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 walking straight into his power shots in his third-round knockout on Saturday night on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Tszyu’s corner needed to throw within the towel to avoid wasting him within the third because he’d been dropped 4 times within the fight, and he was on “Bambi legs.
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Thurman, who was working as a part of the printed team for Premier Boxing Champions, noted that the previous WBO 154-lb champion Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) made no adjustments after being hurt and getting blown out of the water in getting dropped 4 times within the fight.
‘One Time’ Thurman felt that Tszyu did the identical thing over and all over again. He tried to place himself back into the fight by fighting as an alternative of using his jab and slowing the pace down. Murtazaliev was attacking him like a shark with its prey, tearing him apart.
“Look what the left hook did. Bakhram clearly said that there’s nothing special about Tim Tszyu, and he’s cookie-cutter made for Bakhram. Not only were they capable of say that. They were capable of prove it,” said Keith Thurman to Fighthype, reacting to Tim Tszyu’s loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev on Saturday night.
This was the flawed form of fighter for the flat-footed Tszyu to be fighting aggressively against due to Murtazaliev’s two-fisted power, size, and high work rate. It looked like Tszyu hadn’t trained to be on guard for Murtazaliev’s left hook because he was getting hit with it your complete fight.
Thurman thinks that Tszyu’s coaches must have told him to right hand as much as the side to dam the wide left hooks that Murtazaliev was throwing. Tszyu had his hands in front of him to dam his straight punches, but was wide open for Murtazaliev’s hooks.
“You possibly can’t do the identical thing over and all over again. He was clearly hurt, and he tried to place himself right back into the fight as an alternative of giving himself a while and strategically working behind the jab, attempting to decelerate the pace,” said Thurman.
Tszyu was likely embarrassed at getting knocked down, and he desired to get it back by dropping Murtazaliev or knocking him out. That player is in his hands.
“It was almost like you may see Tim shaking on the bottom. It was almost like we could see reverb from the punch as a spectator. Every thing in his body is telling his body to shut down. He stood back up, and right before his coaches threw within the towel, he was on Bambi’s legs. He couldn’t rise up. He still had the audacity to come back with an overhand right.
“He’s not that scary. He’s not that dangerous. The 12 months of him coming over here and attempting to prove that while you go from somewhat pool to an enormous pool, you run into some big fish,” said Thurman about Tszyu.
Obviously, Tszyu isn’t dangerous in comparison with the highest fighters within the 154-lb division, who’re fighting at a better level than he’s now. He’s lost two fights in a row, and it’s going to be difficult for him to come back back from this latest defeat without occurring a rebuild.
Tszyu can still punch hard, but he’s defensively poor and would have problems against the massive punchers within the 154-lb division.
Thurman appears like he’s still hoping to get a fight against Tszyu, which isn’t happening now or ever. Old ‘One Time’ hasn’t fought in almost three years, and he’s been out of the sport for too long for Tszyu to take a likelihood of fighting him. Thurman would likely suffer one other injury and would pull like he did earlier this 12 months.
