There appears to be some discussions taking place to match undefeated junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu against WBO world champion Patrick Teixeira, potentially at the end of the year in Australia.
On August 26, Tszyu secured his career best win when he dominated and stopped former world champion Jeff Horn before a crowd of 16,000 fans in Townsville.
The victory elevated Tszyu to the number two position in the WBO's junior middleweight rankings.
According to Tszyu's promoter, Matt Rose, Golden Boy Promotions (who have Teixeira) are interested in making that fight happen.
“All parties are very interested in making this fight happen - Teixeira’s promoters (Golden Boy Promotions) want to see him back in the ring defending his belt as soon as possible and the WBO is obviously in the business of keeping their champions active,” says Tszyu’s promoter Matt Rose to Fox Sports.
“There’s a few hurdles to get over but it’s looking good and it could all happen very quickly, plus it helps that the world just saw a big crowd at our event in Townsville.”
Teixeira, in active since November 2019, owes a mandatory defense to Brian Castano of Argentina.
The fight was scheduled for a date in April before it canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Between different COVID-19 restrictions, it's unlikely Teixeira will face Castano in 2020.
“Ultimately we have asked the WBO to grant the champion (Teixeira) a ‘voluntary’ defence given that it looks increasingly unlikely he’ll be able to fight his ‘mandatory’ before the end of the year,” said Rose.
“Australia is a very enticing prospect for everybody involved as unlike the US, Brazil or Argentina we can have crowds at boxing events right now and the restrictions on crowd numbers are being eased.”
The WBO is expected to make a decision this Thursday on the request by Team Tszyu for a title fight with Teixeira.
