- No Limit Boxing looks ahead to next fight on December 29
- Possible locations include Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.
- Tim Tszyu needs to beat Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev first
If Tim Tszyu wins his IBF super welterweight showdown against Bakhram Murtazaliev this weekend in Florida, the boxing superstar’s next fight will potentially be on Australian soil.
And Tszyu won’t have to wait long: his promoters No Limit want to organize the fight on December 29 of this year.
“If Tim can win the world title, we’re definitely looking for a big return home to Australia before the end of the year,” said No Limit boss Matt Rose. News Corporation.
“Ideally, Timmy will do the job, be world champion and come home to great fanfare and an Australian fight as world champion.
“If Tim does what I think he will do this weekend, and I think he will destroy Bakhram, then we will take the IBF belt and look for a defense at the end of 2024.”
The location is yet to be confirmed – with Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Gold Coast shortlisted options.
American fighters Erickson Lubin and Jesús Ramos are emerging as possible opponents, and Tszyu’s manager, Glen Jennings, stated that it could be the last time ‘The Soul Taker’ fights locally.
The much more lucrative US market awaits if Tszyu keeps winning.
If Tim Tszyu wins his IBF super welterweight showdown against Bakhram Murtazaliev this weekend, the boxing superstar’s next fight will potentially be on Australian soil in December.
Tszyu branded Bakhram Murtazaliev “not that smart” as mind games intensify ahead of their fight in Florida.
Australian boxing legend Kostya Tszyu flew from Russia to see his eldest son live for the first time since the 29-year-old’s professional debut in Sydney in 2016.
The fight in Australia would be a voluntary defense of the IBF title, before Tszyu looks towards unification bouts and a likely rematch with the imposing Sebastian Fundora.
But Tszyu does not get ahead of himself, qualified Murtazaliev “brave” and knows that the Russian will be difficult to beat in Florida.
Meanwhile, Tszyu has received one last spiritual boost from his father as he attempts to emulate the legendary Kostya as a two-time world boxing champion.
A day after Kostya crashed the official press conference ahead of his son’s IBF super welterweight fight in Florida, Tszyu revealed the gift his father gave him at their emotionally charged family gathering.
‘My dad has bills to worry about. That’s what they’re called,’ he said.
‘Dad can’t spend a day in his life or move anywhere without them. “He got me some good ones and I guess I have to start turning it around.”
Before Tszyu takes to the ring, the card at Caribe Royale Orlando begins at 11am Sunday AEDT.
The co-main event in the US will be Yoenis Tellez vs. Johan González in super welterweight action, with Tszyu vs. Murtazaliev available on Kayo for $69.95.