A boxing career ended at ringside in Sydney. Errol Spence Jr. announced his retirement from boxing after Tim Tszyu won by unanimous decision, a result in which all three ringside judges score the fight for the same fighter. Spence made the announcement from the ring.
The retirement announcement
The timing of an in-ring retirement matters in boxing. Those announcements come before the fighter has left the building, before any team can manage the narrative. Spence addressed his future directly after the verdict was read in Sydney.
The unanimous decision was the named trigger. Three judges scoring the same way gave him a result without ambiguity to argue against.
What the win means for Tim Tszyu
Tszyu exits Sydney with a result backed by all three judges. A unanimous decision sits differently on a record than a split verdict. Split decisions (two judges for one fighter, one for the other) give opponents grounds for a rematch argument. Unanimous ones are harder to reopen.
No next opponent or fight date was confirmed for Tszyu at the time of the announcement. With Spence having retired publicly in the ring, a rematch is not a realistic path forward. The win in Sydney stands as the last professional meeting between the two fighters.