Nicely-respected Cuban coach Pedro Diaz will now practice Tim Tszyu at Mundo Boxing in Miami, Florida. The previous WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu (25-3, 18 KOs) is switching issues up after shedding three out of his final 4 fights since 2024.
Tszyu, 30, is coming off a seventh-round stoppage loss to Sebastian Fundora of their rematch on July 19, 2025, in Las Vegas. For that combat and all of his earlier ones throughout his profession, Tim was skilled by Igor Goloubev.
The Cuban Professor Impact
After Tszyu’s loss to Fundora, he reportedly parted methods with Goloubev and underwent an entire restructuring of his workforce. He’s now added the good Cuban coach Pedro Diaz. It is smart for Tim to make adjustments, as he’d gone 1-3 since final yr and been stopped in two of the fights.
Diaz coached the Cuban nationwide workforce by 4 Olympic Video games (1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004).
Pedro Diaz has labored with these fighters
Felix SavónGuillermo RigondeauxTeofilo StevensonSixto SoriaAdolfo HortaArmando MartinezJuan Carlos LemusJoel CasamayorYuriorkis GamboaOdlanier SolisJulio GonzalezHéctor VinentYan Barthelemy
Olly Campbell’s Viewpoint: Why Diaz Would possibly Fail
It’s questionable whether or not coach Pedro Diaz will be capable of make the drastic adjustments wanted for Tim Tszyu to return to his previous kind. He’s 30 years previous now and soaked up a variety of heavy punishment in his first combat with Fundora on March 30, 2024. He misplaced that combat by a 12-round cut up determination.
Tszyu additionally took a beating in his third-round knockout defeat towards IBF 154-lb champion Bakhram Murtazaliev on October 19, 2024. He acquired knocked down 4 instances within the combat, and arguably ought to have been pulled out within the second spherical.
With all of the younger expertise at 154, it’s going to be tough for Tszyu to discover a place the place he can win a world title. Even at his finest, Tszyu was struggling towards fighters like Terrell Gausha and Tony Harrison.
These fighters aren’t related in in the present day’s high echelon of the junior middleweight division. It’s improved dramatically within the final yr.
Tim Tszyu finds a brand new dwelling.⁰⁰The former tremendous welterweight titleholder has joined forces with Miami-based world champion coach Pedro Diaz.#ozboxing #boxing #tszyu #diaz pic.twitter.com/76EJWB6sxO
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