Jermall Charlo to next fight on Errol Spence-Tim Tszyu card
May 29, 2026 • 11:43 AM ET
Photo: Ryan Hafey / Premier Boxing ChampionsErrol Spence Jnr won’t be going it alone when he treks Down Under to meet Australia’s former junior-middleweight beltholder Tim Tszyu in late July.
Former middleweight titlist and Spence stablemate Jermall Charlo will also be on the card, an individual connected to the card confirmed to BoxingScene Friday following reports of Charlo’s addition.
Houston’s Charlo, 34-0 (23 KOs), last fought 12 months ago, when he defeated Thomas LaManna by sixth-round TKO in Las Vegas.
That bout was supposed to serve as a precursor to a Charlo showdown with former IBF super-middleweight boss Caleb Plant, but Plant was upset by Armando Resendiz.
Plant slapped Charlo in the face backstage at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas at the July 2023 weigh-in for Spence’s eventual TKO undisputed welterweight title loss to Terence Crawford.
Former three-belt welterweight champion Spence is fighting for the first time since the Crawford loss when he meets Tszyu July 26 at a venue yet to be finalized in Australia. Tszyu has lost three times since March 2024.
Charlo and Spence are both trained in Texas by veteran cornerman Ronnie Shields.
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted in his admiration and appreciation for the fighters, gladiators who have proven to be the most forthcoming and candid of all the athletes he has interviewed over a career dating to 1990. Lance was honored to be named the 2022 winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence and he’s collected many BWAA writing awards in categories ranging from breaking news to deep-dive long features.
