Tim Tszyu will combat IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in the primary occasion subsequent month on October nineteenth in a non-PPV present on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. The occasion can be proven dwell on PBC on Amazon Prime Video, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
Tszyu is coming off a twelve-round break up choice loss to Sebastian Fundora on March thirtieth. Tim had hoped for a rematch with the 6’6″ Fundora, but it surely has not occurred for varied causes. Profitable the IBF title from the unbeaten Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs) ought to assist Tszyu get that combat if Fundora holds onto his WBC and WBO titles.
Murtazaliev a Relative Unknown
Murtazaliev, 31, received the vacant IBF 154-lb title final April, stopping Jack Culcay by an Eleventh-round knockout in Germany. It’s arduous to know the way good Murtazaliev is as a result of he hasn’t fought anybody notable throughout his 10-year skilled profession. The one two notable fighters he’s confronted throughout all that point are the 38-year-old Culcay and Khiary Grey.
If victorious, the previous WBO 154-lb champion Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) may have the possibility to place himself within the combine for profitable fights towards junior middleweight champions Terence Crawford, Sebastian Fundora and Vergil Ortiz Jr.
The combat that Tszyu, 29, desires is a match towards the Omaha, Nebraska native Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), who immediately has turn into the flavour of the week since his victory over Errol Spence final yr. Nevertheless, Crawford remains to be in a holding sample, ready to see if he can get a combat towards Canelo Alvarez.
So, he most likely received’t look in Tszyu’s path for a unification combat at 154 except His Excellency Turki Alalahik presents him some huge cash to take the dangerous combat.
Rose Assured in Tszyu’s Return
“There are only a few fighters on the planet that may endure what Tim went via in his final combat and are available out larger, higher, and stronger than earlier than,” stated George Rose, CEO of No Restrict Boxing. “Tim Tszyu is that man. He lives to combat and has a warrior spirit that’s utterly unbreakable. You received’t need to miss this. He’s about to remind everybody why he’s the most effective 154-pounder on the planet on October 19.”
