Re: WBO Interim Jr. Middleweight Championship Contest Tim Tszyu vs. Brian Mendoza
Tim Tszyu has beaten Jeff Horn by technical knockout in their contest in Townsville.
The decision came when Horn failed to come out for the ninth round, having been comprehensively beaten by his younger opponent.
Tszyu worked over Horn throughout the fight with some vicious body shots and punishing right hands.
Horn was knocked down in the third round thanks to a brutal left uppercut, but gamely hung on in typical fashion for another four rounds before failing to rise from his stool.
Horn-Tszyu stream begins at 5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT for a special Aussie edition of Breakfast and Boxing
(August 21, 2020) —Australia’s most anticipated fistic showdown in years has an American streaming home.
Former welterweight world champion and Manny Pacquiao conqueror Jeff “The Hornet” Horn will face WBO Global Junior Middleweight Champion Tim Tszyu Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville, Australia. A socially distanced crowd of more than 16,000 fans are expected for Horn-Tszyu, which will headline a special edition of Breakfast and Boxing exclusively on ESPN+ (5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT).
Horn (20-2-1, 13 KOs), from Brisbane, toppled Pacquiao in July 2017 via unanimous decision to win the WBO welterweight world title. Horn-Pacquiao, the Top Rank on ESPN series premier, peaked at 4.4 million viewers. Horn defended his title once before losing via ninth-round stoppage to Terence “Bud” Crawford in June 2018. He is 2-1 since the Crawford loss, most recently splitting a pair of action classics against countryman Michael Zerafa in 2019.
Tszyu (15-0, 11 KO), the Sydney-born son of legendary former world champion Kostya Tszyu, returns from a nearly nine-month layoff. He graduated from prospect to contender in 2019, closing out the year in December with a fourth-round TKO over Jack Brubaker that streamed live on ESPN+.
“In my career, what I’ve accomplished and what I’m doing, my dad doesn’t play much of a role. I do my own stuff,” Tszyu told ESPN recently. “He taught me one thing and that’s work ethic, because of that I am who I am. If you want to succeed you have to put in the work.
“I’m proud of what my dad achieved. He’s the greatest boxer in Australian and Russian sports history. I do everything that he’s done. There’s a blueprint. If I could do half of what he did, I’m going to be a great in this sport.”
The Horn-Tszyu stream will also include unbeaten junior lightweight prospect Liam Wilson (6-0, 4 KOs) against Jackson Woods (4-1-1, 4 KOs) in an eight-rounder, former Australian 154-pound champion Joel Camilleri (18-6-1, 8 KOs) versus Adam Copland (5-1, 3 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight bout, and Australian middleweight prospect Issac “The Headsplitter” Hardman (6-0, 5 KOs ) against seven-year veteran Jamie Weetch (12-3, 5 KOs) in a six-rounder.
Tim Tszyu looks set for a ratings rise after carving out a unanimous points decision over Dwight Ritchie in their vacant WBO Global Jr Middleweight bout in Sydney.
Tszyu (14-0, 10 KOs) won by margins of four, five and six points in a very competitive fight on Wednesday to win two regional super welterweight titles.
He landed the heavier blows and looked good when putting the pressure on, forcing the Victorian back.
But Ritchie (19-2, 2 KOs), who was rated ninth by the IBF, three places above Tszyu, got off plenty of his own shots, sometimes beating his opponent to the punch.
Ritchie was cut near his left eye in the third round, but allowed to continue by veteran fight doctor Lou Lewis.
Tszyu went on the offensive for the rest of the round with Ritchie, obviously conscious of the cut, occasionally pawing at his eye.
Tszyu found the range more often with his right hand as the fight progressed, tagging Ritchie several times in the last.
“He kept me on my toes, he took me somewhere I haven’t been,” Tszyu said of Ritchie.
“I just proved that ‘I’m the best (super welterweight) in Australia, I’ve cleaned up my division
‘It’s time to think about going overseas.”
Asked a about a fight with former WBO welterweight champion Horn, who was commentating at ringside, Tszyu said: “he’s got a big task ahead of him (against Michael Zerafa on August 31)”.
“Once he finishes his task then we can talk.”
VIA BOXINGSCENE.com