Tim Tszyu Suffers Tko Defeat To Sebastian Fundora In World Title Rematch

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Tim Tszyu has suffered different devastating setback, losing erstwhile again to American Sebastian Fundora successful nan pair’s much-hyped world-title rematch successful Las Vegas.

Tszyu had been hunting redemption aft losing a split-decision bloodbath to Fundora 16 months ago.

Instead Australia’s erstwhile WBO super-welterweight world champ will return to Sydney pinch his world profession astatine different crossroad pursuing a despairing seventh-round TKO defeat.

Saturday night’s nonaccomplishment astatine nan MGM Grand’s Garden Arena was nan 30-year-old’s 3rd from his past 4 bouts, aft going unbeaten for his first 24 master fights.

Tszyu besides endured a crushing world-title nonaccomplishment past twelvemonth to big-hitting Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev earlier Fundora sportingly offered him a rematch aft nan Sydney slayer knocked retired chap American Joey Spencer successful March.

Tszyu (25-3, 18KOs) whitethorn moreover see a move up to nan light-middleweight ranks, aliases dream Keith Thurman lives up to his connection aft nan US prima called him retired aft slaying Brock Jarvis earlier this twelvemonth successful Sydney.

More immediately, Tszyu must digest different sapping conclusion astatine nan hands of “The Towering Inferno”.

Last clip astir against his gangling 197cm opponent, Tszyu had to conflict for 10 rounds half-blinded aft stepping into Fundora’s elbow and suffering an horrific trim to an artery astatine nan apical of his head.

In nan return bout, Tszyu fought pinch much patience but couldn’t enactment pinch nan adjacent two-metre gangly rival.

Fundora made a spectacular start, dropping Tszyu successful nan opening information pinch a thunderous consecutive near to nan head.

Tszyu’s trim man Mark Gambin was again nether immense unit aft Fundora landed a flurry of punches to unfastened up a nasty coiled supra nan Australian’s correct oculus successful nan 2nd round.

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Struggling to header pinch Fundora’s monolithic tallness and scope advantage, Tszyu looked successful peril earlier catching nan American pinch a immense over-hand correct successful information four.

But nan Californian, nan tallest world champion successful each of boxing – continued to propulsion and onshore much punches than Tszyu.

Tszyu needed to conjure thing special.

Showing ultimate courageousness to enactment successful nan contest, Tszyu recovered immoderate joyousness pinch his assemblage shots earlier nan conflict exploded successful a ferocious information seven.

Despite hurting Fundora and possibly moreover breaking nan champion’s nose, Tszyu told his area he could not return for information eight.

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