Tim Tszyu vs Joey Spencer LIVE: Aussie’s American challenger caught in incredibly

Nice jab by Saavedra to start the scoring. He gets Nielsen on the ropes again but can’t inflict much.

Another lead right from Nielsen but he eats a jab that snaps his head back.

Nielsen scores with a short right but Saavedra is making the pace here and countering well.

Right left to the body from Nielsen, then Saavedra goes downstairs in close. He backs Nielsen up at range and he’s already marked up under his right eye.

Saavedra looks relatxed and polished, good head and foot movement as Nielsen comes straight at him in a controlled start from both men.

Jab-right from Nielsen has juice but it’s tkan on the gloves. He’s backed up on the ropes but doesn’t cop much damage.

Lead right from Nielsen to close out the round, it doesn’t land. A close affair but Saavedra shades him, 10-9.

This is for the WBO International Middleweight title, over 10 rounds.

Saavedra comes in with 16 wins, 13 by KO, one loss and a draw.

Nielsen has had 13 wins, five by stoppage, with two losses.

Saavedra has the height and reach advantage, and is two years younger than Nielsen, 35.

Tszyu was just interviewed by Shawn Porter. When he was asked how he’s going to overcome Spencer and get him to make mistakes to give him an opening, he simply replied, ‘Fatigue.’

It’s just been revealed that Spencer’s camp has literally ripped Fox’s camera out of the wall in their dressing room, which is unheard of.

‘We have never seen overseas boxers disrespect Australian boxing in this way,’ says panellist Peter Badel.

There could be ramifications from that, as you’d think access to the dressing room would be in the contract Spencer signed.

Mazoudier is dead keen for the rematch with Nikita Tszyu, saying, ‘I knew I was better than him.’

And Nikita, who is on the panel for the TV coverage, is asked about the rematch and admits, ‘It was a hard fight, so I’d probably rather not.’

He calls Mazoudier a ‘machine’ before saying he’s still waiting for his hand injury to fully recover. He knows if he gets it wrong and rushes back, it could be a huge blow to his career, and said he’s only allowed to punch at 10 to 20 per cent of his full power, on doctor’s orders.

‘I don’t think we got enough brainpower from the Mazoudier corner,’ says Shawn Porter, who reckons the challenger should’ve been able to get a stoppage after knocking Hill down with that ripping right in the third.

Over to the judges, and they give it to Mazoudier 98-91, 100-89, 99-90 in a unanimous points decision.

The final round starts with Hill eating jabs and a straight right. Mazoudier is staying out of the inside war a bit more here for the first minute, then normal transmission resumes as they trade short shots.

Hill is working non-stop but his snozz is bleeding heavily again. He takes a nice straight right and left hook, which wobble him, but he stays on the inside and stays on his feet.

Mazoudier lands a short right on the inside and is coming home with a wet sail. He’s loading up on shots to finish… and Hill isn’t interested in a hug when the final bell sounds.

Another 10-9 for Mazoudier, who should take the title.

Considering the amount of head clashes we’ve seen inside and in the clinches, it’s amazing neither fighter is more marked up to start the second-last round.

Mazoudier races across the ring and this starts with both men throwing short shots to the body.

Nice Mazoudier right snaps Hill’s head back, but he keeps coming on.

Mazoudier is warned for a low blow again.

Short left hook from Mazoudier, but Hill stays in the pocket and lands uppercuts and hooks, before being thrown back and smacked with a right.

Short right to Hill’s chin doesn’t bother him.

More inside fighting in this round and for a change, Hill hasn’t had the better of it. Mazoudier’s round, 10-9.

Hill’s corner want him to punish Mazoudier to the body and his nose looks miles better now.

Mazoudier scores with a right, takes a jab for his trouble, then lets Hill get on the inside again. If he’d just back up a couple of paces every once in a while, it’d help him hugely – but backpedalling is not an option for either of these pugs.

Two and a half rounds to go and Mazoudier is slowing. Hill has good head movement on the inside, but eats shots on the outside.

Hill is momentarily stopped short by a nice left hook but recovers in an instant. He was under heavy pressure before the ref warned Mazoudier for using his palm.

Better round for Mazoudier, who takes it 10-9.

Mazoudier is a bit marked up under his left eye but Hill is the one carrying the damage on his face so far.

His corner did a lot of work on that bloody nose and they have stemmed the bleeding early on.

Hill lands a right uppercut on the inside, Mazoudier uncorks a short right and a good left rip to the body.

Hill is finding it very easy to close the distance and looks way better on the inside. Why Mazoudier is happy to keep fighting on the inside is a mystery – he’s far better off with the jab and straight right to the heat and body.

Another uppercut from Hill, who launches into a long combination.

Nice jab/right from Mazoudier and they’re fighting on the inside as the bell sounds.

Hill sneaks that one, 10-9.

Mazoudier’s corner are telling him to step up the rights to the body, and stop moving to his right to set up a big right hand.

The jab works for both men, then they exchange right hands, fight on the inside and trade body shots in a very busy round so far.

Hill’s nose is bleeding freely. He throws one-two, Mazoudier slips them and returns fire.

Right from Mazoudier is the last meaningful punch of the round, which was very close, but it’s Mazoudier’s, 10-9.

Mazoudier seemed to tire a little in the fourth after swinging for the fences when he scored that third-round knockdown.

He starts the fifth with nice jabbing and a good straight right to the body. It’s when Hill closes the distance that he stops scoring. He needs to keep using his length.

Hill lands uppercuts in close, then a jab as Mazoudier backs away.

Good right uppercut from Hill snaps his man’s head back. Hill is outworking Mazoudier, but he comes back with a hook, then some nice jabs.

Nice left to the body from Mazoudier, then a left hook to the head and an uppercut. Both men sticking with it on the inside, which you’d think would benefit Hill, but not this time.

That was a clever overhand right from Mazoudier, landed flush on Hill and sent him sprawling. Now we’ll find out how much damage it did.

Mazoudier is more aggressive early, with some nice ramrod jabs backing Hill up.

Hill is cracked by a left hook and his right eye is starting to swell up. He’s got next to no snap on his punches and he looks very slow compared to his opponent, but has some success to the body.

Mazoudier stands flat footed and gets hit with a three-punch combo.

The ref warns Mazoudier to keep his punches up as the pair bang away up close.

Hill did far better there after copping a few early, takes it 10-9.

Mazoudier with the jab to open up, and he’s showing far better head movement than Hill, in addition to getting out of range with his feet.

Mazoudier is making Hill miss a bit… then bang! A sledgehammer right drops Hill!

Mazoudier piles it on as Hill stands right in front of hiim and cuts off the distance, but takes a big left hook.

Hill’s crowding works for a while and he looks to have recovered from that stunning right.

Shawn Porter says the key to success for Mazoudier is looping hooks to get around Hill’s guard.

Nice one-two from Hill after eating a jab from Mazoudier.

Jab lands for Mazoudier again, he is throwing hard rights to the body as well.

Hill has a very high workrate but his hand speed is lacking; Mazoudier looks quicker and crisper, who lands as he gets out of a clinch.

Uppercuts land for Hill, Mazoudier throws a combo to end the second, and it’s his, 10-9.

Kazoudier’s the first to open up after a jab battle to kick this one off.

Not a lot of footwork from either man, with both fine to conduct this in a small space in centre ring so far.

Both men going up and downstairs. Hill connects with a straight right, right uppercut, then another right that momentarily stunned Mazoudier before he answered with a counter right.

Hill going to the body the the left rip, with mixed success, and he’s beating Mazoudier to the punch regularly.

Mazoudier walks up with a mostly blocked combination and that’s 10-9 for Hill.

Mazoudier was KO’d by Nikita Tszyu in his last fight, which was a nine-round war in which Tim’s brother looked completely spent in the eighth before his barnstorming stoppage in the last round.

This is for the Australian super welterweight title, which is held by Hill, an ex-MMA fighter who loves to pressure his opponents.

Peters said that as he addressed the crowd in centre ring, after telling the crowd he wants to get out and explore Newcastle after making short work of Lenehan.

That’s two pro wins for the rising talent, who looked completely unruffled and supremely confident in there.

You name it, he landed it. Peters scored to the body with great effect, but the shot that really started the rot was a sweet left hook. A right hook that left Lenehan sagging defenceless against the ropes was the last of the bout, courtesy of a very well timed intervention from the ref.

Peters has taken his shoes off in centre ring, which you don’t see every day.

If this was decided on conditioning alone, Lenehan would win – he’s in incredible shape.

Peters is very busy both with his fists and his movement, catching Lenehan to the head and the body early on. Not a lot of heat on his shots but his placement is all class, scoring with jabs, straight rights and rips.

Shawn Porter wants him to keep his hands up, and he eats a Lenehan jab, but shrugs it off.

Peters cracks his man with a left hook and pins him in the corner, landing more left hooks – and a big shot sees the ref race in to wave it off.

Lenehan once dreamed of becoming an AFL star, whereas Paris Olympics star Peters comes in as favourite after more than 120 amateur fights, with a Commonwealth Games silver medal in his trophy room. He’s incredibly confident, laughing and even shadow boxing with a fan on his way to the ring.

All three judges scored it 48-46 for Sette, who swung the fight with that ripping right uppercut after losing the first two rounds on Daily Mail’s card.

Walton was never quite the same after that and the damage showed in the last round, when he couldn’t match his opponent’s output.

‘No more singles!’ is the last command to Walton before the bell rings to start the final round.

Walton takes a couple, lands a counter right. He is jabbing more, but not enough, and takes an uppercut.

Jab and a right from Walton find their mark but didn’t trouble Sette.

Both men trade up close and Sette has the better of it. Walton lands a right, takes a right. His workrate is dropping and he’s taking shots regularly.

Good left hook from Sette. Walton tries to land that shot and can’t find his mark.

Sette takes that 10-9 with his punching volume. Not a lot of power, but better placement than the tiring Walton.

That right uppercut left Walton in Disneyland for a few seconds but it’s a tribute to his conditioning that he was able to recover.

To be honest, he still looks a little damaged to start the fourth. Shawn Porter believes it will take a perfect punch from the local to finish this, as Sette has looked untroubled by the heavy shots he’s taken.

Right lead misses from Walton, but the left hook finds its mark.

Sette is slowing down a bit and doesn’t look as fit as Walton, who lands with a strong right but can’t keep the pressure going.

Slow combination from Sette does nothing but he’s at least setting it up with the jab, unlike Walton, who appears to be looking for big shots.

Close round, but that big right gets Walton over the line, 10-9.

And now his corner is up him for throwing single punches instead of combinations with jabs. ‘Set it up!’ is the call.

Sette’s corner want him to work the left hand more and reckon the uppercut is landing every time he throws it – but he eats another big right from Walton in the first 30 seconds.

Embarrassing mistake by Sette’s corner, who forgot to put his mouthpiece in, with the ref calling a break so they can fix their error.

Now Walton is rocked and left wobbly with an uppercut to the chin.

Sette is scoring as he looks to end it and Walton is trying to fight in close – and scores with a big right that hammers Sette. This is a war.

Walton eating a lot of shots and he’s standing right in front of Sette, not inclined to run and make space at all.

Sette’s jab is landing at will and Walton still doesn’t look right with 10 seconds left, but Sette can’t put him away.

Sensational finish there – 10-8 Sette.

Good jab from Walton to kick this one off, then he drives Sette back with a glancing right.

Sette’s punches are landing, especially the left hook – two of those have scored early on – but they are doing zero damage as he’s not putting his weight behind them.

Uppercut scores for Sette, who switches to southpaw, but still can’t match Walton’s scoring punches.

Sette comes in with a record of three wins, one draw and three losses for this welterweight bout, compared to Walton’s three wins and one loss, with two of those victories coming by KO.

Walton, who is a Newcastle local, has a clear advantage with crowd support, and backs Sette up early with jabs to the body and a right to the head, which is blocked.

A right lands for Walton and he throws on the inside. He’s making a priority of trying to land that right.

Now a straight right to the body from Walton, then a clean right to the head after working to the body. Best punch of the round so far.

Sette collects his man with a light left hook. He’s not really sitting down on his punches.

Another left hook from Sette before Walton finishes by rocking his man with a right hand.

The two-time welterweight world champion is hoping Tim doesn’t come out swinging with heavy punches and missing from the opening bell, believing that could spell disaster for the Aussie.

After his headhunting approach backfired in his last-out KO loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev, Tszyu put a scare through No Limit promoter George Rose when he said he wouldn’t rule out once again adopting a crash through or crash mentality and seeking an early stoppage against Spencer.

He stripped himself back to hit the scales at 69.86kg at yesterday morning’s official weigh-in – and just four hours later, he had already added 5kg – and said he would do it ‘easy’ adding a total of 10kg by the time of his fight.

Tszyu has never been short on confidence, and he’s still ultra-sure of himself headed into today’s fight – but he has been realistic when it comes to what a third straight loss will mean for his career.

Natasha Tszyu watched her ex-husband Kostya go to war in the ring, and she has done the same for her eldest son Tim – but she has now said enough is enough.

That’s quite an upset after six brutal rounds, with the Sydneysider handing Mikhailovich only the second loss of his professional career.

Here’s how proceedings will build to a crescendo this afternoon in Newcastle…

Brent Walton vs Isaias Sette (four rounds)

Callum Peters vs William Lenehan (five rounds)

Koen Masoudier vs Dan Hill (10 rounds)

Brandon Grach vs Liam Talivaa (Australian heavyweight title eliminator, eight rounds)

Endry Saavedra vs Mikkel Nielsen (WBO International Middleweight title, 10 rounds)

Tim Tszyu vs Joey Spencer (IBO Intercontinental Super Welterweight title, 10 rounds)

The second fight of the card provided another second-round stoppage as the middleweight smashed Ryan Daye and left him very wobbly before the ref waved off the contest.

Cooper O’Connell – whose mother Shannon lost a world title bout to Australia’s Ebanie Bridges in December 2022 – started his professional career with a punishing TKO win over Benjamin Amos, dropping his opponent twice before the referee called a halt to the contest in the second.

At just 18 and with 60 amateur fights under his belt, he has stamped himself as a fighter to watch.

Thanks for joining us for Daily Mail Australia’s live blog of the Tim Tszyu vs Joey Spencer fight for the IBO Intercontinental Super Welterweight title.

We’ll be bringing you round-by-round updates as the Aussie tries to get his career back on track after his devastating loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev in his last bout.