Tim Tszyu, former world champion in the first middleweight, did not speak too flatteringly about modern boxing. He compared it to reality TV, writing a post on social media about it.
"There's too much drama in boxing right now. It looks like some kind of reality show. Like 'The Kardashian Family' or something like that..." - wrote Tszyu.
His last fight Tszyu held at the end of March this year, losing by decision to Sebastian Fundora. At stake in that fight were the WBC and WBO middleweight championship belts. This defeat was the first in the professional career of the Australian boxer. Now his record is 24-1, 17 KOs.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Tim Tszyu are scheduled to fight on August 3 in Los Angeles, in a junior middleweight bout that is stirring excitement among boxing fans due to both fighters' aggressive styles and impressive knockout records. This clash follows Ortiz's recent victories and Tszyu's recovery from a tough loss.
Unbeaten American boxer Virgil Ortiz Jr. has spoken out about his upcoming fight against Australian Tim Tszyu, scheduled for August 4 in Los Angeles. At stake will be the interim WBA featherweight belt.
"I don't think I have fast hands. But I have a high fight IQ. People think I'm kicking forward. But that's their business, I don't care. My strongest quality is improvisation. Yeah, I already know how my fight against Tim's gonna go. It's going to be World War III, but it's going to be technical. We won't just "throw soldiers into battle", we'll use tactics.
It's going to be a tough fight, the outcome of which is hard to predict. We'll study Tszyu, we'll understand what we need to work on. I'm excited about this fight," Ortiz said in an interview with Sean Zittel.
Virgil Ortiz reacted to the announcement of his fight with former WBO Welterweight World Champion Tim Tszyu.
"I don't want to get my hopes up because I don't want to be upset afterwards. There's nothing official yet, but I really hope everything works out and happens. I really hope it does. I respect him, but I don't even know him. I've never met him before. We've had one message exchange on Twitter. It's not like we're friends. It's more where I respect him as a fighter. I think he's a great fighter. I hope that if we have a fight, we will draw the best out of each other," the boxer wrote on social media.
On August 4, Los Angeles will host an evening of boxing headlined by a fight between one of the best boxers of our time, Terence Crawford, and Uzbek boxer Israil Madrimov, who holds the WBA bantamweight title. At stake in this fight will be the title of interim world champion in the first middleweight WBO version, as well as the championship belt of Madrimov. To your attention fights of the main card of the upcoming tournament:
Terence Crawford - Israil Madrimov
Tim Tszyu - Virgil Ortiz.
Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller.
Isaac Cruz for Jose Valenzuela.
David Morrell - Radivoje Kalajdzic
Andy Cruz - Antonio Moran
Recall, not so long ago Crawford became an absolute world champion already in the second division. Now he will have a chance to become world champion in the fourth weight class.