TIM TSZYU is set to challenge for a world title in his next fight. The IBF has ordered the Australian super-welterweight to face their champion, Bakhram Murtazaliev, with the date and time yet to be confirmed. Murtazaliev clinched the vacant title—previously held by former undisputed champion Jermell Charlo—by defeating Jack Culcay with an 11th-round knockout … Read more
Former unified super-welterweight world champion Tim Tszyu is set to make his return to the ring on September 22 in Australia. The 29-year-old has been inactive since his loss to Sebastian Fundora on March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fundora replaced Tszyu’s original opponent Keith Thurman on short notice for the WBC … Read more
By Elliot Worsell IF ever you have sauntered across a park on a Sunday morning and happened upon a football pitch and scores of screaming kids, you will know that there is no sound more terrifying than that produced by the parents watching these screaming kids from the sidelines. A blend of encouragement, negativity, and … Read more
1) Jermell and Jermall Charlo Jermell has been a world super-welterweight champion, on and off, since 2016, while his twin brother, Jermall, is a former super-welterweight champion who now operates at middleweight, where he has won a WBC title. Jermell has fought – and lost – against Canelo Alvarez and no doubt Jermall would in … Read more
Sebastian Fundora had a premonition that he would eventually face Tim Tszyu in the ring. With Keith Thurman withdrawing from their scheduled bout due to injury, Fundora seized the opportunity to step in and take on the Australian boxer. This last-minute change elevated Fundora to the main event status, giving his career a significant boost … Read more
Tim Tszyu vs Sebastian Fundora: What time is the fight? What channel is it on? Australia’s undefeated WBO World Super Welterweight champion Tim Tszyu will be facing his toughest opponent yet, ‘The Towering Inferno’ Sebastian Fundora, on Saturday, March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. What channel is Tim Tszyu vs Sebastian … Read more
FOLLOWING hot on the heels of last week’s postponement of Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall II, reports suggest that another intriguing fight has unfortunately fallen by the wayside today (March 18). The March 30 welterweight fight between Tim Tszyu and Keith Thurman, which was to serve as PBC’s inaugural pay-per-view offering on Amazon Prime, is … Read more
On Friday night (March 1) Sam Eggington and Abass Baraou will fight for the vacant European super-welterweight title in Telford. Thousands of miles away with the blue skies of sunny Miami behind him Boxing News caught up with a relaxed Baraou to chat about the fight, his life in Togo and Germany, whether or not … Read more
By Elliot Worsell FOR Terence Crawford, the hard work was meant to have been done last July. That was when he agreed to fight Errol Spence, his long-time welterweight rival, and also when he beat him, rather emphatically inside nine rounds. Following that, the assumption was that Crawford, a 35-year-old who had taken the scenic … Read more
TIM TSZYU will compete in America for only the second time as a pro when he fights Keith Thurman on March 30 in Las Vegas. The fight, which will take place at the T-Mobile Arena, headlines the first Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) event on Amazon Prime and has reportedly been signed at a catchweight of … Read more
