- Kostya Tszyu says he wants to be in all his children’s fights
- He says his children understand what has happened to his life.
- Tim Tszyu now seeks to be two-time world champion
Boxing legend Kostya Tszyu has spoken candidly about leaving his Australian family as his eldest son prepares to face world champion Bakhram Murtazaliev on Sunday.
Tszyu was a striking and eye-catching presence after crashing the official pre-fight press conference for Tim’s IBF super welterweight showdown, stealing the show from his eldest son Tim, who is chasing the world title.
Not expected to arrive until hours later, the 55-year-old Hall of Famer surprised Tim from behind with a familiar fatherly massage, then greeted his youngest son, Nikita, in person for the first time in 11 years with a long and emotional hug.
Tim’s date with destiny was nothing more than a pipe dream after Kostya left his family for a new one in his native Russia, some three years after suffering a career-ending beating at the hands of Ricky Hatton in 2005. .
‘Honestly, I want to be there every time they fight. Unfortunately it’s too far away,” Kostya said. news corporation.
‘Secondly, I’m very busy. I have an agenda months in advance. At the end of the year I only have three days off.’
Kostya is excited to finally be ringside for Tim’s fight on Sunday.
‘Magnificent. “It’s a great feeling to know that the reunion will benefit him,” he said.
Boxing legend Kostya Tszyu says his children understand what happened in his life
Kostya says he will always have time for his children if they need it
‘Great, although we haven’t seen each other. They have understood what happened in my life and we moved on.
‘I’m here for Tim. Nikita is great and can come to prepare too, but we are here for Tim. We are on the corner. Although I have been living in Russia for many years, he always knows that I am on his side.
“He should always know that whenever he wants me to be there, I’ll be there.” I’ll cancel everything.’
Tszyu hasn’t been in the ring in any of his boys’ 35 combined professional fights since Tim’s debut in 2016.
Tim has repeatedly recalled that night at the SCG as a “circus”, branding his father “annoying ass” as he shouted instructions uncontrollably.
All has been forgiven, and the former unified world champion had a front-row seat to Tim’s date with destiny at the Caribe Royale Orlando resort.
Tszyu, however, can’t promise she’ll be able to contain herself watching it live for the first time in nine years.
Tim Tszyu fights Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev in Orlando on Sunday afternoon
Tszyu hasn’t been in the ring in any of his boys’ 35 combined professional fights since Tim’s debut in 2016.
“I don’t know what I’ll be like,” he said. ‘I’m fine now. I’m not nervous now but I’m not sure what’s going to happen.
“I’ll try, maybe it’s not right to do it, maybe, but I’ll put extra pressure on that guy (Murtazaliev). ‘Sorry, my friend, but I’ll do it.’
Team Tszyu will hope there is no repeat of the Las Vegas fiasco in March, when Tim suffered the first loss of his career, a controversial split decision loss after an accidental elbow from Sebastian Fundora left the Sydney resident with an open wound. in the head.
“Thank God I wasn’t there because I don’t know what I would do during that fight,” Tszyu said.
‘The referee is supposed to stop the fight, not (the) corner. “He’s a referee and the way he was bleeding non-stop, many countries would stop the fight.”
