Chris Algieri factors out that Tim Tszyu is now being considered by followers as being washed up after struggling his second consecutive defeat final Saturday evening in a third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in Orlando, Flordia.
Algieri feels that followers throw fighters to the wayside as soon as they endure a loss or two, which ends up in different fighters and promoters selecting to keep away from dangers by taking sure-thing opposition. That clearly hurts the game as a result of followers are seeing nothing however mismatches, they usually’re paying to look at them typically on PPV.
The result’s the game slowly dies as a result of rankings are dangerous, networks dump boxing, and promoters are pressured to buy one other platform. Nothing modifications, in fact. You get the identical mismatches with the brand new platform.
Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) took a threat and failed in loss to Murtazaliev. Algieri thinks it’s troubling that followers are giving up on Tszyu for being courageous by taking this dangerous battle, which many high-profile fighters that can stay anonymous selected to keep away from. They knew the danger Murtazaliev would deliver, so that they took on lesser fighters at 154.
“Fighters are unwilling to take these dangers. We reside in an period the place you must have an O; you must be excellent. It’s actually unlucky as a result of it retains the fighters from taking dangers and promoters letting their fighters take the dangers as effectively,” stated Chris Algieri to Probox TV, reacting to Tim Tszyu’s loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev final Saturday evening.
Every division is loaded with fighters which are enjoying it protected, taking weak opposition. On the high of the pound-for-pound checklist, it’s loaded with fighters that face weak opposition. Most of them pad their file.
“The fan base simply throws them away, and now guys are going to throw away Tim,” stated Algieri. “I’m seeing headlines, ‘Is Tim Tszyu washed?’ The man took two losses towards good fighters, certainly one of which was very controversial. I believed he was wanting very incredible in that battle earlier than the elbow triggered the horrific bloody minimize on his brow. He’s blinded by blood for the following 11 rounds. ”
Followers have already given up on Tszyu, and that’s the truth. For him to win over these folks once more, he’ll have to beat particular fighters as a result of he’ll not regain their belief combating domestic-level fighters in Australia. It’s pathetic that followers surrender on fighters after a loss or two, however that’s the way in which it’s.
“He fought a murderous man,” stated Algieri. “I believed this was extra popping out for Murtazaliev than it’s to say that Tim Tszyu is totally washed and we must always throw him to the wayside. Tim selected these fights. It’s a title battle. Persons are going, ‘Oh, it’s dangerous matchmaking.’ It’s a title battle. You battle the man with a title. You battle all people.
“In the event you assume you’re the perfect man on the planet, you battle all people round you. If that man has received a strap, ‘I’m going proper at you. I don’t care if I don’t know him. I don’t care if he has a giant profile or not. I’ve received to beat that man if I need to be a world champion.’ Sadly for Tim, he fell quick this time, however the powers that be are going to have a look at him a special manner,” stated Algieri.
At this time, Tszyu took on what may very well be the #1 fighter within the 154-lb division by going through Murtazaliev. Not one of the fighters at 154 have regarded wherever close to as spectacular as Murtazaliev did in his win over Tszyu. Terence Crawford barely received his debut at 154 final August and regarded outdated and weak. Sebastian Fundora had regarded horrible in his battle towards Tszyu final March till he unintentionally minimize him with an elbow. If not for the minimize, Fundora would have probably misplaced.
