Boxing 'Hannibal' vows to end Tszyu 'hype train'

Newcastle boxer Darkon Dryden calls himself "Dynamite" and likes wearing a Hannibal Lecter-inspired mask.

And connected Sunday week there's definite to beryllium fireworks and gore erstwhile helium steps into the ringing with rising prima Nikita Tszyu astatine Newcastle Entertainment Centre.

Tszyu goes by "The Butcher" and betwixt the brace determination is nary deficiency of punching power.

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They've had 7 nonrecreational fights collectively - 4 for Dryden and 3 for Tszyu - six of which person been decided by knockout.

Neither has mislaid a bout to date. But that's astir to extremity for 1 of them.

Newcastle boxer Darkon Dryden volition combat rising prima Tim Tszyu. (No Limit Boxing)

"I've ever been funny successful warring Nikita Tszyu due to the fact that he's the large hype bid close present and I program to derail it to beryllium honest," Dryden told No Limit Boxing.

"He's a large combatant but I'm warring a boy, I'm not warring his name. He's conscionable different bloke with 3 fights.

"They speech astir the sanction (Tszyu) but I don't truly attraction astir the name. He's conscionable a lad successful my eyes.

"He's been connected the radar arsenic helium said that I've been connected his. It got offered and I took (the fight) wrong 2 days. Apparently nary 1 other would combat him truthful I got the archetypal people ticket."

Newcastle boxer Darkon Dryden volition combat rising prima Tim Tszyu. (No Limit Boxing)

Tszyu is the lad of legendary Australian pugilist Kostya and the younger member of undefeated satellite title-hunting Tim.

But the 24-year-old is earning a estimation successful his ain right, having demolished his archetypal 2 opponents successful brutal fashion, past beating a pugnacious Ben Horn via unanimous determination successful July.

Newcastle has been dubbed Tszyucastle erstwhile immoderate subordinate of the household performs there, arsenic each 3 person done.

But Dryden isn't going to fto Nikita regularisation the roost successful his ain backyard.

Nikita Tszyu (right) takes connected Ben Horn. (Getty)

"It's my hometown and I'm present to support the kingdom. The pressure's connected him to support the sanction going due to the fact that if I bushed him present it stops and wherever does helium spell from there?" Dryden said.

"They took it (Tszyucastle) from Tim who's really done immoderate things. (Nikita) hasn't done thing yet and truthful he's got to beryllium it connected October 8.

"When helium asked for worldly (growing up) helium got fixed it and I had to spell instrumentality it, oregon get told no, oregon find different mode to get what I needed. That's what I'm doing connected October 8.

"I deliberation erstwhile we get successful the trenches successful the mediate of the fight, I'll out-work him."

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