Tim Tszyu is reportedly eyeing a homecoming combat in December if he defeats IBF junior middleweight beltholder Bakhram Murtazaliev after they meet on October 19 at Caribe Royale in Orlando, Fla.
In keeping with Information Corp, the 29-year-old from Sydney, Australia is eager to go round once more this calendar yr after spending months on the sidelines recovering from a nasty minimize to his scalp sustained in his cut up choice loss to Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas in March.
There are a number of names on the shortlist however it’s understood Erickson Lubin is the frontrunner, if the 28-year-old American southpaw will be satisfied to fly out to Australia. Lubin (26-2, 18 KOs) is The Ring’s No.7 contender at 154 kilos.
“You will need to stay related with the Aussie followers as a result of they’re those who put me into this place,” mentioned Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) to the media yesterday.
“Once I go right into a combat, I really feel I’ve a complete nation behind me, so it’s a great feeling.
“After all I might like to combat again in Australia for the followers, it means quite a bit. We’re a small little island, we’re abandoned from the remainder of the world. Even to LA, it’s a 15-hour flight.
“However we now have some expertise on the market (in Australia). Lots of fighters. We’ve got this stigma that Aussies are powerful bastards who simply combat, however we wish to have a crack and we all know what we’re doing.
“It’s good to be on high of that with the opposite Aussie fight athletes.”
Tszyu is planning an announcement efficiency in opposition to Russia’s Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs), who can be making the primary protection of the IBF strap he gained in opposition to Jack Culcay in Germany final April. In that bout, the 31-year-old pulled away late within the combat, knocking out the native lad within the penultimate spherical.
Tszyu has vowed to finish his 10-year undefeated streak within the professionals.
“I’m bringing the warmth,“ mentioned Tszyu, The Ring’s No.5 contender. “Hopefully he doesn’t take a step again, as a result of everybody is aware of my type.
“You will notice a bad-ass efficiency. The extent can be ruthless and one thing that shocks individuals and shocks my opponent as effectively.”
In his Las Vegas debut in opposition to six-foot-six southpaw Fundora, Tszyu caught an errant elbow to the highest of his head on the finish of the second spherical that instantly produced a big gash on his scalp. The wound continued to bleed profusely for the remainder of the bout and he was pressured to combat by means of a masks of blood.
Tszyu fought valiantly within the circumstance, finally dropping a 116-112, 113-115 and 112-116 choice. The loss value him his WBO belt and the possibility to select up the vacant WBC bauble.
On the time Tszyu’s nook got here underneath criticism for not stopping the bout within the first 4 rounds, however the gutsy Aussie says he wouldn’t have it another method.
“Forfeiting just isn’t my blood,” mentioned Tszyu. “I might fairly die within the ring, that’s the mentality I’ve acquired. Shedding the belt, it seems like it’s important to get again to the drafting board.
“There’s no concern in me. Whoever they name the ‘unhealthy man’ on this division, give him to me, feed him to me.
“He (Murtazaliev) has the canine in him and that presents an amazing activity.
“However nothing is meant to be simple on the highway to the highest. There is no such thing as a simple combat. If you would like the large bucks, it’s important to undergo the fireplace and proper now, I’ll undergo the fireplace.
“I wish to be the shot caller and placed on the large fights and also you try this by having the straps.”
