Tim Tsyu is a 154-pound welterweight star and the son of legendary champion Kostya Tsyu. A few days ago, Tim Tsyu made an extraordinary prediction that he planned to win the world heavyweight title, so that some fans said: You're not kidding, are you?
The 27-year-old has a 21-fight career record and 15 knockouts, and plans to face his next match against the undisputed hegemon of his division, Gimel Charlo, in an effort to become the ninth fighter in boxing history to hold WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles.
In May of this year, Charo made new history by destroying Argentine Brian Castano in a rematch. Chalo then negotiated with Tsuyu, a mandatory WBO challenger, which was originally scheduled for November but was postponed for various reasons. It is understood that the tentative date of the battle of Chalo vs Tsyu has been changed to January 29 next year.
For the battle with Chalo, Tsyu boasted that he had no problem winning the knockout, while claiming that it was just a historic beginning, and that he would conquer multiple divisions until he won the heavyweight title.
Tsyu told the Sydney Morning Herald: "I can move up to the heavyweight division if necessary, it's no joke, Roy Jones Jr. went from 160-pound middleweight to heavyweight champion, 154-pound welterweight no one has been able to move up to heavyweight to complete a breakthrough, that's my goal all along, it takes 10 years of hard work."
For now, for example, if Tsyu wants to win the heavyweight title, he must cross the 160-pound middleweight, 168-pound super middleweight, 175-pound light heavyweight, 200-pound welterweight class, and finally reach 200+ weights. Tsyu's height is 1.74 meters, the arm span is 1.83 meters, if he really rises to the heavyweight class, it is not difficult to imagine what it looks like, and the weight span of the heavyweight class is huge, Usyk is in the range of more than 220 pounds, Fuli is in the range of more than 270 pounds, even if Tsyu reaches 220 pounds, how can he compete with Furi who is 2.06 meters tall? It doesn't seem to be enough for the other party to plug their teeth!
So far, no fighter in history has risen to the heavyweight division to win the title as a 154-pound welterweight champion, but Tyu is convinced that he can do it, even mentioning Anthony Joshua's name.
"My first goal is of course the undisputed 154-pound championship, which is what I'm currently pursuing, but after that, my mind will take me somewhere else, like heavyweight," Tsyu said. I'm going to fight Joshua, I'm going to give him a few punches and see how Joshua reacts? ”
It is understood that Tsyu recently completed a training camp in Thailand due to a hand injury that affected the original November battle with Chalo, and recently completed a training camp in Thailand to work with John Hutchinson, who is the coach of several UFC rising stars. Tsyu said he had recovered from a hand injury and hoped to spend the next three months at his best to challenge Chalo.
"I put a lot of effort into my body and strength, challenging Charlo I don't want to fight to the end, plan to knock him out in 12 rounds, it's not, you only have one chance in a lifetime to win the championship in your class," Tsyu said. It's the era of 4 belts, and there aren't many cases where you can capture all four belts in one game, like the NFL Super Bowl, the NBA play-offs, the winning goal at the end, a whistle-blowing finish, like the World Cup final, so it's not just the most important moment in boxing, it's the most important moment in the entire sports world. ”
Today, Australian professional boxing is at a low point, and George Cambosos Jr. lost again to Devin Haney last week, failing to crown the undisputed 135-pound supremacy. Next, Tsyu hopes to lead Australian boxing out of the doldrums, and he is confident in surpassing his father.
"In my father's time, there were no four belts, and he made a breakthrough in the era of three," Tsyu said. For me, the first thing is to win it first, the other thing is to do something else in history, I am here to make history, to create special sporting moments, not just boxing moments. ”