Vladimir Khryunov: “Today Timofey Tszyu is a superstar”

Promoter Vladimir Khryunov, in a conversation with , named the player for Australia Timofey Tszyu Super star.

Tim Tszyu will face 197 centimeter American Sebastian Fundora on March 30 in Las Vegas (Tszyu himself is 174 cm tall). Australia’s WBO belt and vacant WBC junior middleweight title will be on the line in this fight. Tszyu has 24 victories (17 by KO), the next fight will be his second in the USA, the rest of the fights he fought in Australia. Fundora has 20 wins, one loss and one draw. In his last fight, Fundora lost to compatriot Brian Mendoza by seventh-round knockout in April 2023. In October, Tim Tszyu defeated Mendoza by unanimous decision in his last fight.

— Timofey Tszyu is certainly a star. And the chatter about a possible fight with Terence Crawford indicates that. Today, Timofey Tszyu is a superstar.

— Will Fundora compete with Konstantin Tszyu’s son?

— We experienced a similar situation when we came with Khabib Allahverdiev to fight Jesse Vargas (in 2014). Yeah, he looks like he’s just a tall guy. But this guy is very annoying for Timofey precisely because of his size. I have a feeling that either the fight will go to the end, or Timofey will be able to stop his opponent with body blows in the middle of the fight and win, ”Khryunov told .

Source : MatchTV

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