Tim Tszyu ‘unbreakable’ after spending time in camp with legendary father

Australian junior middleweight star Tim Tszyu has spent some of his camp in Thailand working alongside his Hall of Fame father Kostya.

As he prepares to face former 154lbs champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in Florida on October 19 at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, the great former 140lbs champion helped put his son through his paces.

“It was a good bonding experience,” Tim said

“Straight after my last fight I asked him to get some work in, and I didn’t think he’d actually say yes, but he did. We reconnected and it was a good experience that was years in the making. It was good to connect as father and son, and as a fighter.”

The 29-year-old lost a bloody fight to Sebastian Fundora in March and had been due to meet Vergil Ortiz in August, but the wound he sustained from the point of Fundora’s elbow early in their clash had not healed in time.

 Kostya Tszyu will be an observer ringside in Orlando to watch his son compete in-person for the first time since Tim’s pro debut, with Tim’s uncle and career-long coach Igor Golubev leading the corner.

“I’m unbreakable and I’m hungry,” Tim added. “He was trying to break me. I was like, ‘Alright, if you want to go down that path, let’s do it.’ It was good fun. He told me stories of what he used to do in his training and I wanted to try my best as well.”