The sparring ban imposed on Nikita and Tim Tszyu will be lifted after the younger sibling gets his crack at Jack Brubaker.
Nikita Tszyu has vowed to knock Jack Brubaker into retirement and then throw his next punches at brother Tim after the siblings’ sparring ban was lifted.
“I was just telling him, ‘This is going to be your final fight, this is going to be your retirement, your last time in the sport … so enjoy it while it lasts,’” Tszyu said. Tim and Nikita sparred last year, before the latter’s fight against Darkon Dryden. On that occasion, Tim hit Nikita in the nose with such ferocity that the younger Tszyu required surgery.It prompted the patriarch of the family, grandfather Boris, to ban them from sparring against each other. However, that edict will soon be lifted.