Promoter Vladimir Khryunov told that organizers had deliberately acted against playing for Australia Tim Tszyu in a fight with the American Sebastian Fundora.
On Saturday in Las Vegas, Tszyu lost to Fundora by split decision, suffering the first defeat of his career. At the start of the fight, Tszyu received a serious cut. At stake in the fight was Tim’s WBO belt and the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. Tszyu boxed in the United States for the second time in his career; before that, all fights took place in Australia.
“I was very impressed with the weigh-in scene, where one of Fundora’s managers was talking to the supervisors, and they both nodded at him. In fact, they demolished Timofey Tszyu. Substitute the opponent just before the fight. And an opponent of such dimensions (197 cm)… I remembered a similar situation, but we didn’t have him in a fight… When someone suddenly replaced Khabib’s sparring partner Allahverdiev. Breidis Prescott came in and deliberately did a lot of things, hurting Khabib before the championship fight.
And now I noticed a nudge and actions with a glove of incomprehensible amplitude. There was some kind of glove that left cuts. Tim received a moderate and practiced nudge. And then deliberate blows were delivered that opened that cut. As I said before the fight… Timofey was not only uncomfortable, but terribly uncomfortable with such an opponent.
— Did I understand your idea correctly that the organizers and promoters basically acted deliberately against Tszyu?
– My opinion is as follows. Timofey Tszyu is a courageous man. A boxer with a very bright future. And that… Let’s call it a Latin trap,” Khryunov told .
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