LIVE: Tszyu's heartbreaking Kostya admission

Tim Tszyu gave a bittersweet penetration into his narration with his celebrated father, Kostya, successful a caller podcast appearance, saying "he was ne'er determination for us".

In fact, Kostya hasn't seen Tim combat successful the soma since helium debuted against Zorran Cassady astatine the SCG successful 2016.

"Every twelvemonth astatine schoolhouse determination was a Father's Day camp. I ne'er had 1 Father's Day camp, ever had a Father's Day breakfast," Tim told the Howie Games podcast.

"He was ne'er determination for us. Now looking backmost to it, I recognize wherever helium came from due to the fact that to get to wherever helium got to, there's a batch of sacrifice.

"It was pugnacious due to the fact that you ever deliberation your parents, it's similar a fairytale, they emotion each other. Then each of a abrupt it's wholly gone.

"Dad moved to the different broadside of the world. For me, it wasn't a large daze due to the fact that he'd ever beryllium successful and out. As soon arsenic helium finished boxing successful 2005 helium was ever successful and retired of Russia non-stop."

Tim and Nikita were fixed peculiar attraction astatine schoolhouse successful Russia but were anxious to instrumentality to Australia.

"We didn't person immoderate friends, the upwind was wholly crap, you don't spot the sun, you unrecorded successful flat complexes. The beingness is not thing we're utilized to," Tim recalled.

"I told my mum we can't spell back. We wanted to beryllium normal.

"We didn't privation that life. That beingness wasn't for us. In Australia we're not utilized to that stuff, drivers oregon bodyguards oregon having peculiar privileges."

Kostya is inactive surviving successful Russia, residing with his 2 kids from a antithetic relationship.

Tim suggested his dada had changed dramatically.

"I'm looking astatine him and I'm like, 'Is this the aforesaid dada arsenic before? He's gone soft'," helium said.

Kostya was not lone expected to beryllium successful attendance for the scheduled Las Vegas combat against Charlo, but articulation Tim for his ringside walk.

The 28-year-old inactive managed to get immoderate proposal retired of his dada up of the Harrison clash.

"Just to beryllium smart, effort not get deed excessively much," Tim said astir a fortnight ago.

"Just the usual. That's it.

"Boxing's rather simple, man: deed your hostile much than helium hits you."