Tim Tszyu posted on social media immediately a message to the followers, saying that he’ll be coming again to be in large fights regardless of dropping to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) by a third-round knockout final Saturday evening in Orlando, Florida.
Tszyu says he’s going to hunt solutions from his staff for what went improper in his loss to Murtazaliev. Tim’s protection failed him in that battle, and he made a mistake by persevering with to assault Murtazaliev somewhat than boxing him after the preliminary knockdown.
When explaining what occurred, Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) says he received caught with a punch and couldn’t recuperate from it. He stored getting up however wasn’t going to work.
Murtazaliev knocked the previous WBO 154-lb champion Tszyu initially with a left hook throughout an change in spherical two. That was the place issues fell aside for the 29-year-old Tszyu as a result of he by no means recovered from that shot. What likelihood Tszyu had of coming again, he threw it away by happening the assault and attempting to slug with Murtazaliev.
“I received caught with a shot, and I couldn’t transfer on. I stored getting up, however that wasn’t adequate,” stated Tim Tszyu, reflecting on his loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev final Saturday evening in Orlando.
Tszyu and his staff should make the suitable transfer for his subsequent battle as a result of he’s now misplaced his final two contests. He misplaced to Sebastian Fundora earlier this yr by a 12-round cut up resolution on March thirtieth, however followers gave him a go for that defeat resulting from a nasty reduce that he suffered in spherical two.
The defeat towards Murtazaliev was a special story. The IBF champ utterly blew out Tszyu, knocked down 4 occasions within the battle earlier than his nook threw within the towel in spherical three.
“Congrats to my opponent for the super efficiency. Yeah, we transfer on, regroup, and my staff can be again,” stated Tszyu. “Once more, I can be again. I’ll nonetheless be in large fights quickly, and I received to seek out loads of solutions from myself, in fact.”
It is going to be very tough for Tszyu to rebuild himself after the newest defeat as a result of most of the prime fighters within the 154-lb division will expose his flaws within the battle. Even the youthful fighters like Yoenis Tellez would benefit from what Murtazaliev uncovered.
“The principle factor my dad [Kostya Tszyu] informed me from a younger age, ‘By no means hand over. For those who shoot for the celebs and crash and burn on the best way, simply maintain going.’ I’m going to maintain going and maintain reaching for them stars,” stated Tim.
Tszyu might must swallow his pleasure and return to combating domestic-level place in Australia somewhat than staying on the world stage and persevering with to endure defeats. These are some good choices for Tszyu’s subsequent battle: Michael Zerafa and Steve Spark.
