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Yahoo
15 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Tim Tszyu's camp responds after Aussie warned against potential career-ending move
Tim Tszyu is facing a tough career call after his second devastating loss to Sebastian Fundora with the Aussie boxer warned to avoid a mega-money bout with American Keith Thurman. Tszyu was outgunned against his towering American rival having been battered in nearly every round before failing to return from the corner after the seventh. Tszyu showed heart to battle back after a first round knockdown from a left hook, but was bombarded from distance as Fundora took everything the Aussie threw at him. And Tszyu didn't return after the seventh round having looked out on his feet at the end. And Tszyu's third loss in four fights appears to have derailed what could have been mega-money fights against the likes of Jermell Charlo, Errol Spence Jnr and the No.1 target on his list Thurman. Question marks remain over where Tszyu goes from here with the fighter clearly needing a break after two heavy losses across the last 18 months. While Tszyu will most likely be keen on continuing his foray in the US, the Aussie has now lost his three fights overseas. He will be expected to continue his career back on the domestic front and fellow Aussie Michael Zerafa is his predicted opponent. While there is plenty of question marks over his future in the sport, promoter George Rose suggested Tszyu would take some time away first to recover after taking so much damage. Although he had no doubt Tszyu can bounce back. "First and foremost, he needs to just recover from this, go through your process of facing defeat," Rose said after the fight. "You've got to go through your moments with that, and then it's a decision for him. "He's still, as far as talent and capability goes, very much a very capable fighter, a very talented fighter, and I still think that he still beats most of the guys in the division on his night. It's just a decision up to him as to what he's going to do, whether he gets back in the gym on Monday, whether he has a break, what he does." While fans are questioning where Tszyu goes from here, one of his rivals believes there is no doubt the Aussie can bounce back. Although he warned him who he should avoid as his next opponent. Keith Thurman's warning to Tim Tszyu Thurman was in attendance at the Tszyu fight, clearly keen to potentially build the momentum for their potential fight if the Aussie won, but was quick to warn the 30-year-old it could be career-ending if they go toe-to-toe. The outspoken American suggested if they fight it won't go well for Tszyu after his latest displays. 'How bad do want Tim Tszyu to get beat up?' he told The Punch Podcast. 'Y'all hate Tim Tszyu? 'Y'all want him to get murdered?' Thurman felt Tszyu may have overestimated his own talent, before proving himself overseas against elite competition. Speaking on his way out of the arena, Thurman feels Tszyu can build his legacy back up with a few wins. Although he warned him about stepping into the ring against him. 'No, the kid's not done but they need to pick the right fights,' Thurman said. 'They need to pick somebody who is better than (Joey) Spencer but who is not a world champion. Or a Hall of Famer like myself. You take me over to the Gold Coast and I will end Tim Tszyu's career. If that's what you all want to see, pay me and I'll do it. I'll get rid of Tszyu.' Tim Tszyu facing reset back in Australia American boxing great Shawn Porter felt the Aussie may need time to build back up to the big fights before heading back overseas. And this could see Tszyu go home and reset. 'It's hard to not feel this train ride come to a halt,' Porter said. 'It's doesn't mean it's going to end, it's just slowed down...I don't believe that Tim Tszyu has fought his way out of title contention. It just doesn't go through Sebastian Fundora." Porter suggested there were a number of 'technical errors' in Tszyu's style that need to be addressed if he wants to take on top competition again, which starts with his defence and head movement.
News.com.au
a day ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
‘Thinks he's the shit': Long-time Tszyu rival Keith Thurman takes aim as No Limit hits back at trolls
Former two-time welterweight world champion Keith Thurman has taken an extraordinary swipe at Tim Tszyu, saying the Aussie 'thinks he's the shit' and blaming his shattering defeat to Sebastian Fundora on poor tactics. Thurman didn't pull his punches, hitting Tszyu at his lowest moment, just minutes after the loss. Tszyu's corner stopped the fight after the seventh round of the world title rematch, before Thurman promised to end his career if they ever fought. The pair were supposed to fight in March last year, before Thurman pulled out with injury. Thurman knocked out Brock Jarvis in Sydney in March, and there were plans for the loud-mouthed American to fight Tszyu on the Gold Coast this month until the Fundora rematch popped up. Earlier in the week, Thurman said he'd be interested in fighting the winner of Tszyu-Fundora 2, but promised it wouldn't end well for the Aussie. 'How bad do you want Tim Tszyu to get beat up? Do y'all hate Tim Tszyu?' he told The Punch Podcast in Las Vegas when asked if he'd still be interested in that fight. 'Do ya'll want to see him get murdered? 'You take me over to the Gold Coast and I will end Tim Tszyu's career. 'If that's what y'all want to see, pay me.' After his third defeat in four fights, Thurman said Tszyu was too insulated training in Australia. 'He thinks he's the shit,' he said. 'Boxing, in the real world, outside Australia, boxing is a plethora of talent and skills and opposition. 'He thought he was going to fly over here and handle it last year. 'He lost the world title, he fought Bakhram for the world title, he had one comeback fight and tried to win the world title again. 'They just rushed to put him back at the top. 'The kid's not done, but they need to pick the right fights. They need to pick somebody who's better than Spencer, but who's not a world champion.' Thurman was ringside for the bout, and was scathing in his assessment of Tszyu's approach. 'He landed a few shots, right on the chin. They just weren't hard enough, they just weren't flush enough,' he said. 'It's just tactics. I don't think Tim Tszyu's tactical enough. 'There's no evidence Tim Tszyu can beat Fundora. Period. It's a tough fight, an awkward fight. 'After the second fight, clearly, he wasn't able to conquer that mountain top.' TSZYU CAMP HITS BACK AT TROLLS No Limit CEO George Rose has launched a fiery defence of Tim Tszyu, hitting back at online trolls who are slamming the Aussie after his world title defeat to Sebastian Fundora. After a brief conversation, Tszyu's corner stopped the bout at the end of the seventh round. Ironically, the seventh was probably the best round of the fight for Tszyu. It's unclear who exactly made the call to stop the bout, but online critics were quick to label the Aussie a 'quitter'. Speaking just minutes after the stunning defeat, Rose angrily clapped back at the pile-on. 'My thing is, I always ignore them,' Rose said of online trolls. 'People who feel that way aren't people whose opinions and values are similar to those I hold myself. 'You give me any man online or across the country, or absolutely anywhere, who can step in the ring with Sebastian Fundora and do any better than what Tim did…there's no person out there who could've got in and done any better. 'Sebastian Fundora is an absolute weapon. It's impossible to do any better than what Tim put out there tonight. 'I thought he was an absolute warrior. (Fundora) is just really bloody good.' Tszyu's camp said the fighter was 'gassed' and didn't have anything left in his legs from all the jabs Fundora sent his way. Compubox stats revealed the American threw an incredible 306 jabs in seven rounds and landed 152 of the 596 total punches he threw. Meanwhile Tszyu connected with just 72 of the 204 total punches he threw. A No Limit spokesperson said the corner made a decision as a collective to stop the fight. 'He was gassed more than he was hurt,' Rose said. 'The punch output from Fundora, not only was he hard to get into, the punch output, he must have been doing 200 punches a round. 'It was ridiculous. 'Tim's constant movement to get in there, the amount of punches you have to take to get in there, it wears you down.' Rose called on Aussies to stick behind Tszyu after his third defeat in four fights. 'If you looked at what Tim Tszyu put out there tonight and think he's any less than a warrior who fought his arse off and threw absolutely everything he had at Fundora – and after being knocked down in the first round, getting up, coming back at him when his legs aren't under him and still throwing everything he can at Fundora – that's a warrior effort,' he said. 'That's someone you have to admire. 'As Australians, that's what we've always admired. We have been underdogs all our lives. 'We've fought for everything. 'We're that small country Down Under that's trying to compete on the world stage. 'We're always the underdog and we need to respect ourselves as that and support our Australians. 'I'm a supporter of someone no matter what. 'Win, lose or draw. 'You bust your arse, you get more respect than winning without effort. 'And the effort Tim Tszyu showed tonight, he's someone who deserves respect. 'Deserves support right now. 'When you take a loss, that's when you need the support most.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Tim Tszyu beaten in world title rematch with Sebastian Fundora, as American pounds Aussie into submission
Tim Tszyu has suffered another devastating setback, losing once again to American Sebastian Fundora in the pair's much-hyped world-title rematch in Las Vegas. Tszyu had been hunting redemption after losing a split-decision bloodbath to Fundora 16 months ago. Instead Australia's former WBO super-welterweight world champ will return to Sydney with his international career at another crossroad following a despairing seventh-round TKO defeat. Saturday night's loss at the MGM Grand's Garden Arena was the 30-year-old's third from his past four bouts, after going unbeaten for his first 24 professional fights. Tszyu also endured a crushing world-title loss last year to big-hitting Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev before Fundora sportingly offered him a rematch after the Sydney slayer knocked out fellow American Joey Spencer in March. Tszyu (25-3, 18KOs) may even consider a move up to the light-middleweight ranks, or hope Keith Thurman lives up to his word after the US star called him out after slaying Brock Jarvis earlier this year in Sydney. More immediately, Tszyu must digest another sapping defeat at the hands of "The Towering Inferno". Last time around against his gangling 197cm opponent, Tszyu had to fight for 10 rounds half-blinded after walking into Fundora's elbow and suffering an horrific cut to an artery at the top of his head. In the return bout, Tszyu fought with more patience but couldn't stay with the near two-metre tall rival. Fundora made a spectacular start, dropping Tszyu in the opening round with a thunderous straight left to the head. Tszyu's cut man Mark Gambin was again under immense pressure after Fundora landed a flurry of punches to open up a nasty wound above the Australian's right eye in the second round. Struggling to cope with Fundora's massive height and reach advantage, Tszyu looked in peril before catching the American with a huge over-hand right in round four. But the Californian, the tallest world champion in all of boxing - continued to throw and land more punches than Tszyu. Tszyu needed to conjure something special. Showing supreme courage to stay in the contest, Tszyu found some joy with his body shots before the fight exploded in a ferocious round seven.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Tim Tszyu fight welcomed by Keith Thurman amid crazy Jermell Charlo video call
Two-time welterweight world champion Keith Thurman ensured his name remains in the mix for a future clash with Tim Tszyu, showing up in Las Vegas ahead of the Australian's next fight. Tszyu is due to face Sebastian Fundora in a rematch of their bloody brawl last March, with the bout appearing as the chief support to the in-ring return of Manny Pacquiao, who faces WBC welterweight champ Mario Barrios. Thurman was booked to face Tszyu a year and a half ago before an injury saw Fundora step in and ultimately hand the Sydneysider his first defeat. MORE:Tszyu retracing father's footsteps at iconic Vegas venue The always-entertaining Thurman was in attendance at Friday's weigh in, again making it known of his willingness to face Tszyu. Ahead of the weigh in, Thurman told he remains interested in the fight, pending Tszyu's success. 'Tszyu has to win. And he has to want the Thurman fight. If they really want it, I'm here and they know that,' Thurman said. 'I didn't go down there to fight Brock Jarvis. I went down there to get closer to Tim Tszyu, to show that I'll come to you. 'You came here to fight me, you start losing in America, but in Australia you're a big name and we can make a big fight.' No Limit Boxing MORE:Manny Pacquiao's nine best fights, ranked Tszyu's promoter, George Rose of No Limit Boxing, indicated interest was still there on the Australian's side. 'He hasn't crossed paths with Tim yet but once Tim's got that belt around him tomorrow, if they cross paths, we'll make sure that something happens off the back of it,' Rose said. If a Tszyu fight doesn't materialise for Thurman, the platform was laid for a potential showdown with Jermell Charlo, with the pair trading insults on a nearly 10-minute long video call.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'I'm back' - Pacquiao, 46, announces boxing return
Manny Pacquiao has announced his return to the ring aged 46 and almost four years after his last Filipino says he will face WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on 19 July in Las is now aiming to become boxing's oldest welterweight world champion."I'm back," Pacquiao said on social media. "Let's make history."Pacquiao currently holds the record for the oldest welterweight champion, when he beat Keith Thurman in 2019 to claim the WBA (Super) world title aged WBC controversially reinstated Pacquiao into their rankings at number five last week as speculation about his return WBC president Mauricio Suliman defended the decision, saying: "Pacquiao has been licensed by Nevada and passed all medicals and as legendary WBC champion has been approved to fight by our organisation."Pacquiao last fought in August 2021, when he lost on points to Yordenis boxing legend is a four-time welterweight champion and has an overall record of 62 fights, eight losses and two retiring from boxing he has been involved in politics in his home country, but last week failed in his bid to become elected to the Philippines senate.
