IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) regarded like a monster on Saturday night time, dropped former WBO champ Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) 4 occasions en path to knocking him out within the third spherical on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. With Tszyu badly damage and in misery, his nook three within the towel within the third spherical to avoid wasting their fighter. The battle was halted formally at 1:55 Mark.
Murtazaliev caught Tszyu with an enormous left hook the top within the second spherical to place him on the canvas. Fairly than selecting to field to get well, Tszyu instantly when on the assault when he acquired again up, and acquired nailed by one other left Hook from Murtzaliev that put him down for the second time.
Within the ultimate seconds of spherical two, Murtazaliev dropped Tszyu as soon as once more. Tszyu was in dangerous form when he acquired again to his toes. The spherical at that time, in any other case Tszyu would have been put down once more.
On the the beginning of the third, the referee had Tszyu checked out by the ringside physician to see if he was nonetheless in a position to battle. The group booed the delay of the spherical.
Tszyu ignored his nook’s recommendation and went after Murtzaliev, and took large pictures, and dropped inside one other left Hook to the top. That fourth Knockdown of the battle. Tszyu confirmed his warrior spirit by getting up and persevering with. Murtaliev went for the kill, touchdown a few heavy pictures towards a staggering, out of his toes Tszyu. At that time, Tszyu’s nook threw within the towel to have thie battle stopped.
“The higher man received tonight. No excuses. I attempted my greatest. boxing just isn’t meant to be good,” stated Tszyu after the battle. “I feel it was after the primary shot. Issues didn’t go in line with plan. He’s the person at 154. He’s the champ.”
This loss is Tszyu’s second consecutive and places his profession on skidrow, and it’s going to be very onerous for him to return again from this defeat.
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