Australian boxer Tim Tszyu I would not have had any problems in a fight with American Sebastian Fundora if I had avoided a cut, the Russian junior middleweight boxer told . Pavel Sosulin .
Tszyu lost to Fundora by split decision at the end of March in Las Vegas (USA) and suffered the first defeat of his career. At the start of the fight, the 29-year-old Australian received a cut. Tszyu failed to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) world title and win the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) belt in the 69.9 kg category.
— The fight between Tszyu and Fundora turned out to be very cool and dramatic. If it weren’t for the cut covering his eye, Timofey would have won, and sooner than expected. From the first round, it was clear that Tszyu had no difficulty landing blows to the body and head.
— Uzbekistan’s Israil Madrimov and Russia’s Bahram Murtazaliev also recently won championship belts at junior middleweight. How long will they keep the titles?
“It all depends on them, because there are always hungry candidates.” As long as you work in the room, you will sit on the throne. But we also go there, we see all these guys. I don’t think they need to relax.
— Is it realistic to see your fights at this level in the near future?
“This is what we work for, this is what we aspire to.” Otherwise why did we come here? I believe in myself, my team believes in me. We have everything,” Sosulin told .
On April 20, Sosulin will face Ulugbek Sobirov of Tajikistan in the “Betting League” tournament. Night of IBA Champions” in Ufa. Watch live broadcast of the boxing evening from 9:45 p.m. on the channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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