ANALYSIS: Risks abound for Tim Tszyu ahead of WBO interim title fight
The 32-year-old from Detroit has fought in 33 professional bouts for a 29-3-1 record, winning 21 by knockout and has four times competed for versions of the light middleweight titles.
When the two men meet on Sunday in the Sydney SuperDome at Homebush, they enter the ring as the number three and number four-ranked super welterweights by The Ring magazine and the independent Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. He chose one of the most dangerous, seasoned fighters in the division, a choice that fighter labelled as "stupid" — repeatedly — when speaking to Fox Sports soon after the fight was confirmed."[If] I'm next up to fight for all the belts … I wouldn't have fought nobody, to be honest. I would've waited it out.
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