Comments Thread For: Warrior Tim Tszyu Declares the Show Goes on After Gory Sebastian Fundora Battle

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"It was a good war," said a disconsolate Tim Tszyu, having lost his undefeated record and his WBO super welterweight title to Sebastian Fundora at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas."It started off well. We knew he was awkward, tall, rangy, flicks that jab." What we did not know if that the fight would turn into a gory bloodbath, with Fundora's nose broken and pumping blood for the majority of the fight and a Tszyu would on his head would pour like a faucet for 10 rounds. "The cut, of course, played a part a bit," Tszyu admitted. "I couldn't see him, but no excuses. To say I fought in this arena, I want to come back and do it again if I can. I had one weeks' notice [after Fundora came in for Keith Thurman at late notice], it is what it is." The downbeat Australian said he wanted a rematch, but that he was open to any major fight at 154, including Errol Spence and Terence Crawford. Spence gate-crashed the ring afterwards to challenge Fundora, in a move Tszyu called "interesting" but Tszyu is also open to facing Spence.
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[SteveM]

this is soooooo refreshing to hear - I hope young boxers in the gyms now will pay attention

I'm sure they will - but how they view his 'take' will depend on how his career goes from here. If he is sidelined for 2/3 years and comes back at 32 years old post prime (when he is peak prime now) then those young boxers in the gyms will rightly conclude that protecting the '0' is the path to follow

[Left Hook Louie]

this is soooooo refreshing to hear - I hope young boxers in the gyms now will pay attention

Exactly - no whining or bs excuses from Tszyu. IMHO Tszyu can carry on for now without any real hit to his stock value. Fighting through the vision impairment and only losing by split decision to the motivated Fundora is a badge of honor. Yeah, his record doesn't have the 0 but I couldn't care less. Now I know he has heart and I'll be happy to watch his next fight.

[Smash]

im sure hes gutted to miss out on the spence 'lottery' (lol) if thats how it plays out

u win some u lose some thats sports

he took on a hard guy at short notice and had some bad luck with his cut

hope he got paid well is all i can say on that one

lanky is no joke in the ring he can do damage, u have to have the right gameplan for him

[Corelone]

Now I feel bad. Timmy was talking more junk than a used car salesman before. Now he's been humbled, and pity party is on.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Tim is a good fighter, but he is not future p4p material as some guys suggested. He is decent and he will likely win the belt again. These guys at 154 can all lose to each other.

[Corelone]

I feel bad for Wilson, he actually faced two top fighters on the road and Zarafa was fed to the dogs. Timmy was spoon fed all along. Why not feel bad for the blown up lightweights and guys who lost fights before Timmy got to them. Fundo lucked out when they didn't drag him to Oz.

[Monty Fisto]

It was a fountain. And at no point did the cut man ever look like slowing it. Tim needs to look at a new cut man going forward.

[moochi]

I still don't understand how there was no doctor stoppage before 4 rounds to make it a no contest. The fight took an immediate 180 degree turn from round 3 as Tszyu had blood constantly pouring into both eyes. Just as interesting as none of the commentators mentioned it either.

[landotter]

I realize I am preaching to the choir here, I truly do... But just imagine if Amazon and PBC had not put this behind a pay-per-view wall. Imagine up to 3 times as many eyeballs watching this card. Imagine the the return on investment going forward. What a fight, and it seemed like a solid card with good efforts all the way through. I think PBC on Amazon would have been the talk of the town, even with the NCAA going full tilt. Instead, only a handful of people saw it and only us fans respect it. Missed opportunity.