Tim Tszyu has revealed a new backroom team as he looks ahead to the next stage of his career.
The Australian star will visit the US to work in gyms on both the east and west coast gyms, but has announced what he’s called an “Aussie super team.”
Darcy Ellis, son of Australian boxing great Lester, has been hired in a managerial role, and experienced fixer Mike Altamura has been brought in as a matchmaking strategist.
Making up the new group is Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech, who has been hired as a mentor.
Tszyu is 30, and has a 25-3 (18 KOs) record, having lost three of his last four, twice to Sebastian Fundora and once to Bakhram Murtazaliev.
His last bout, a stoppage loss to Fundora in Las Vegas in July, has served as the catalyst for change.
“Everything I want now is a different approach,” Tszyu told Code Sports. “I want to walk in, I want to be surrounded by different world champions, I want to have someone that’s a motivator.
Altamura said: “Matchmaking is everything, especially when it’s a rebuild phase of a fighter’s career. We know that as long as the hunger’s there and there’s still a fire burning within him, we need to give him every opportunity to build forward and build stronger.”
Fenech believes Tszyu has a lot more to offer.
“I said a few years ago that I think Tim might have been the best, better than me, better than Kostya, better than all of us,” said the three-weight world champion and International Boxing Hall of Famer. “I still think that he can do that. I think he can achieve things with the right people around him.”
The new faces have replaced trainers Glen Jennings and Igor Golubev and cutman Mark Gambin.
