Keith Thurman says Tim Tszyu proved that he was a “cookie-cutter” made for IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) by strolling straight into his energy pictures in his third-round knockout on Saturday night time on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Tszyu’s nook needed to throw within the towel to avoid wasting him within the third as a result of he’d been dropped 4 instances within the struggle, and he was on “Bambi legs.
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Thurman, who was working as a part of the published workforce for Premier Boxing Champions, famous that the previous WBO 154-lb champion Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) made no changes after being damage and getting blown out of the water in getting dropped 4 instances within the struggle.
‘One Time’ Thurman felt that Tszyu did the identical factor over and over. He tried to place himself again into the struggle by preventing as a substitute of utilizing his jab and slowing the tempo down. Murtazaliev was attacking him like a shark with its prey, tearing him aside.
“Look what the left hook did. Bakhram clearly mentioned that there’s nothing particular about Tim Tszyu, and he’s cookie-cutter made for Bakhram. Not solely had been they in a position to say that. They had been in a position to show it,” mentioned Keith Thurman to Fighthype, reacting to Tim Tszyu’s loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev on Saturday night time.
This was the incorrect sort of fighter for the flat-footed Tszyu to be preventing aggressively towards due to Murtazaliev’s two-fisted energy, dimension, and excessive work charge. It seemed like Tszyu hadn’t skilled to be on guard for Murtazaliev’s left hook as a result of he was getting hit with it the whole struggle.
Thurman thinks that Tszyu’s coaches ought to have instructed him to proper hand as much as the aspect to dam the huge left hooks that Murtazaliev was throwing. Tszyu had his arms in entrance of him to dam his straight punches, however was huge open for Murtazaliev’s hooks.
“You possibly can’t do the identical factor over and over. He was clearly damage, and he tried to place himself proper again into the struggle as a substitute of giving himself a while and strategically working behind the jab, attempting to decelerate the tempo,” mentioned Thurman.
Tszyu was possible embarrassed at getting knocked down, and he wished to get it again by dropping Murtazaliev or knocking him out. That participant is in his arms.
“It was nearly like you may see Tim shaking on the bottom. It was nearly like we may see reverb from the punch as a spectator. Every thing in his physique is telling his physique to close down. He stood again up, and proper earlier than his coaches threw within the towel, he was on Bambi’s legs. He couldn’t arise. He nonetheless had the audacity to return with an overhand proper.
“He’s not that scary. He’s not that harmful. The 12 months of him coming over right here and attempting to show that if you go from a bit of pool to an enormous pool, you run into some huge fish,” mentioned Thurman about Tszyu.
Clearly, Tszyu isn’t harmful in comparison with the highest fighters within the 154-lb division, who’re preventing at a better degree than he’s now. He’s misplaced two fights in a row, and it’s going to be troublesome for him to return again from this newest defeat with out occurring a rebuild.
Tszyu can nonetheless punch exhausting, however he’s defensively poor and would have issues towards the large punchers within the 154-lb division.
Thurman seems like he’s nonetheless hoping to get a struggle towards Tszyu, which isn’t occurring now or ever. Previous ‘One Time’ hasn’t fought in nearly three years, and he’s been out of the sport for too lengthy for Tszyu to take an opportunity of preventing him. Thurman would possible undergo one other damage and would pull like he did earlier this 12 months.
