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Tim Tszyu, who is in a bad place right now due to his crushing defeat at the hands of Bakhram Murtazaliev, already has a possible comeback fight in the offing. A fight with fellow Australian warrior Michael Zerafa “will happen” some time next year, Zerafa…

Keith Thurman says Tim Tszyu is a “broken and distraught” fighter after his third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev last Saturday night in Orlando. The loss leaves Tszyu’s career in shambles, given that it’s his second straight defeat, and it puts…

Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) has got to make a lot of changes in his game for him to successfully come back from his third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) from last Saturday night at the Caribe Royale…

Sergio Mora is blaming Tim Tszyu’s third-round TKO loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) on “bad matchmaking” for taking on this killer last Saturday night in an ill-advised fight at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. The commentator and…

Last night in Brandenberg, Germany, William Scull picked up the vacant IBF super middleweight belt courtesy of a largely dull, fun right at the end, 12 rounder that he won via close unanimous decision, this over Vladimir Shishkin. Scores were 116-113, 116-112 and 115-113, all…

Who were the Top 10 pound for pound boxers in the 1970s? Welcome to Part 9 of 13 from the newest Boxing Survey Series, which will survey volunteers in an effort to determine the best pound for pound boxers from each decade. For this…

Tim Tszyu was talking such big, indeed great things going into last night’s fight with the somewhat little-known Bakhram Murtazaliev; how he was back after suffering that, we thought, freak loss to the towering Sebastian Fundora, how the Tszyu name would “forever go down as…

IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) blitzed Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs), scoring a lightning-quick third-round TKO on Saturday night in Orlando, Florida. (Credit: Joseph Correa/Premier Boxing Champions) Murtazaliev, 31, made a statement with his four-knockdown, third-round stoppage of the former WBO…

Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) was near tears speaking to the media following his third-round stoppage against IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. (Credit: Joseph Correa/Premier Boxing Champions) Their contest was…