Tim Tszyu believes his rematch with WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora on July nineteenth will likely be a much different fight because he won’t be at a drawback from an early cut. If Tszyu loses the rematch, he’ll need to confront the reality that he’s not adequate.
The previous WBO 154-lb champion Tszyu (25-2, 14 KOs) is getting a rematch with Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) despite having a 1-2 record in his last three fights. It’s not a super record for a challenger to have, but Tszyu stays popular in his native Australia.
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They’ll be fighting on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios on the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event will likely be shown on Amazon Prime Video PPV.
Tszyu’s Cut: Was It to Blame?
“The drawback that I had, it was much easier the primary time. The second time, it’s going to be a complete different fight,” said Tim Tszyu to Fighthype about his rematch against Sebastian Fundora on July nineteenth.
It might be a mistake for Tszyu to place all the blame on his loss to the cut he sustained within the second round from an elbow from Fundora. Tszyu was getting hit rather a lot well before the cut occurred, and you can tell that it was going to be a protracted night.
“There will likely be multiple game plans on each sites, and so they’ll need to be adapted. I’m undecided what he’s going to bring out first, but I’m not likely focused on that. He’s going to need to take care of what I even have to indicate,” said Tszyu about his fight with Fundora.
Tszyu doesn’t have the reach to box Fundora, and he can’t match Fundora’s high punch output. Tim’s only path to victory could be for him to knock him out, and he’s going to get hit rather a lot while trying. Tszyu can’t count on Fundora shelling up against the ropes like his last opponent, Joseph Spencer, did.
Tszyu: Systematically Breaking Down Opponents?
“I’m in a position to systematically break someone down and be patient with it. There’s a wide selection of things you possibly can do against an opponent like that. You’ve got to have the ability to do it from round one, and slowly bring up the pace,” said Tszyu.
What Tszyu says about “systematically” breaking down an opponent sounds good, but his recent victory against Joseph Spencer was against a low-level opponent. It’s easy to return across sounding like an authority when fighting that level of fighters.
Tszyu failed miserably in his third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Muratazaliev last October, and he struggled in his loss to Fundora last yr. If he were able to breaking down an opponent, why didn’t he try this against Bakhram and Fundora?
Tszyu looked lost in each of those fights, and he had no answers in his ability to adapt. It was much worse in his loss to Murtazaliev. He kept charging straight into his punches and dropped repeatedly.
Last Updated on 07/01/2025