Unbeaten IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) destroyed former WBO champion Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) in three rounds on Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Both fighters went right at each other in round one. Murtazaliev got to Tszyu in round two, dropping him three times. Murtazaliev floored Tszyu again in round three and the towel came in soon after. Time was 1:55.
Unbeaten super welterweight Yoenis Tellez (9-0, 7 KOs) impressively knocked out Johan Gonzalez (35-4, 34 KOs) in round seven. Tellez dropped Gonzalez in round six and twice more in round seven to end it. Time was 1:57.
In a knockdown-filled war, unbeaten middleweight César Mateo Tapia (16-0-1, 10 KOs) and Endry Saavedra (16-1-1, 13 KOs) battled to a ten round majority draw. Saavedra dropped Tapia twice in round three. Tapia floored Saavedra in round five. Saavedra dropped Tapia again in round nine. Scores were 94-92 Tapia, 93-93, 93-93.
Super bantamweight Gary Antonio Russell (20-1, 13 KOs) returned from a two-year layoff to knock out Jaden Burnias (6–3, 4 KOs) in the fourth round.
Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Dainier Pero (9-0, 7 KOs) stopped Willie Jake, Jr. (11-6-2, 3 KOs) in round three.
Unbeaten super featherweight Justin Viloria (7-0, 5 KOs) stopped journeyman Diuhl Olguin (16-41-7, 10 KOs) in round seven. Yes, Justin is the nephew of nephew of former two-weight world champion Brian Viloria.
A hand picked opponent for Pero, result looks good on his resume , nothing else.Just remember what happened to Anderson, when it was time to stand up and face and opponent of another level he got clobbered!
Time to get rid of these retarded judges who can’t tell who should have won. Smh Are these judges that retarded?
There may be some judges who may be be incompetent and need to be replaced but not all judges are “retarded” as you say… Get a grip
I think that Garcia is being unfairly the president of the organization said that he didn’t like the “racial slurs”Ryan used.How about Haney saying” no white boy will ever beat me”isn’t that a racial slur?? Besides as any boxing fan knows Lomochenko put it on his ass to.Cant help but wonder why it is that when a black fighter says he is never going to lose to a “white boy” he ends up KTFO! Hopkins said it,the clown who fought Joe Smith Jr said it, and Haney said it!And I love it
Great fight between Saavedra and Tapia, but another bullshit decision. Saavedra got robbed. Shameful, but it’s corrupt business as usual.
Welcome to boxing
If I tell you how many have been robbed in world title and non title fights you would not believe me
I’ve been a fight fan for nearly 50 years, so I know all about robberies.
Zoo stands straight up n the dudes head is huge…..kinda like a John Molina huge head. Take a lot to to hurt it.
Zoo stands straight up n the other dudes head is huge…..kinda like a John Molina huge head. Take a lot to to hurt it.
Tszyu had no idea what to do once he was clipped. He was way too reckless from the start and kept walking forward and taking shots.
It’s a real shame.
Total shame, Colt.
Been telling you guys the dude is a brute and doesn’t move his head not one time. Its only matter of time before he gets himself badly hurt going against top competition. He got away with it against smaller fighters coming up in weight.
I expected a bit more to his game hearing he’s been training with the bros over here in America. Time for him a new team.
Wow, never would have thought Tim Tszyu was that soft. He got hit with a good shot and then became entirely flimsy. Those what’s-my-name MF bombs he shouted at crowds have not aged well…his name is now clearly his daddy’s name.
That was a great left hook. Tszyu changed nothing after getting off the canvas. When you get hurt you need to go into defensive mode for a round or two until you get your bearings back. Instead he just kept plodding forward. I always say it – Length and speed are the two most difficult things to overcome in the ring. Great win by the champ tho! Also glad to see tszyu’s corner stop the fight.
Wasn’t soft at all m00nmuppet.
He tried to fight on. Those were monster shots. Such a dumb comment. If anything, he lacked skill and/or a gameplan for this particular opponent.
You are calling a professional fighter soft, what do you do for a living ya hero? Enlightened us with how tough you are and what you would have done to Bakhram…. This should be good….
What an AMAZING card on Amazon Prime except for the robbery. Saavedra worked his butt off and got robbed. I can’t wait to see Tellez again. He is incredibly poised for 8 fights. Shout out to Tszyu. Heart of a lion but I was wrong. Bakhram Murtazaliev is going to be hell for anyone at 154. Crawford, Ortiz ANYONE!!
So glad that you were man enough to admit that you were wrong about Murta!
HJ gave me some shyt when I said Tszyu
should fight Keith Thurman. Now it looks
like he should have fought Thurman!!!
I don’t remember you at all. But I meant no ill intent. I simply give my opinion like everyone. If you agree cool, if you disagree cool. I hope you come to a point in your life where you balance online and real life. Don’t take anything on this forum personally. When I log off, I don’t think about anyone on here. It’s not real-life bud.
Dude, almost everytime I make a post you are quick to disagree in
almost a combative way. You ever
boxed before? You seem to be one of the in-house experts here.
Stop being a dick.
Oh I think I recall you now. You suggested Tim Tszyu fight Keith Thurman and I disagreed with you. I simply stated Keith hasn’t fought since Feb 2022 and he’s always injured. I can’t recall our other encounters. I won’t dismiss your feelings because you’re expressing them. The downfall to online communication is that passionate conversations can be interpreted differently. Unless some is calling you a “dick” as you called me. It apparent your heart is filled with malice and intense anger. If our encounters have caused you to feel I was “combative” my apologies to you. Its not that serious to hold a grudge, its just a boxing forum. You’re almost correct, I used to compete in MMA back in the day, but I’m more of a boxing fan. As for me being an “In-House expert” I’m just a regular boxing fan.
You’ve been sniping at me for a few months. Whenever I make a post you can’t seem to resist making some digs at me. No worries. Haters gonna hate. I don’t hold grudges but I will speak my piece. You can play the martyr
now and pretend like you want to walk the higher path. I seen you
coming a mile away. Pfft.
Welcome to the fightnews forum where folks are free to have different opinions. If you post something I agree with, I have no problem agreeing with you. If you post something I disagree with to the degree I feel the urge to comment, I will. If you’ve been holding on to things I’ve allegedly wrote “for a few months” and you’re expressing this to the degree that you are, perhaps you had a “grudge.” I choose to attempt to make it right with you. I don’t know your situation but its telling if you’re taking online forums personally and keeping score. Am I not allowed to have a change of heart without being pretentious? You’re not a victim. I’m positive you have rubbed others the wrong way. I said my peace and you’ve said your. If you choose to take things personally, that’s on you. Have a great day sir.
There he is! There’s that guy!
Keep calm and snipe away.
Mister In-House Boxing Expert.
You say have a great day with such conviction. Phony Tony.
Thank you brother. Its easy to admit wrongs. We are all wrong at some point.
First you say you don’t recall me at all and then you say you are positive that I rubbed other people the wrong way.
Sounds like selective memory. Phony
Tony, full of baloney. You’ve been
wrong all day long. Keep pretending to walk the higher road. Later, sniper.
Ortiz would have done the same to Tszyu.!
I don’t think so, he go a gift in his last fight.
@HawnJay: Tszyu has grit yes. Is Tszyu too small for this weight division?
Tszyu not only has grit, but I truly believe him when he says he’s willing to die in the ring. I don’t think he’s too small. This fight made is abundantly clear his lack fundamentals and defense will not work against a leveled-up fighter. Bakhram Murtazaliev looked huge, but size differences didn’t stop all-time greats like Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao, and Roberto Duran just to name a few.
Size difference certainly stopped Duran against Hearns.
But it didn’t stop Sugar Ray Leonard from getting off the canvas and stopping light heavyweight champion Donny LaLonde.
Despite the fights on this card being a bit “under the radar” in terms of marketing, this card was a home run for Amazon’s foray into boxing. This was an excellent card of fighters that aren’t necessarily big name game guys, but guys who are in the mix to some degree. Tim Tszyu was the only guy with much of an international reputation.
Tszyu’s people should have given Tim a tune up or two after the Fundora fight. I love Tim and Im an Australian but I think the Fundora fight was a great opportunity to move sideways work on defensive leaks and generally get better then come again and pick up those big fights. The Bully got bullied tonight and I don’t know if there is way back after that. They have ruined his career over opportunity and money. Im just a fight fan and I thought Tim was still raw who was heavy handed. Im pissed they have ruined his career. If you really wanted to guide him you should have told him to stop talking about the possible Canelo fight and teach him to defend from the left hook.
I agree. I hope Tim retires now.
Well said I’m Australian too but I knew Tim was going to lose just got too overconfident should had couple warm up fights maybe both Tszyu brothers go trained with their father old trainer Johnny Lewis
Completely agree with you mate. I’m an Aussie also and a fan but his corner have let him down badly. I also thought that in the Fundora fight they should have pushed harder to have the fight stopped and declared a no-contest. I dunno, perhaps trying to persuade the ref and doctor before the end of round 4 that Tszyu couldn’t see. Instead he was setup for failure for the rest of that fight. And he has seemed to get caught up in all the hype about his punching power and toughness calling everyone out. He needed someone grounding him a bit imo. This was a really bad loss that will be exceedingly difficult to come back from. Hugely disappointing but kudos to the champ.
No head movement like he was frozen in time, tszyu that is. I saw him fight much better versus Mendoza. He looked shocked at Murta’s power. He was gracious in defeat something more fighters should be.
When Tszyu started complaining about being headbutted, I knew he was cooked mentally! Great heart though! 154, look out! There’s a new guy on the block! Looking like a mini Beterviev! HE walked right through Timmy’s best shots!
Thought the same like it was Fundora all over again with the head clash
I totally agree with you. Tsyzu’s lack of head movement allowed himself to be a target for the counters being thrown. Defense is just as important as offense.
What’s this motherfucking bums name again?
How many times have you been world champion? I guarantee you wouldn’t call him a bum to his face, fukn keyboard coward.
The man who did it damn sure wasn’t one of your homies,was he!?
Dude isnt related to Beterbiev is he?
Tim trying to prove how tough he is but got Bashed…..I can only think he was concussed from the 1st knockdown…. Aussie here and disappointed but the tape say’s it all !!!
I said this before: Murtazaliev is a small version of Artur Betrbiev, and tonight he showed Tim Tszyu the consequences of facing a murderous puncher with reckless overconfidence and no idea what defense means.
Burucho well said. Tim is a big puncher. Murtazaliev is a huge puncher. Especially if you’ve got zero defense or movement.
Those were some sweet left hooks he dropped Tszyu with. That dude looked huge for 154
Tsyzu looked doomed from the first minute of the fight. Those shots were thudding and coming in on target with ease. Tsyzu seemed slow and off tonight, as well. Maybe he took too much damage in the Fundora fight. I think this was likely a career-ending beating Tsyzu took. It was brutal. Surprised the ref and corner let it go that far. He looked completely dazed from the second knockdown.
Why didn’t he back off instead of coming straight back for more big big hits he could of run around the ring a bit and recomposed himself but boxers will be boxers and think that one punch can turn a fight
You expected Tim to start Boxing and moving his head all of a sudden – after getting hurt? Boxing is done to avoid getting hurt, not something you figure after getting whacked and wobbled. How can a hurt fighter run around the ring? All he’s been taught is to come forward and punch
Sad state of affairs for Tim Tszyu
Congrats to Bakhram Murtazaliev all the same who has shown hes a real force at 154
I really look to blame Tims camp for the previous fight with Fundora which should of been stopped early protecting their boy (not their ego’s)…who has now lost twice in a row which will really slow his progress and rankings now and future potential earnings.
Had the Fundora fight been stopped early by someone with a brain eg Ref, Fight Dr or Tim’s corner he would have a NO Contest on his record and retained his then WBO title
Now Tim sits in boxing no where land and really has to work his way back up….bit sad hope he bounces back….All the best Champ
Well said, A. But after that beating can he really bounce back either physically or mentally? It was brutal.
Hard to say Pal
I personally thought I saw fear in Tim’s eyes as he was interviewed just before the fight
Having 2 losses in a row and this was a bad loss absolute beating it has to take it toll mentally
Another interesting thing a friend of mine told me who knows Tim’s trainer he said that Tim believes (or believed) he’s invincible and doesn’t train as hard as your led to believe…make what you like of that?
Don’t get me wrong I’m a big Tszyu fan of all of them for 30 years and only wish them the best in the future
I’m sure this loss will take the shine off young Tim
The Russian in a pre fight interview who’s very quiet and not known for talking much backed up what he said saying Tim talks to much and he really punished him and let his fists do the talking and I think can take anyone on at 154 after that performance
That was quite a statement by Murtazaliev. He was cool as a cucumber in there while rendering destruction on Tim Tszyu. Tszyu showed the heart of a lion in getting up after each knockdown but has a lot of work to do in shoring up his defense and learning how to hold while hurt if he wants to return anywhere near the top level. He fought foolishly and showed no versatility when he was hurt, opting to try to land power punches back on Murtazaliev. That may, and has, worked with a lot of guys but ain’t gonna work with elite and experienced killers like Murtazaliev who have strategy and purpose to everything they do in the ring. Even the extra time they gave Tszyu at the beginning of the third round, when the medical doctor was evaluating him, couldn’t save Tszyu. As for Murtazaliev, he’s the man at 154, no doubt about it, and I wouldn’t be in a rush to fight him if I were Crawford, Ortiz, or Fundora. Stylistically I’d love to see Murtazaliev in there with Virgil Ortiz or Serhei Bohuchuk as those would be great fights. I’m sure Golden Boy will steer Ortiz clear of Mrtazaliev after that performance. The next logical fight under the PBC umbrella would be a unification clash between Murtazaliev and Fundora, which should be fun to watch.
What a murderous beat down by the roughed russian! This dude bout’ to make some noise in the division! The russian received hard blows but, was not even moved! It was the wrong fight for tim to take right after losing the belt! Makes me wonder if he studied this dude before taking this hard fight! Will definately, be looking forward for the russian’s next fight!
And that’s the end of that.
And that’s the end of that. Warning to Tsyzu brothers ….get another trainer and team for *** sake,,,!!!!
Congratulations to Bakhram.
Good point, Gary Pine. Same corner which botched the Fundora cut situation.
Tim looked like an old man this last fight. His face doesn’t seem like a guy that should be taking punches.
Good point Johnny Lewis come in mind for nikita tsyzu and Tim Tszyu if he stays in Australia if Tim continued stay in the USA maybe Justin Fortune Freddy Roach even Terence Crawford trainer and work his way back again.
He needs those Cuban trainers to teach him to move his feet and head.
And this is boxing, folks. Guys get knocked out and can come back from it. Tszyu is no exception. I never cared for the “what’s my mf-in name” stuff by Tim after some of his recent victories or some of his trash talking but he was a young, undefeated fighter in his twenties who hadn’t experienced a lot of success prior to the Fundora loss. What’s more impressive is he got up after getting floored each time tonight, much like how Wladmir Klitschko did in his loss to Corrie Sanders twenty-plus years ago. If Tim Tszyu does the work in the gym to improve his jab and learn to clinch and hold instead of always trying to prove how tough he is, he can make it back to the top. He should take Murtazaliev up on his offer to work with him in the gym to grow as a fighter as he can learn a lot from Murtazaliev. I wish Tim the best.
I hope they arrange for Murtazaliev/Ortiz or Ortiz/Bohachuk II.
Physically, the above fighters match up extremely well.
Bakhram destroyed Tim. The left hand kept connecting Tim over and over.
To me it seems when their heads clashed and Tim touched the top of his head with his glove and there were some blood, somehow, I believe that was the beginning of the end for Tim.
Here I am criticizing Murtazaliev because he wears a beard like Abe Lincoln, since I’m sick of the beard trend, and then he goes out and blows away Tim Tszyu. Kudos to Murtazaliev. I didn’t see the fight, but this result surprised me. Tszyu’s limitations exposed in his last two fights.
How was Tims limitations exposed vs Fundora? He couldn’t see him and still nearly won.
1. Lack of side-to-side movement.
2. Predictable combination sequences, which are easier to time and counter.
3. Overzealousness in his attacks sometimes, leaving himself open for errant elbows or wild shots.
4. Sometimes leading with his head in an attempt to get inside.
3 and 4 helped Fundora beat him. 1 and 2 helped Murtazaliev blow him out.
Fundora is very beatable and overrated, yet at the end of the 2nd round in their fight, with only a couple seconds left in the round, Tsyzu put his head down and led with his head, with his arms down. Maybe this was a half-hearted attempt to clinch, with Tsyzu thinking that Fundora would accommodate since the round was a second from being over. I think it was a defensive lapse on Tsyzu’s part, violating the rule to “protect yourself at all times”. Tsyzu violated this rule and got hit with Fundora’s errant elbow, as Fundora was attempting to prevent Tsyzu from getting inside, even with a second left in the round. Fundora had no interest in clinching, and the result was that nasty gash on the top of Tsyzu’s head, which gave a tremendous advantage to Fundora and allowed him to squeeze out the victory.
It’s going to take a miracle for Tszyu to resurrect his career after that shellacking! That Russian is GOOD!
Yeah Michael Billings. No joke. That was a lot of brain damage Tim took, I fear. His punch resistance, reflexes and nervous system could deteriorate considerably from here. We might see a defensive Tim running around the ring jabbing while going down from medium-heavy shots. Can’t win a decision or KO that way. I hope not but I fear it’s coming.
If Tim Tszyu wants to be champion he needs to get rid of those dopes who are promoting him and go live in Russia where they train line machines. No Limit promotions Matt & George Rose are a bunch of idiots. Greedy fat Oompa Loompas. Trying to organise $10mil dollar fights before Tim even stepped in the ring. Trust me they don’t know boxing. All they know is Donuts. Who the fk starts thinking ahead of a title fight before u even got a belt. Greed man. Chechnyan fighters are built different. Faith equals discipline. Tim had no chance. Fight was all over at the weigh in. 12 months off. Regroup. Come back a weapon. Learn to move his head. That’s my advise.
Tim fought from the wrong range the whole fight exchanging hooks. Stay in close against a taller fighter to negate the advantage. Poor defense and warrior mentally cost him the fight …the Russian was very composed and came in focused. But he is very bearable. It was a slugfest….got to fight this guy in the pocket. Tzu got cought early and maybe his brain was razled and lost any semblance of boxing acumen
TZ looked way off here. Timing off, distance off
Why no tune up ?
Straight in with another beast
Is there enough time for a complete management / trainer overhaul ? Although, I give them credit for pulling him out
Clearly went in over confident thinking he just had to walk the guy down. Major error in judgement.
He did check BM once with a right hand I think it was but TZ’S straight ahead, bolt upright strategy was suicidal
Another concussion gained as was evident in the post fight interviews and horribly heavy speech
I would like to see him get out. He has made some good coin. Why risk further damage as there are few easy fights at 154lbs.
Agree
I found the speech post fight quite disturbing & concerning I thought Tim needed to be in a hospital
Also the fact he said twice “I can’t recall” was a bad sign
I was worried that there could be more damage done
When I saw Tim Tszyu many years ago, I thought that he definitely had potential, but that his team needed to move slowly with him.
There was a long way to go up the hill to the boxer who could fully utilize the capacity that seemed to exist within him after all.
Then he went up against Horn, then several other fights like against Inoue, Harrison, Ocampo, Mendoza and probably more, where he convinced.
I felt like I underestimated him, a bit ashamed, but now after Tim’s last two fights, reality has caught up with him. There is a lot of unfinished business in terms of his potential, but I both believe and hope that we will see him in several interesting fights in the future.
Before that, he needs to be led into the right path again. However, I think he will have difficulties with certain types of fighters in the future, while he can make good fights against other types of fighters.
I think that fights against Vergil Ortiz Jr and Israil Madrimov for example could bring out the best in Tim.
On the other hand, a fight against Crawford could be nothing but a disaster, new fights against Fundora and Murtazaliev would be extremely difficult too, and maybe even against someone like Etoundi Michel William he might face more difficulties than he can overcome.
I haven’t seen much of Bakhram Murtazaliev yet but I will definitely follow him in a different way after this show.
Hats off to Bakhram Murtazaliev and a big congratulations for an impressive win.
I saw Murta’s previous fight against Culcay and, though very strong, he was pretty basic and a little mechanical. I did not expect this to happen to Tszyu at all but full credit to Murta and I would suggest that his future opponents think more about moving than standing right in front of him. Two guys unlikely as hell to do that are Madrimov & Bohachuk and Murta against the winner of that one would be awesome.
Tszyu fought stupid. Once knocked down he came forward and traded. He kept getting caught and kept fighting the same way. The more intelligent fighter usually wins.
Whoa, so Murtazaliev was frozen out of fights, not anymore, this guy can fight.
” Whats my MF name?” I don’t recall hearing those words out of Tim’s mouth last night
” Whats my MF name?” I don’t recall hearing those words out of Tim’s mouth last night
Bottom line. Tszyu could have at least been competitive at that fight if he learned to move his head, not walk right in, lose that bravado that no man can touch him, and box a little. Until he goes back to the basics, he will have similar outcomes. Fighters must learn to adapt as their careers move forward. What worked when you were fighting scrubs in the beginning does not mean it works as the the talent pool significantly increases. I’ve seen him fight better, he must have thought that murta was going to lay down. He was wrong and he miscalculated for sure. If tszyu is the warrior that he says he is, he will be back.
Tim was atrocious last night. He fought like the MN Knucklehead following a stained mattress. Where was his screaming sister last night? At the Taylor Swift concert.
That man yelled “Allahu Ahkbar”multiple times after he banged Tszyu out. I’m sure that leaves mixed emotions for many of those in the Dominant Society.
What do you mean by Dominant Society? Murtazaliev is Chechen, while Tszyu is Mongolic & Russian.
One of Tim’s parents is Korean. Same as GGG
Grandparents or great grandparents. His mother is Australian white. His sister is an Instagram star.
It’s amazing the amount of excuses here for why Tyzu lost. The fact is, the Russian was better in everything. He punched harder and quicker. After watching that fight with Gunshua, i for 1 am not surprised that a puncher like this guy can stop him.
I met Tim Tszyu in Vegas back in the summer, and think he’s a nice guy. But it not only looked like he took the Chechen lightly, but he had zero game plan. This is boxing, not a Tough Man contest. I watched Tszyu get dropped in the first round by Terrel Gausha a few years back, but Tim was lucky that Gausha wasn’t anywhere near the fighter Murtazaliev is.
All I can say is WOW ! Murta delivered a one sided ass whooping, didnt expect that
It takes more than a name to be great. The difference between Tim and Kostya was his father’s extensive amateur career in International competition.
I was worried that Tszyus career could be all over when the doc or the corner didn’t stop the fight when he got cut last time out
It’s a mental game and too many distractions
TSZYU got jacked!!! After the first knockdown, it was clear he not recovered or had a plan-B!! He’s young and still has an upside, albeit not at the elite level
TSZYU got jacked!!! After the first knockdown, it was clear he didn’t recover or had a plan-B!! He’s young and still has an upside, albeit not at the elite level
Did not watch the fight. Murtazaliev’s demeanor during the press conferences, pointing to fighting rather than talking and his absolute confidence in his abilities put me in his corner for this fight.
my son and i get our scores out and judge every fight, once you know all the moving parts involved in it. plain and simple its the fighter with the best back story or the house fighter.
Tim believed in his power and more likely believed he would never get knocked out. He has confidence in himself and never backs out of dangerous fights. You have to respect him as a fighter. This loss may give him doubts about his abilities in the future or may have lit a fire in him. I’m hoping he does a 180. I enjoy watching his fights.
Bakhram Boots..fight we need now. Everyone says Ennis is the best, well this is the equivalent Morrel-Benavides at jr middle
Saavedra deserves the win over Cesar
murtazaliev streets ahead in IQ and skills