Tim Tszyu will return to the ring for an IBF Junior middleweight title eliminator on Saturday, September 21 [Sept 22 in Australia].
The 2 potential opponents are Erickson Lubin and Jesus Ramos. These are two fights for Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs), who’s coming off a twelve-round cut up choice defeat in opposition to Sebastian Fundora on March thirtieth in Las Vegas.
Tszyu, 29, suffered a deep scalp minimize in that struggle, and it’s been slowly therapeutic. It’ll have been six months since Tszyu returned on September twenty second, so hopefully, that’s sufficient time for the minimize to heal.
Ideally, a rematch with Fundora ought to have occurred, however Sebastian goes within the route of a cash struggle in opposition to Errol Spence Jr. in November. A rematch may occur for Tszyu if he’s victorious in his IBF title eliminator on September twenty second. Contemplating what number of issues Fundora gave Tszyu, it is likely to be higher for him to overlook about preventing him once more.
Lubin (26-2, 18 KOs) is a dangerous struggle for Tszyu to take after a loss just like the one he suffered. It wasn’t simply the minimize that Tszyu handled in opposition to Fundora. He took quite a lot of punishment from the 6’5 1/2″ Fundora.
After that form of struggle, it’s not preferrred for Tim to hurry right into a match in opposition to a puncher like Lubinson, 28, however it appears like he desires to seize a title as rapidly as potential.
Jesus Ramos (21-1, 17 KOs) is the opposite powerful choice for Tszyu. He’s much less prone to get the struggle as a result of he’s ranked #6 IBF, beneath Erickson Lubin. That will be a troublesome struggle for Tszyu if he confronted the 23-year-old Ramos as a result of he can punch and is younger.
Ramos’s solely loss is a 12-round unanimous choice to Lubin final September. In that struggle, Ramos didn’t make changes and was outworked by Lubin. He didn’t carry out effectively in opposition to Lubin in any respect and appeared overmatched.
