Comments Thread For: Tim Tszyu and the price of respect

[Oregonian]

I don't think anyone doubted Tim's bravery. IMO he fully deserves all the criticism he gets. He acted like the guy in front of him was a b.m who would fold as soon as Tim put leather on him. Boxing is a scarily hard sport & you cannot go round disrespecting your opponent, whether you are Tim Tszyu, Anthony Yarde or Adam Azim. Azim gave his opponent full respect & put in a great performance. Yarde overlooked his opponent & just sc****d away with a win. We all saw what happened to Tim.

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Just curious, which word did these freaking platform flag as “offensive”?

[James Hunt]

Just as expected, Garry Jonas immediately orders a few PR "articles" regarding Timmy's destruction.
Also, expect WBC and WBA to immediately mandate (!) Timmy for another title shot despite coming off a KO loss. IBF already mandated him for a title despite coming off a loss. It already happened before, multiple times!
Btw, just don't expect these privileges and protection from organizations for non-PBC fighters.

[Oldskoolg]

By the way, good fight card. Of the 3 fights none were boring. Could have used a better venue and there were some technical sound issues. But good start to the free cards, hope we get to see more and I hope the PBC lands that other streaming deal they are working on

[Poopdick]

now that this era is becoming best fight the best competition these experts and these media guys who would brag how they pick right 90% of the time, are screwed. anyone can pick a favorite vs a 15-1 underdog. now they are scrambling lol

[noone]

Tim Tszyu has always been treated like a superstar. But his best wins are over gausha and mendoza. so its fair to say, he didnt earn his status with his wins. now he is done.

[Left Hook Louie]

By the way, good fight card. Of the 3 fights none were boring. Could have used a better venue and there were some technical sound issues. But good start to the free cards, hope we get to see more and I hope the PBC lands that other streaming deal they are working on

That brawl between Saavedra and Tapia was brutally awesome. I kinda wanted Saavedra to get the win but Talia's grit coming back again and again was something else.

[Gary Coleman]

Tim had no answers. An overhyped, severely flawed fighter that got exposed.

That's the hard truth.

[Legends456]

Just as expected, Garry Jonas immediately orders a few PR "articles" regarding Timmy's destruction.
Also, expect WBC and WBA to immediately mandate (!) Timmy for another title shot despite coming off a KO loss. IBF already mandated him for a title despite coming off a loss. It already happened before, multiple times!
Btw, just don't expect these privileges and protection from organizations for non-PBC fighters.

Agreed. We saw that with Deontay Wilder getting two huge “last chance” big fights with Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang. Even after getting Breazealed by Zhang, there’s still talk every once in awhile that they’re going to find him another opponent for yet another big “last chance” fight, or at least a nice cash out retirement fight.

[eul]

I'd rather watch Tszyu fight a real fight with balls than Shakur fight anyone. Boxing is a sweet science but It also has to be entertaining. And Tim delivers, win or lose. He deserves praise and I'll tune in to watch his next fight.

[factsarenice]

By the way, good fight card. Of the 3 fights none were boring. Could have used a better venue and there were some technical sound issues. But good start to the free cards, hope we get to see more and I hope the PBC lands that other streaming deal they are working on

That's good news because rumor has it that the PBC was so far in debt and can't pay the $878 million it owes.