Source : ABC NEWS
With a uneven unequivocal victory over Denis Nurja, Tim Tszyu has won the WBO worldwide heavyweight title.
The Sydneysider’s win on Sunday in Wollongong assured him of a major fight with American legend Errol Spence Jr. and yet another title shot.
Tszyu won the 10-round fight on Sunday, dominating all three magistrates ‘ accounts by a score of 100-88.
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Wining the WBO foreign middleweight belt also gave Tszyu his second consecutive victories since 2023.
Additionally, it earned him the WBO No. 1 rank in the same organization’s young middleweight rankings.
Puerto Rican Xander Zayas, who is scheduled to defend his name against American Jaron Ennis in New York second month, is the WBO fighter.
Tszyu ( 27-3, 18 KOs ), skillfully switching between the head and the body, landed many more blows.
In the fourth round, he defeated Nurja ( 20-1, 9 KOs ), but he was unable to defeat the tough Albanian.
He is a strong man, Tszyu said.
He simply wouldn’t fall when I had him a few times. ”
After a head-to-head collision a second into the third round, Tszyu was scheduled to have the big cut stitched up after the fight.
Tszyu dropped Nurja with a left to the brain only over a minute after, and the round was wrapped up with several more blows.
In the second, Tszyu continued to put on weight by launching numerous defending body shots.
He alternated between his body and head attacks also, and whenever Nurja landed, he generally reacted with numerous strikes.
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Les Concern, a referee, dropped a place from the Albanian in the sixth round.
When asked about the rumored match-up with Spence, Tszyu responded,” I feel like I’m up for it. “
It will be a slapper, and it will be one hell of a struggle.
You are aware of who I am; I don’t get a step back.
You are aware of what they say when they say,” Get the big bass,” so let’s go fishing. “
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