Bakhram Murtazaliev and Tim Tszyu make weight for 154lbs showdown
Oct 18, 2024 • 5:09 PM ET
Bakhram Murtazaliev and Tim Tszyu weighed in comfortably under the junior-middleweight limit for Saturday’s IBF title fight at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
The 29-year-old Tszyu fights for the first time since his first defeat, via split decision to Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas in March.
Saturday’s fight also represents Murtazaliev’s first defence of the vacant title he won in April with victory over Jack Culcay.
“This is my moment,” said Australia’s Tszyu. “This is vengeance. Simple.
“Vengeance, and something painful [is coming Murtazaliev’s way].”
“Tomorrow we will fight,” said Murtazaliev, 31 and of Russia.
Junior middleweight – 12 rounds
Tszyu (153.4lbs) vs Murtazaliev (152.8lbs)
Junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Yoenis Tellez (153.8lbs) vs Johan Gonzalez (153.4lbs)
Middleweight – 10 rounds
Cesar Mateo Tapia (160.0lbs) vs Endry Saavedra (159.8lbs)
Heavyweight – 8 rounds
Dainier Pero (235lbs) vs Willie Jake Jnr (264.8lbs)
Super featherweight – 8 rounds
Justin Viloria (130lbs) vs Diuhl Olguin (128.8lbs)
Super bantamweight – 6 rounds
Gary Antonio Russell (121.6lbs) vs Jaden Burnias (122.6lbs)
Junior middleweight – 6 rounds
Jocksan Blanco (153.8lbs) vs Angel Ilarraza (154lbs)
Welterweight – 4 rounds
Michael Garcia (145.2lbs) vs Carlos Aguilera Jnr (144.4lbs)
Super featherweight – 6 rounds
Roberto Rivera Gomez (129.8lbs) vs Jenn Gonzalez (127.2lbs)
Super bantamweight – 8 rounds
Carlos Jackson (125.6lbs) vs Ryan Lee Allen (124.4lbs)
Super middleweight
Daniel Blancas (167.2lbs) vs Marco Delgado (169lbs)
Declan Warrington has been writing about boxing for the British and Irish national newspapers since 2010. He is also a long-term contributor to Boxing News, Boxing News Presents and Talksport, and formerly the boxing correspondent for the Press Association, a pundit for BoxNation and a regular contributor to Boxing Monthly, Sport and The Ring, among other publications. In 2023, he conducted the interviews and wrote the script for the audio documentary “Froch-Groves: The Definitive Story”; he is also a member of the BWAA.
