By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
In a grudge showdown, IBF #6, WBO #9, WBC #12 light middleweight Tim Tszyu (16-0, 12 KOs) scored a dominating eighth round TKO over former WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (20-3-1, 13 KOs) on Wednesday night at Country Bank Stadium in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Tszyu rocked Horn in round three, then floored Horn with a left hook. Tszyu continued to punish Horn as the bout progressed. Horn went to a knee after a body shot in round six. The beatdown lasted for two more rounds before the bout was finally halted after round eight.
“I want everyone to know my name’s Tim, not ‘the son,’” said Tszyu afterward. “This is a young man’s sport and I was better this time…it was an honor to share the ring with Jeff.”
Horn stated, “Tim was young, hungry, he’s an absolute champion…he’s now is the #1 in Australia. He wasn’t before this. He was saying he was but he certainly earned it now.”
Tszyu retains his IBF Australasian and WBO global belts.
Unbeaten middleweight Issac Hardman (7-0, 6 KOs) blasted out formerly world-ranked Jamie Weetch (12-3, 5 KOs) in the first round. Time was 2:20. Weetch down twice.
Unbeaten lightweight Liam Wilson (7-0, 5 KOs) knocked out 2012 Olympian Jackson Woods (4-2-1, 4 KOs) in round two. Time 2:42. Wilson dropped Woods in both rounds one and two.
Middleweight Joel Camilleri (19-6-1, 8 KOs) outboxed Adam Copland (5-2, 3 KOs) over eight rounds. Camilleri dropped Copland in round two and went on to win 79-73, 78-73, 79-73.
Female super bantamweight Shannon O’Connell (19-6-1, 10 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten Kylie Fulmer (7-1, 6 KOs) in round seven to claim the vacant Australian belt.
NO surprise.
Horn is very ordinary
Good to know that Tszyu is better than that
Well said Rwb… Maybe Horn will hang it up now.
He beat Manny
He beat Manny! Only according to 3 blind mice (called judges) and a few of Horn’s family members. One of the worst decisions in boxing history. A travesty.
I guess the same 3 blind mice were judging Marquez vs Manny 3.
cmon man
After Bob Arum set it up so that Manny could lose, because Manny was terminating his contract with Bob Arum. See also Tim Bradley fight
Horn should have been tested for Covid – sounds very sick – had absolutely nothing the entire fight. I called it all along.
I feel sorry for Horn, would have a lot more success, if he had a decent trainer.
Horn’s style of fighting is rather his own enemy. How? He literally smothers himself by holding on the inside and then “hopes” to land one shot at-a-time. Reminds of John Ruiz, but on another level. You know, the hit- and-hold method of fighting. Another name for this fighting style is called boring. Anyway, hopefully Horn realizes now his health is the most important thing to consider and hanging it up would not be a bad thing.
He beat Manny with that style. If he has nothing else going for him, he beat Manny.
He did not beat manny. Cut the crap.
Manny kicked his ass!
Watch for the excuses.
Julian, you are right. Some fighters never say anything leading into a fight and are ready to go! Once beat, they are in denial and have to blame someone or something!
You act as if we all thought Horn had a chance. No one is surprised by this result.
Lol Horn is an absolute garbage fighter. Anyone who actually believes he beat Pacquiao needs to stop watching boxing. Horn is very fortunate to have made some decent money in the Pacquiao and Crawford fights, but he is pretty much a B- fighter on his best day.
I love people who say, “anyone who actually believes” lol. Yeah and who made you the authority. In the record books, Horn holds a victory over Manny. Like it or not he holds that W.
Doesnt mean much. He lost against pacman
Horn should consider retirement now…..Before the Fuckyaw fight Jeff Horn was a nobody. After being destroyed by Crawford and Tyszu he reverts back to his status as a nobody……he is a FLUKE!
Good win for Tim. Horn is a big name despite being overrated. Tim beat a vet convincingly. He’s 1-2 fights away from getting a title shot right now. He should try to be as active as possible to continue to grow before he gets his chance.
Told you horn wasn’t much just got the lucky decision with Pacman!!
Sound off the Horn because he may call it quits. However, in Horn’s boxing career, I am glad he had chances to earn money for himself and/or for his family.
horn beat pacquioa with his 2 little horns on his head
An ugly and mediocre fight between a shot fighter and an overrated kid that resembles his father’s boxing style, but the similarities end right there, because ha has nor even 10% of Kostya’s quality. He better keep fighting in Australia earning good money, because at soon he test the waters in USA against a guy like Jermell Charlo or someone on that level, he might run the same fate of his father against Vince Phillips or Jeff Horn with Terence Crawford.
Bottom line: Tim Tszyu still too green an untested to be considered a contender at 154, much less a world class fighter. Jessie Vargas could be a good measuring stick
Mike Miguel, maybe he should face mosleys son. Aren’t they in the same weight class?
@Whetto: Mosley Jr. is a 160, but still, I prefer Vargas or Liam Smith to test him
LOL people know he’s not his dad and he’s a bit over hyped. Like you said, if he’s smart he’ll avoid U.S soil.
Why wasn’t Kostya Tszyu there?
He is living back in Russia now. He has a new life. Has only ever been to one of Tim’s fights. Basically, just upped and left the family a few years back.
Because he abandoned his family. You don’t know his story on how he left his family and ran off to Russia. He left Australia and hasn’t been back.
It was a one-sided fight with Tszyu dominant from start to finish. Horn looked sloppy and was out of ideas after his bullrushes and wild swings didn’t work. Tszyu was calm and deliberate in his attack and broke Horn down with body punches as the fight went on. I would have liked Tszyu to throw more jabs to set up his punches. He threw individual shots and didn’t often put combinations together. I kept waiting for him to step back from the many clinches and let his hands go. He never did that and settled for clinches whenever the two fighters got close.
There was entirely too much wrestling in the fight. Horn was guilty of a lot of the holding, but Tszyu settled for it way too often. Despite his dominant performance, I see some issues if Tszyu faces off with the elite fighters. He doesn’t move his head much and has a stiff stance, much like his famous father. He also doesn’t throw a lot of punches but waits patiently for openings to appear instead of creating them and punching in combination. He also needs to use his jab much more. He just used it as a rangefinder in this fight to open the way for his right hand. His left hook to the liver was devastating and he threw it often once Horn showed his vulnerability to it.
While there are improvements that can be made in his style and approach, he did look great in this fight. Horn, on the other hand, looked undisciplined and ready to go numerous times during the fight. I expected a much better fight from him, but can’t take anything away from Tszyu. He was clearly the better man in this fight. Horn should consider hanging up his gloves.
great observations!
Body shots just took it out of a shopworn Horn and he retired in the corner. Very relieved to see he was not taking a beating with punches to the head again. On youtube put this in the search to see: ?v=R5agZCd6mnw
What a joke horn looked like an amateur running in holding. I will stay watching MMA
Don’t see why you can’t watch both. A great boxing match is always better than a great MMA fight in my opinion.
I used to think that. Boxing has been screwing up for the past few years which has opened my eyes to how great MMA is. As long as boxing keeps screwing up, MMA it is. Its great to have options.
A good win by Tim but against very ordinary opposition in Horn ….I hope they don’t get too excited and start chasing titles just yet.He needs to face some quality boxers to see where he stands.Stay away from the heavy hands as much as he can until it’s time to lay it all on the line.Bill Mordey who was Kostya’s original promoter said he would never have allowed him to fight Vince Phillips if he was still in control ……we’ll see !!!
Horn looked pathetic. Good win for Tszyu.