Commentator Shawn Porter believes that Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) got here into his battle towards IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazliev (23-0, 17 KOs) with an “boastful” mindset, which led to his fast exit, dropping by a third-round knockout on Saturday evening on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Porter had picked the previous WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu to win the battle, however his prediction was utterly unsuitable. Tszyu ought to have boxed and moved across the ring fairly than mixing it up with the massive puncher Murtazliev. Nonetheless, Porter admits Tszyu hasn’t gotten this far in his eight-year skilled profession by being a boxer.
Tszyu has all the time been a one-dimensional fighter, relying 100% on his energy and skill to stalk his prey. Final evening, he ran right into a fighter with extra energy, dimension, and abilities than him in his four-knockdown, third-round TKO loss to Murtazaliev of their most important occasion conflict on Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video. Tszyu bought uncovered. That’s mainly what occurred.
Might Tszyu Have Received If He Boxed?
- Switching Types: It will have been tough for him to change 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 stress even when he had moved and boxed the best way 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 exhausting punches that Murtazaliev can be hitting him with. These pictures have been brutal, and he confirmed knockout energy with each fingers. Going into the battle, the main focus was on Murtzaliev’s proper hand, however his left did a lot of the injury final evening. 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 might have succeeded in maintaining Murtazaliev off with this device as a result of he was a jab of his personal and had the attain benefit. He caught Tszyu along with his jab, snapping his head again, and tagged him along with his left hooks.
“They shouldn’t have tried to battle hearth with hearth. That’s his model. I get that, however I really feel like shifting and turning was the suitable factor to do. You place that on teaching,” mentioned Shawn Porter to FOX Sports activities Australia, discussing the aftermath of Tim Tszyu’s TKO loss to Bakhram Murtaliev final Saturday evening. “So far as getting again to world rivalry, I’m undecided. 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 towards a top-level fighter, however he doesn’t say who that man can be. At this level, it will 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 abilities and energy and would benefit from the identical flaws in Tszyu’s sport that Murtazaliev uncovered final Saturday evening. Tszyu’s promoters can be insane to try to match him towards any of these guys, even when he begged them to.
Tim Should Return to the Home Degree
Tszyu will most likely return house to Australia in his subsequent battle and be matched towards 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 benefit from that.
Tszyu should take an ego hit returning to combating on the Aussie stage, however he’s now failed in his makes an attempt to battle on the world stage. It will 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.
