Erickson Lubin Wants Murtazaliev Next

Erickson Lubin Wants Murtazaliev Next

Erickson Lubin says he wants to challenge IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev next. The #3 ranked Lubin (28-2, 16 KOs) revealed that Tim Tszyu already had plans to fight him next if he’d beaten Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) last Saturday night, but with him…
Hurricane Milton and how the show went on

Hurricane Milton and how the show went on

On Sunday in Orlando, the impression made by Bakhram Murtazaliev’s stoppage of Tim Tszyu has ensured that so much of what came before it has become little more than an afterthought. Little over a week before fight night, however, plans had existed to relocate their…
Tim Tszyu and the price of respect

Tim Tszyu and the price of respect

All of the goodwill Tim Tszyu has both earned and attracted with his fighting heart and spirit will likely count for little today. It is a lonely place, being Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena. Rocked and dropped repeatedly by Bakhram Murtazaliev at the…