Tszyu conquers career-first 'adversity' to topple Brubaker

By Lachlan Harper and Emily Patterson

Nikita Tszyu peeled himself disconnected the canvas to defeat Jack Brubaker by method knockout aft six rounds connected Wednesday night.

Emerging with a severely swollen oculus successful the 3rd round, it was feared Tszyu would not beryllium capable to spell the afloat combat with Brubaker. However, some fighters pushed done the symptom barrier.

Tszyu recovered himself nether the pump aboriginal arsenic the 2 landed dense blows successful the opening rounds.

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Brubaker's country throws successful the towel

Living up to his nickname arsenic 'The Butcher', Tszyu's punches caused a large woody of harm to Brubaker's look and near him bloodied. But contempt copping respective knock-out-worthy blows, Brubaker refused to spell down.

In the 3rd round, Tszyu deed the canvas for the archetypal clip successful his nonrecreational vocation aft a vicious caput clash knocked him disconnected his feet.

The determination was ruled arsenic a knockdown, nevertheless replays of the interaction showed a wide headbutt.

With Tszyu's oculus continuing to swell it was not known however good helium would recover. But aft getting Brubaker up against the enactment successful the adjacent circular and delivering a flurry of punches, Tszyu stepped up his skills.

Cracks began to amusement successful Brubaker during the 5th circular arsenic he wore 2 large blows close earlier the bell.

With referee Brad Vocale checking successful connected Brubaker during the break, it was thought helium couldn't clasp retired overmuch long, and aft copping different beating successful the sixth round, Brubaker's country yet threw successful the towel to halt the fight.

Speaking afterward, Tszyu described his introduction to wage per presumption warring arsenic the "perfect test" aft being knocked down for the archetypal clip successful his career.

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"For my archetypal pay-per-view, this was the cleanable test. I faced adversity, copped a bully small headbutt, and scored my archetypal knockdown," Tszyu told Main Event.

"Jack's a pugnacious fighter, helium tin instrumentality a hit. I was hitting with immoderate beauteous hard hits and helium was talking backmost to maine the full time, it was a small annoying, to beryllium honest. He's a pugnacious man."