Former boxing world champion Errol Spence Jr. retires at 36 after second career loss

Errol Spence Jr.was once among the most feared names in professional boxing.

The talented Long Island-born, DeSoto, Texas-raised former unified welterweight champion dominated for most of his career until he ran into Terence Crawford almost exactly three years ago.And following his second straight loss, this time in Australia early Sunday, the likely future Hall-of-Famer decided to call it a career.“I think yeah, for sure,” Spence, 36, said to Main Event’s Ben Damon when asked if this was it.Spence indeed did decide to hang up the gloves after losing to former WBO Junior Middleweight Champion Tim Tszyu via unanimous decision in the latter’s native Australia.The cards read 118-110, and two scores of 117-111 for Tszyu, who outlanded Spence 190 to 157, according to Compubox, despite Spence throwing 715 punches to Tszyu’s 576.

“I’ve got my faculties intact.My money is good at working for itself.

Everything’s good, man,” Spence said.“I’ve got a beautiful family, and I thank God I’m gracious to leave this sport with my faculties intact and my family still by my side.”Tszyu admitted he was uneasy heading into this matchup, having lost three of four bouts before cruising to back-to-back unanimous decision victories in the lead-up.“I had sleepless nights thinking about, ‘What am I going to feel like facing a legend like that?’ But it was one hell of a show, and I understand why he’s one of the greats,” Tszyu, a former super welterweight champion who beat Spence Jr.

at middleweight, said after the win.“I’d love to fight for a title.

That’s what I’m aiming for.But I’ve got to say beating a great like Errol Spence tops a world title.”Spence walks away from boxing having back-to-back losses after amassing an attention-grabbing 28-0 with 22 knockouts and Pound-for-Pound status while racking up three of the sport’s four World Championships at welterweight — the WBC, WBA and IBF titles — before a perceived 50-50 showing ag...