Commentator Shawn Porter believes that Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) got here into his struggle in opposition to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazliev (23-0, 17 KOs) with an “boastful” mindset, which led to his fast exit, shedding by a third-round knockout on Saturday night time on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Porter had picked the previous WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu to win the struggle, however his prediction was utterly mistaken. Tszyu ought to have boxed and moved across the ring relatively than mixing it up with the large puncher Murtazliev. Nevertheless, Porter admits Tszyu hasn’t gotten this far in his eight-year skilled profession by being a boxer.
Tszyu has at all times been a one-dimensional fighter, relying 100% on his energy and talent to stalk his prey. Final night time, he ran right into a fighter with extra energy, measurement, and expertise than him in his four-knockdown, third-round TKO loss to Murtazaliev of their primary occasion conflict on Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video. Tszyu obtained uncovered. That’s principally what occurred.
May Tszyu Have Gained If He Boxed?
Switching Types: It could have been troublesome for him to modify to a plan B when issues went downhill within the second spherical. In opposition to Murtazaliev, Tszyu wouldn’t have been in a position to escape his strain even when he had moved and boxed the way in which Porter felt he ought to have. Tszyu would have needed to work on switching to a boxing method, and it’s uncertain he did that.
Energy Benefit: Tszyu selecting to maneuver and transfer nonetheless wouldn’t have helped him take the arduous punches that Murtazaliev can be hitting him with. These photographs have been brutal, and he confirmed knockout energy with each fingers. Going into the struggle, the main focus was on Murtzaliev’s proper hand, however his left did many of the injury final night time. Tszyu couldn’t take the left hooks, which appeared equally as highly effective because the rights he was hitting him with.
Utilizing Jab: Had Tszyu used his jab, it’s uncertain that he may have succeeded in conserving Murtazaliev off with this device as a result of he was a jab of his personal and had the attain benefit. He caught Tszyu together with his jab, snapping his head again, and tagged him together with his left hooks.
“They shouldn’t have tried to struggle fireplace with fireplace. That’s his type. I get that, however I really feel like transferring and turning was the appropriate factor to do. You set that on teaching,” stated Shawn Porter to FOX Sports activities Australia, discussing the aftermath of Tim Tszyu’s TKO loss to Bakhram Murtaliev final Saturday night time. “So far as getting again to world rivalry, I’m unsure. While you’ve been on the prime, you’re a step away from getting again.”
Porter feels that Tszyu can get proper again on the prime with one win in opposition to a top-level fighter, however he doesn’t say who that man can be. At this level, it might be extremely difficult for Tszyu to defeat one in every of these killers at 154:
– Serhii Bohachuk– Israil Madrimov– Vergil Ortiz Jr.– Terence Crawford
These fighters have expertise and energy and would reap the benefits of the identical flaws in Tszyu’s recreation that Murtazaliev uncovered final Saturday night time. Tszyu’s promoters can be insane to attempt to match him in opposition to any of these guys, even when he begged them to.
Tim Should Return to the Home Stage
Tszyu will in all probability return house to Australia in his subsequent struggle and be matched in opposition to domestic-level fighter Michael Zerafa to rebuild his shattered confidence. That’s nonetheless not a gimme for Tszyu as a result of Zerafa can punch, and if there are any remnants from his loss to Murtazaliev there, he’ll reap the benefits of that.
Tszyu must take an ego hit returning to combating on the Aussie stage, however he’s now failed in his makes an attempt to struggle on the world stage. It could be pointless for him to proceed combating top-tier opposition and wind up within the journeyman circuit inside two or three years of repeated losses.
