- Australian TKO’d inside three rounds in IBF super welterweight fight
- Tszyu’s father, ex-world champion Kostya, was ringside for first time
Australian boxing star Tim Tszyu has suffered a shock defeat in his heavily-hyped IBF super welterweight title in Florida, demolished inside three rounds by undefeated Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Tszyu suffered a cut midway through the first round as Murtazaliev’s jab causing early damage. Things got worse in the second round as the far taller Russian used his height advantage to rip several combinations into Tszyu’s body.