They're worried about you.
02:48They're worried about you.
02:50In fact, everybody's worried about you.
02:53Why is that, Joey? Why should everyone be worried?
02:56Because, like I said, if you need so badly to manufacture
03:00and create this big drama that was never even there,
03:03then obviously he's worried about something.
03:06That's what it is.
03:08I'm scared.
03:09I'm scared.
03:11I'm scared.
03:13His name's a soul taker. He got his soul taken.
03:16Yeah, that's all right.
03:17You know, a lot of greats are getting a lot of great support.
03:21It's not about how you fought. It's about how you get back up.
03:24This is my redemption. This is how I get back up.
03:27And you're part of the story.
03:29Thank you for that.
03:30And that's cool. I'm very thankful for it too.
03:32I'm thankful to be here.
03:33But at the end of the day, don't say something happened that didn't happen
03:35because we have it in writing.
03:36But I've been told, man.
03:37We have it in writing.
03:38You guys requested the judges. We made it happen.
03:41We put in the request through the Combat Sports Authority to get the WBS.
03:45It was either you or your brother.
03:46It was either you or your brother that said that we needed qualified judges.
03:49We have it in writing on a text message.
03:51We can release it to the public.
03:53You said that.
03:54So don't lie.
03:55You're trying to sell a fight.
03:58That's all you're trying to do.
03:59And you're trying to make me the bad guy.
04:01At the end of the day, we agreed to neutral judging before we came out here.
04:06You guys kept your word.
04:08That's the base level of what should be expected between men doing business.
04:12That's not what we agreed on.
04:14But it's what we made happen for you.
04:16But we're going to fight.
04:17Like Tim said before, any time we joke about it, he says we haven't complained about it.
04:21I'm in your backyard.
04:23I'm in your backyard.
04:24I'm in your backyard, Tim.
04:26George, do you want to just clarify some of what's being said here
04:29and your position on what Joey is saying?
04:32Yeah, look, very clear.
04:34We're fighting under New South Wales Combat Sports Authority rules,
04:37and that's the rules.
04:38So we went out of our way to make it happen so that you could get WBO sanctioned,
04:42so that you could get neutral judges.
04:44We flew people in in 48 hours' notice.
04:47So we've been able to make that happen.
04:49And like you said, you're not a bad guy.
04:52You're actually a really nice guy,
04:54and that's something that I don't like when our opponents are really nice guys
04:57because I'm looking forward to Tim getting his hand raised here.
05:00But you put a lot of pressure on us to get the judges in,
05:04and we've got the judges in.
05:05Now we've got to fight.
05:06So someday there's no complaining.
05:08We've got neutral judges.
05:09All right, next question.
05:11Tim, he has been a nice guy throughout the build-up to this,
05:14but it's a very different mood here today.
05:16What do you think is going on?
05:17I like him, man.
05:18Honestly, I reckon he's a good guy.
05:19A family man.
05:20But right now, this is business.
05:22You know what?
05:23We're both ready to punch on.
05:25We're both ready to fight.
05:26And I'm angry.
05:29I'm angry.
05:30He's in the way, man.
05:32That's pretty simple, man.
05:33I forgive you.
05:34I never say sorry.
05:36Everyone must say sorry for me.
05:40He's clearly not happy, though, Tim.
05:42Joey is clearly not happy.
05:44He's clearly not happy.
05:49He's also said your nickname is the soul taker,
05:51but you've got your soul taken.
05:52Clearly a reference to your last fight.
05:54That's fine.
05:55That's fine.
05:56Honestly, no problem.
05:59Let him sleep better at night.
06:01That makes him feel better.
06:02You know?
06:03That's all right.
06:05What do you see happening in this fight, Tim?
06:09You look ahead to your fights, I know,
06:11and you picture the endings of them.
06:13When you look at this fight, what happens, Tim?
06:15I think we're going to go to war, man.
06:16I think we're going to go to war.
06:17I think he's a good fighter.
06:19He moves around.
06:20And he brings aggression as well.
06:21I've seen a couple of his fights.
06:23He really turns it on.
06:25So when he said meet me at the center,
06:27I was like, I swear to you, man.
06:28It's going to be one hell of a fight.
06:31We shall see.
06:32That's the beauty about boxing.
06:33All it takes is one punch.
06:34And whoever lands the first punch is the one
06:36that is in control.
06:38So it's something you'll see.
06:40You've taken a few deep breaths and calmed down.
06:42I know you seemed to be getting a bit angry
06:44with some of the stuff you were saying.
06:45No, I'm good.
06:46I'm good.
06:47It is what it is, man.
06:48You know, divas will always be divas.
06:52Any extra motivation in some of this stuff?
06:55No, no.
06:56I'm always pumped.
06:58I'm always excited.
07:00It's been one hell of a build-up,
07:02one hell of a show.
07:04And I'm grateful for being in this position.
07:07I'm grateful to put on such a great international bout
07:11in Australia with such a great undercard on Fox.
07:15This is as good as it gets.
07:18All right, we'll finish up now.
07:20But, Joey, before we do this,
07:22this is the end of the talking before we go to the weigh-in
07:24tomorrow and the fights on Sunday morning Australian time.
07:27Your final words, Joey, to Tim Zoua,
07:30to everything that's been said here today?
07:32I've said enough.
07:34Tim, do you want to finish this up?
07:36Nightmare.
07:37The nightmare will begin very, very shortly.
07:43What did he say?
07:44He said...
07:45I'll let him go.
07:46Give us some time.
07:47Get him to rewatch it.
07:49Start the moment with it, bro.
07:50He said the nightmare will begin very shortly.
07:52Those were the words from Tim Zoua.
07:55Any responses?
07:56Will you finish, Joey?
08:00Finishing there, Tim?
08:01Yeah, I'm done.
08:02That'll do.
08:03All right, thank you so much for joining us at the press conference.
08:05We will now face off our main event fighters, Joey Spencer.