Tim Tszyu, who’s in a nasty place proper now because of his crushing defeat by the hands of Bakhram Murtazaliev, already has a doable comeback combat within the offing. A combat with fellow Australian warrior Michael Zerafa “will occur” a while subsequent yr, Zerafa has informed Fox Sports activities Australia, with Zerafa additionally having a dig at Tszyu, 24-2(17) by stating that “he’s nothing like his father.”
Tszyu, crushed now twice on the spin, by Sebastian Fundora and by Murtazaliev, has been “came upon,” Zerafa stated. And the all-Aussie combat “has to occur, and it’ll occur.”
“I can inform you precisely what occurred, Tim Tszyu has been came upon,” Zerafa stated on the large upset that happened on Saturday evening in Florida. “I’ve been saying for a very long time the man isn’t who everybody thinks he’s. However Tszyu, he has an awesome hype crew round him. And he believed it. He believed his personal hype and he acquired came upon. As you possibly can see now, he’s nothing like his father. He got here into this combat saying he was going to combat Canelo. Tim was preventing a real world champion and he missed him. My cellphone, it’s been blowing up. Individuals haven’t stopped calling. Behind the scenes there was already discuss that if I gained in opposition to Nikita [Tszyu], then I acquired Tim. However there was additionally discuss that if Tim acquired beat (by Murtazaliev), I went straight to him. So our combat, it has to occur now. It should occur, too.”
And abruptly, a combat between Tszyu and Zerafa, which may happen at a catch weight, is just about a 50-50 affair. Can Tszyu bounce again from his three spherical loss, or may Zerafa, 32-5(20), who has been within the ring with the likes of Kell Brook, Jeff Horn, and Erislandy Lara, hand Tszyu his third loss?
It’s an enormous combat in Australia, and as a comeback combat for Tsyzu, a combat with Zerafa would/might be an enormous danger, however one he might properly find yourself taking. Zerafa has been stopped twice, and he’s coming off a stoppage win over Tommy Browne, who he stopped by way of nook retirement in August.
Who wins if Zerafa and Tszyu get it on early subsequent yr?
