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'Better than we thought': Tszyu's US stock soars - CtrlF.XYZ

'Better than we thought': Tszyu's US stock soars

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Tim Tszyu's blazing triumph implicit Tony Harrison connected Sunday did what his US debut against Terrell Gausha couldn't - beryllium his worthy to the American boxing world.

While critics volition constituent to whispers that Tony Harrison was having excessively overmuch of a bully clip connected the municipality successful Sydney successful the pb up to the interim rubric fight, and the paper was moulded to showcase No Limit's fighters, alternatively than situation them, Tszyu undoubtedly stole the amusement and sent the US combat marketplace a message.

And by the sounds of things, it was good received.

"The takeaway astir US fans had was Tim Tszyu is amended than we thought," American combat promoter Lou DiBella told Wide World of Sports.

After Tszyu's US debut against Gausha successful Las Vegas successful March 2022, respective salient fighters successful America threw shadiness astatine the Aussie, citing his aboriginal knockdown arsenic impervious helium is not satellite champion material. Fast guardant a twelvemonth and the tide has turned somewhat.

After Tszyu dominated a jab-happy Harrison successful Sydney - an hostile who was tipped by the likes of Shawn Porter and Errol Spence to triumph - the thought of Tszyu beating undisputed champion Jermell Charlo has gained steam.

Tszyu took the Harrison combat erstwhile helium didn't request to, erstwhile Charlo suffered a manus wounded during grooming for their rubric combat scheduled for January. With a bout present touted for June oregon July, there's immoderate uncertainty whether Charlo tin flooded the wounded and a deficiency of ringing time.

"Some radical accidental Tim is going to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic he's going to beryllium and drawback the golds close now," DiBella, who serves arsenic George Kambosos Jr's US promoter, told WWOS.

"But If Charlo was progressive and 100 per cent close now, I would astir apt counsel Tszyu's campy it would astir apt beryllium a bully thought to proceed to physique his prima power. Take different cagey veteran, get different win, larn a small more, get a small spot amended and past combat Charlo.

"But here's the large 'but', Charlo hasn't been active. If they bash the combat next, it's going to beryllium 14-15 months since his past fight. That could beryllium a precise large vantage for Tim Tszyu.

"Maybe the champion isn't 100 per cent close now. Maybe the champion with a agelong lay-off, possibly it's a amended clip to get that opportunity."

Speaking aft Tszyu's triumph during his duties arsenic a commentator for Showtime, Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) said: "I'm a antithetic carnal successful there.

"I'm a antithetic combatant than Tony. You can't comparison maine and effort to comparison Tony's skills successful boxing. He didn't canine it out.

"He didn't bring that canine successful him. If helium wanted to combat me, he'd person to bring much canine successful him. But Tim is adjacent and that's who we had earlier the wounded truthful it's not similar I'm not prepared already."

The Harrison that faced Tszyu was an older, much bushed mentation of the combatant that bushed Charlo 4 years ago, yet that's nary stain connected Tszyu, says DiBella.

The promoter claims astir radical successful US boxing thought Harrison's strengths were a "bad recipe" for Tszyu. But the Aussie and his squad played the bout perfectly and "correctly identified Tony arsenic a feline that didn't airs a immense menace astatine this point."

It acceptable up the undefeated Sydney combatant to beryllium successful a cleanable position, careless of whether helium tin bushed Charlo oregon not.

"If Tim Tszyu fights the champion feline successful the division, the undisputed champion, and gives him a truly bully combat and helium doesn't triumph - nary large deal," DiBella said.

"That's not a large blight connected his resume. I really expect him to beryllium precise competitive. In a cleanable satellite you'd privation a small spot much seasoning but close present Charlo is not successful an optimal situation.

"Generally an undisputed champion warring a young bare unsafe fighter, you don't privation to beryllium disconnected for implicit a year. That's not what you want.

"I honestly don't deliberation Tim tin marque a atrocious decision. He's successful a truly bully concern close now. If Charlo decides helium needs a tune up fight, past that's not a atrocious happening for Tim either.

"He needs to beryllium mode amended than the Tszyu that fought Harrison to bushed Charlo but possibly helium tin be. And possibly the Charlo that helium would beryllium warring isn't arsenic bully arsenic Charlo successful his past fight.

"Tim Tszyu is getting amended each fight. Anyone who doesn't spot that doesn't cognize thing astir boxing."

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