IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev and lately crushed former 154-lb champion Tim Tszyu each weighed in efficiently on Friday on the official weigh-in for his or her 12-round headliner this Saturday evening on October nineteenth on PBC on Prime Video on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida
Weights: Bakhram Murtazaliev 152.8 kilos, Tim Tszyu 153.4.
Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) is going through profession oblivion on this struggle as a result of he’s coming off a nasty loss to Sebastian Fundora on March thirtieth and is able the place he can not lose once more if he’s to get the larger cash fights towards the highest canine.
Tszyu Placing Up a False Entrance
All week lengthy, Tszyu has been dismissive about Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs), downplaying the menace that he poses for him on Saturday. Clearly, you possibly can see in Tszyu’s face and habits that he’s afraid. He is aware of how harmful Murtazaliev is and the menace he poses to his profession.
If Tszyu will get knocked out on Saturday evening, he can completely say goodbye to his desires of preventing Terence Crawford, Jermell Charlo, and Errol Spence. These three are on Tszyu’s wishlist for his subsequent struggle, in addition to a rematch with Fundora.
“I prefer it for Tim, and I prefer it for boxing. The explanation I prefer it for Tim is as a result of I believe it’s a struggle that he’s going to win. I prefer it for boxing as a result of I believe it’s going to be action-packed,” stated Shawn Porter to Jai McAllister about Saturday evening’s struggle between IBF junior middleweight champion Murtazaliev and Tszyu.
“When you may have two overseas fighters preventing on American soil, you want one thing that may promote individuals for why they need to watch this struggle. I might inform all people to observe this struggle as a result of it’s going to be action-packed.
“He containers on this struggle and units up Bakhram. I believe Tim goes to have some particular timing on struggle evening,” Porter stated.
It’s going to be near-impossible for Tszyu to vary his preventing type for this struggle to grow to be a boxer towards Murtazaliev as a result of he’s too flat-footed and sluggish on his ft to tug that off. I don’t assume Tszyu will even try and field. He doesn’t have the ft to try this, and even when he makes an attempt that, Murtazaliev will reduce off the ring and entice him in a struggle.
Porter’s prediction of Tszyu would have extra weight if he hadn’t been incorrect together with his current choose of Dmitry Bivol over Artur Beterbiev from final Saturday. He was incorrect with that prediction, so it’s tough to purchase into him selecting Tszyu over Murtazaliev.
Given Porter’s historical past of getting it incorrect together with his predictions, the temptation is to go the opposite approach and choose Murtazaliev as being the winner on Saturday evening. He may knock Tszyu out if he’s as flat-footed and as straightforward to hit as he was in his loss to Sebastian Fundora on March thirtieth.
Tszyu resembled a strolling punching bag with arms in that struggle, and took a beating from the 6’6″ Fundora, shedding a 12-round cut up resolution.
“I don’t know if Tim goes to knock out Murtazaliev, however I do know that’s their plan for Tim. They wish to knock Tim out,” stated Porter.
It is sensible for Crew Murtazaliev to be specializing in knocking out the extra common Tszyu as a result of they’re the B-side for Saturday’s struggle, and you bought to consider that if it goes to the scorecards, there’s a very good likelihood that if the struggle is shut, Tim will get the nod from the judges primarily based on his reputation.
Murtazaliev is a knockout artist and the higher puncher of the 2. Tszyu has extra energy, however he solely throws one punch at a time and doesn’t put his photographs collectively like Murtazaliev, who’s a extra aggressive model of Dmitry Bivol.
Murtazaliev assaults his opponents relentlessly, going for the kill like a shark that smells blood within the water. There’s nobody that fights like him within the 154-lb division. He’s deadly when he’s on the assault, and he is aware of that Tszyu is weak prey after shedding to Fundora and coming into this struggle together with his profession on the road.
“I believe they’re going to rely an excessive amount of on their energy, and it’s going to work towards them,” stated Porter about Murtazaliev.
Once more, this seems like one other incorrect bit of study for Porter, arguing that Murtazaliev’s aggressive focus will backfire on him somewhat than work in his favor towards Tszyu.
Murtazaliev goes to assault Tszyu from the outset, raking him with photographs and making him struggle for survival. If Tszyu remains to be haunted by his loss to Fundora, he’s not going to final lengthy contained in the ring with this knockout artist.
Tszyu is aware of what he’s up towards on Saturday, preventing for his profession, and he’s going to have to indicate extra capacity than he ever has to have an opportunity towards Murtazaliev. I don’t see Tszyu profitable.
