By: Sean Crose
You don’t have to be part of the live audience to hear the punches as they land on his opponents. The sound transmitted clearly through broadcast technology, the drumming of skin hitting flesh with great power and great speed, shocking, damaging, cruel. The sound could be heard clearly thousands of miles away outside the ring. And those who heard and saw those punches know without a doubt that middleweight Tim Tszyu is a system that delivers intimidation. However, this Saturday in Las Vegas, the 24-0 son of Australian boxing royalty could face a threatening system.
As for Tszyu, the son of Hall of Famer Koysta Tszyu, will face 6.5-foot, 20-1-1 Sebastian Fundora in the main event of Amazon Prime Video’s first Pat Per View Card on Saturday night This in Las Vegas. 29-year-old Tszyu was expected to face former famous – if not particularly active – player Keith Thurman this weekend, but Thurman’s injury means 26-year-old Fundora will now face Tszyu – with a height advantage of about 8 inches. his discretion. Not that Tszyu seemed worried. He is a cold customer, Tszyu, a man confident in his ability to physically defeat his opponents.
“I know what to do with southpaws,” he said Australian sports news about facing tall southpaw Fundora. “Anyway, I know how to fight tall guys. It’s all about adjustments and I feel the adjustments have been made.” And how long does it take to successfully make those adjustments? “A day?” he asked almost rhetorically. “Two hours? Yes, that’s one session.” When asked what he planned to do on Saturday, Tszyu’s words became threatening. “Hurt him,” he said. For undefeated Tszyu, it’s as simple as that. “That’s the plan, man,” he said. “Someone in the crowd is going to hit their head.”
Fundora might agree… except whose head gets to fly high out of the ring. Like Tszyu, Fundora made short work of this fight. Both men are entering uncharted territory here. Indeed, many – if not most – feel Fundora poses a greater threat to Tszyu than Thurman. With the WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles at stake, there’s a lot on the horizon for each fighter’s weekend. Of the many things that could be said about this match, “uninteresting” is not one of them.
