Sebastian Fundora says he believed that Tim Tszyu was a special fighter for his or her rematch final Saturday evening in comparison with how he fought him final yr. The WBC junior middleweight champion Fundora (23-1-1 15 KOs) famous that Tszyu (25-3, 18 KOs) didn’t wish to “get hit,” and he took benefit of that by unloading on him.
Tszyu’s Psychological Defeat
Tim fought aggressively within the sixth and seventh. Nonetheless, he took a whole lot of punishment in each of these rounds from the nonstop punches being thrown by Fundora. After the seventh, Tszyu selected to not permit him to proceed. Judging by Tim’s physique language within the closing seconds of spherical seven, he seemed mentally defeated. He’d fought as exhausting as he may in that spherical, and but it wasn’t sufficient.
“I simply noticed him not desirous to get hit, and we took benefit of that. We took the lead by that, and getting the primary spherical knockdown modified the tempo of the struggle,” mentioned Sebastian Fundora on the post-fight press convention, responding to the query of whether or not he noticed a distinction in Tim Tszyu’s combating model for the rematch.
Tszyu initially tried to not get hit, however by the sixth, he was simply plodding ahead, throwing haymakers with most energy in them. He’d gotten determined as a result of Fundora had already knocked him down within the first and constructed up a large lead. He didn’t know the right way to shut the gap in opposition to ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora. The wild pictures that Tszyu was throwing have been typically developing brief.
Tim was combating flat-footed like in his earlier conflict in opposition to Fundora, not shifting his head, and having issues touchdown his pictures. He needed to are available vary to throw, and Sebastian took benefit of this to land his punches. When Tszyu was on the skin, the lanky 6’5″ Fundora used his jab to hit him repeatedly.
Fundora Not Shocked by Stoppage
“I wasn’t shocked as a result of my fights are fairly brutal,” mentioned Fundora when requested if he was shocked Tszyu’s nook stopped the struggle after the seventh spherical. “The overhand left that I caught him with within the first spherical, that was a punch that I knew I used to be going to do harm. Getting within the first spherical put me in excessive spirits.”
Tszyu had one in every of his greatest rounds of the struggle within the seventh, touchdown six or seven bombs that may have knocked out a whole lot of fighters. Fundora took them properly, however ultimately would have had issues if Tim had continued to struggle past the seventh.
Within the final 10 seconds of the seventh, Tszyu shelled up in opposition to the ropes, and Fundora capitalized on this to pummel him with punches. Tszyu’s coach possible primarily based his resolution to halt the struggle on the best way Tszyu went to the ropes. That was not a transfer that Tim usually does in his fights.
Boxing Information 24 » The Psychological Warfare: Fundora’s Influence on Tszyu’s Mentality Throughout Their Brutal Rematch
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