Keith Thurman says Tim Tszyu proved he is the “cutter” made for IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) by landing his power shots in the third round on Saturday night in the Caribbean. Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Tszyu’s corner had to throw in the towel to save him in the third because he was hit four times in the fight, and “Bambi legs.
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Thurman, who was working as part of the Premier Boxing Champions broadcast team, noted that former WBO 154-lb champion Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) did not make any changes after suffering a concussion from the fall. four times in the war.
‘At one point’ Thurman felt that Tszyu was doing the same thing over and over again. He tried to get himself back into the fight by fighting instead of using his jab and slowing down. Murtazaliev was attacking him like a shark with his booty, tearing him apart.
“Look what that left hook did. Bakhram clearly stated that there is nothing special about Tim Tszyu, and he is cookie cutter for Bakhram. It’s not just that they can say that. They were able to prove that,” said Keith Thurman on Fighthype, reacting to Tim Tszyu’s defeat by Bakhram Murtazaliev on Saturday night.
This was the wrong type of fighter for the flat-footed Tszyu to struggle with due to Murtazaliev’s two-punch power, size, and high work rate. It seems that Tszyu hadn’t trained to guard Murtazaliev’s left hook because he was being hit with it throughout the fight.
Thurman thinks Tszyu’s trainers should have told him to raise his right hand to the side to block the wide left hooks that Murtazaliev was throwing. Tszyu had his hands in front of him to block his straight punches, but he was wide open for Murtazaliev’s hooks.
“You can’t do the same thing over and over again. Obviously he was hurt, he tried to get himself back into the fight instead of taking his time and strategizing behind the jab, trying to slow down,” said Thurman.
Tszyu was probably ashamed of being knocked down, and wanted to get back at it by dumping Murtazaliev or taking him out. That player is in his hands.
“It was as if you saw Tim shaking on the ground. It was as if we were witnessing a proverb from boxing as a spectator. Everything in his body is telling his body to shut down. He stepped back, and before his trainers threw in the towel, he was standing on Bambi’s legs. He couldn’t get up. He still had the courage to come up with an excessive right.
“He’s not that scared. He is not that dangerous. “The year he came here and tried to prove that when you go from a small pond to a big pond, you meet big fish,” Thurman said of Tszyu.
It’s clear that Tszyu is no threat against the top fighters in the 154 lb division, who are fighting at a higher level than he is now. He has lost two fights in a row, and it will be difficult for him to bounce back from this latest loss without continuing to rebuild.
Tszyu can still punch, but he is poor defensively and could have problems against the big punchers in the 154-lb division.
Thurman sounds like he still hopes to fight Tszyu, which isn’t happening now or ever. The old ‘One Time’ hasn’t fought in almost three years, and he hasn’t played in a long time for Tszyu to get a chance to fight him. Thurman is likely to be injured again and will pull like he did earlier this year.
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