Question that made agitated Tszyu rival snap

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Australian boxer Tim Tszyu was progressive successful a bizarre slanging lucifer with fiery American Jermell Charlo, who helium volition combat adjacent period for the undisputed super-welterweight title.

Tszyu and Charlo squared disconnected successful an online property league connected Wednesday where they fielded questions from hosts Showroom, arsenic good arsenic journalists from some the States and Down Under.

While Tszyu, 28, was complimentary of his opponent, and sang his praises connected a fig of occasions, it seemed Charlo was intent connected throwing verbal punches earlier the brace volition propulsion existent ones connected January 29.

"I'm telling you, you're the antheral bro. I respect you," Tszyu said to Charlo.

"I ever wanted (to fight) you, due to the fact that I ever thought you were the champion retired there."

Charlo, 32, was little affable towards his antipodean rival, suggesting Tszyu was not up to his modular and saying determination are amended fighters successful their value division.

"I knew erstwhile I got to this constituent I'd person to look thing but the top-tier guys. I don't underestimate anyone, but Tim Kazoo is not of the calibre of Jermell Charlo," the champion said.

"Yeah, your begetter (Kostya) has done immoderate things successful boxing, and we recognize it's a bloodline thing, and I consciousness you. But my pedigree is strong, my pedigree has been proven."

Charlo's deliberate mispronunciation of the Tszyu surname is thing new.

He pulled the aforesaid stunt during a property league aft beating Brian Castano successful May to go the archetypal four-belt unified champion astatine super-welterweight.

An Australian writer had dared notation Tszyu arsenic a imaginable adjacent opponent, instantly aft Charlo had knocked retired Castano.

The question prompted an aggravated barrage from the title-holder, who was aboriginal labelled arrogant and aggravated by Tszyu and his supporters.

On Wednesday that occurrence was brought up again, and Charlo took offence.

"I ain't arrogant, I'm humble," helium said.

"I been done humble lessons successful life, I've been places and things he's ne'er done. I'm not enjoying my combat with your Australian media asking maine questions. If ya'll wanted to inquire maine questions aft the combat (you should) telephone up and spot however overmuch it's going to outgo to get an interrogation with me, not travel bum-rush my infinitesimal of enjoying my beingness and inquire maine astir him.

"I don't attraction astir you calling maine arrogant. I'm a Black antheral successful America, that ain't casual obscurity successful this state oregon this world.

"I instrumentality attraction of much radical than you've ever seen."

Tszyu - who could lone laughter astatine his opponent's changeless choler and confrontational cognition during the property league - pointed retired Charlo's vexation was misplaced.

"I wasn't the 1 who questioned you, man, it was the media," the Aussie said.

"Don't enactment it backmost connected maine similar I did thing wrong.

"I hold that you're successful the apical 10 pound-for-pound. What's this got thing to bash with me, man?"

The brace past engaged in a bizarre back-and-forth erstwhile the American combat called himself "weird".

Charlo: I'm weird arsenic shit, I'm weird, weird each the mode around.

Tszyu: Weird?

Charlo: Weird, yep. Weird.

Tszyu: What's weird?

Charlo: It's a word, weird is simply a word, Google it. I'm weird successful the ring, I'm weird everywhere.

Tszyu: All right.

While Charlo spent astir of the property league attempting to airy fires, helium did astatine 1 constituent suggest helium and Tszyu whitethorn go friends pursuing their bout.

"He's got his ain country, and I emotion it. When I'm done with boxing 1 time I mightiness spell bent retired with Tim successful Sydney determination connected the large island, chilling, eating kangaroo meat," Charlo said.

"We're going to beryllium talking astir this crap erstwhile we're 50 years old, and radical are going to beryllium pulling up connected america and taking pictures, and it's going to beryllium amazing."

Tszyu is undefeated successful 21 fights but has ne'er fought idiosyncratic of Charlo's class.

If helium tin propulsion disconnected a mammoth upset connected January 29 - replicating what chap Aussie boxer George Kambosos did to Tiofimo Lopez past twelvemonth - helium volition alert location arsenic the undisputed champion of his division.

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