That’s how this fight card was being promoted when it was first announced. Unfortunately, that’s no longer the case after some late withdrawals. The first setback was American Jermall Charlo, who was denied an Australian visa, causing the cancellation of his scheduled 10-round super middleweight bout against Australian Koen Mazoudier.
And then yesterday, another drama - the bout between Aussie Liam Wilson and Stephen Fulton Jnr was cancelled because the latter badly missed the weight limit.
Fulton was taking the mickey; the agreed weight was increased to 60.3kg to accommodate the American, but he was still well over when he stood on the scales.
“This feels like an absolute stitch-up,” said Glenn Jennings, Wilson’s manager.
“It’s totally unacceptable and a blight on the sport. This is unprofessional. There’s nowhere to go for this bloke now.”
The good news is that Tszyu and Spence weighed in without incident, and that’s why we are all here.