The dog bite incident during the build-up to a fight with Mexican Carlos Ocampo will only toughen up interim WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu. This opinion was shared with by 2020 Olympic champion, and now professional lightweight boxer, Albert Batyrgaziev.
Tszyu will defend his interim WBO light middleweight title on June 18 in Australia in a fight with Ocampo. Tszyu has 22 wins (16 by KO) and no losses. Ocampo has 35 wins with two losses.
– Tim Tszyu is now gaining momentum, he is well led. He plans to become world champion. As for his next fight, Tim Tszyu is expected to beat Ocampo. The decision of the judges.
– At the end of May, Tszyu was bitten by a dog…
– This unpleasant episode should on the contrary harden him. All difficulties harden. Let’s remember our already double world champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov. He boxed in the semis and finals with a serious leg injury. And no one knew until the end of the tournament.
Going back to Tim’s fight, in no way should you treat the fight as an in-between fight. That applies to everyone, not just this fight, Batyrgaziev told .
The fight between Tszyu and Ocampo will be broadcast live on , the broadcast will start on June 18 at 08:00 (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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