Tim Tszyu confident of being involved in more ‘big fights’

TIM TSZYU may be down but he isnโ€™t out.

The Australian suffered a crushing defeat on Saturday night at the hands of IBF super-welterweight titlist Bakhram Murtazaliev. Tszyu entered the Caribe Royale in Orlando as the overwhelming favourite to become a two-time world champion but had those ambitions crushed in three rounds by the Russian.

Before 2024 Tszyu had never lost a fight but this year the 29-year-old has suffered back-to-back defeats to Sebastian Fundora, in March, and on Saturday night against Murtazaliev.

Tszyu has faced criticism from the boxing community since Saturday night with some even calling for โ€˜The Soul Takerโ€™ to retire.

Speaking on social media today (Monday) Tszyu says he will be back.

โ€œIt is what it is. I got caught with a shot and I couldnโ€™t move on. Kept getting up but that wasnโ€™t good enough. Congrats to my opponent on a tremendous performance. We move on, regroup and my team will be back.

โ€œThank you to PBC, to No Limit for always supporting no matter what. I will be back, Iโ€™ll still be in big fights soon. I’ve got to find plenty of answers from myself, of course. But the main thing my dad told me, from a young age, is to never give up. If you shoot for the stars and crash and burn on the way just keep going. Iโ€™m going to keep going and keep reaching for the stars.โ€

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