By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
“I’m very disappointed,” said WBO #1 154lb contender Tim Tszyu upon hearing news that undisputed world champion Jermell Charlo could be out for probably the first half of 2023 with a broken hand. “I felt like the stars aligned for undisputed…but we move on. I’m ready to take on the next mandatory challenger. I’ll be back for Charlo once he is ready and healed.”
Tszyu, who is currently training in Las Vegas, is now expected to face another opponent on Showtime January 28, possibly for an interim title.
That is what I call a lucky break! Tim has dodged a bullet by Charlo breaking his hand for sure.
Tim will beat Charlo if and when it happens
I was thinking the opposite. Charlo aint all that. He struggled against the midget castano.
The stars have aligned for an all action showdown with Fundora. That’s the only fight to make now.
Seems like when he knows he’s in for a tough fight he gets injured,,,,,just saying
It’s the other way around Eng….simple as that
First of all Merry Christmas everyone. I pray that GOD Blessed all of you and your families abundantly and that you all remain in great health.
As for Tszyu, stay busy. Don’t cancel the fight date and keep your blade sharp. Charlo will be there in the 4th quarter of 23.
Peter, happy holidays to you as well. You are right. Tszyu needs to focus and stay active. I personally feel he needs to improve his defense before moving up to bigger fights. A few tune-ups will not hurt his endeavors and will make the Charlo fight in the future more competitive.
Scooby, agree, Tszyu’s defence is a concern. So far he has gotten by with stamina and will and his offensive style, but at the higher levels that is not going to be enough.
Thanks Scoob. No question. Defense needs improve. Unless he has a titanium chin that we are not aware of, Charlo, who is wild himself, especially with his counter hooks, could catch Tszyu by surprise as he walks in. He has Kostya as his greatest example. Although Kostya was no Swee-Pea, he was very solid defensively.
Thanks Peter, the same back to you. Hope Tszyu continues to stay active in his quest. He definitely has the heart and is willing to step up.
Hopefully tsyzu still fights on 28th or soon after. And he gets the Charlotte fight when/if it happens
somebody told Charlo and put in his head ,too much risk too little Reward?..Hmm…
How cool would it be if they let him fight for ALL of the interim titles and he’d be the undisputed interim champion!
Lucie
Fabulous..
I thought Tszyu was talking moving up to 160 to fight Golovkin before he retires. Golovkin will be 41 pretty soon. He’d have to be retired by mid 2024, so Tszyu has 1.5 years to try to line up a fight with Golovkin, max. GGG could lose his next fight, or go 1-1 in his next 2. Tszyu could go up to 160 and fight Charlo’s brother, they are pretty similar styles since they are twins, but I guess trying for the WBC 160 lbs title isn’t enough for Tim Tszyu.
Just as I predicted when this fight was announced, I knew Charlo would find a way to postpone this fight.
im not sure / you have to dig deeper, i wasnt sure of the venue, the choice of gloves, the ref.usually money split is a secondery thing to this significant of magnitude. now, since we are talking 154/ ? jarred Hurd is coming back, Ennis always, Erslandy Lara…en Cuba??? Have you ever seen Lara let it go? A real treat…you always have smith from Liverpool a real tough scrapper. Ya now Charlo aint evreything/ hes basicly a New York Fighter..Undesputed i dont Know. NBoth Jamell and jarmell have been beat. from the most unlikeliest fighters you know..Bad decisions///
The Charblow brothers are nothing special at all. B level fighters for sure. Tszyu had a VERY good chance of winning this fight. I honestly think he was going to and will when it finally happens.
The belt that Tim was vying for should be stripped from Charlo for failure to defend, because this so-called injury is bogus and can’t be proven. If I was team Tszyu, I would demand that they allow their side to pay for a doctor to review Charlo’s hand and have them x-ray it so that there isn’t some suspect paid off doctor doing it. There’s never in the history of boxing been someone who broke their hand in training. It has literally never happened. Charlo just plain punked out of this fight, and now he’ll never be able to beat Tszyu. Tim knows he has Charlo’s number, and the smart fans now know it too. Charlo’s career is over.
Where do you get your information? Broken hands happen in training all the time. But hey, don’t let reality get in the way of your version of the world the way you’d like to view it.
Maybe in your fake reality but I stand by my statement and you can’t prove otherwise. Broken hands don’t happen in training all the time, or ever for that fact. Are you just making stuff up and posting it? You should get a job at CNN.
With so much disappointment in boxing of the best not wanting to fight the best I was so looking forward to this one.
Well, what are you supposed to say if you’re Tyzu? Either you get knocked in in January or November. It is unfortunate for everybody inovlved the fight is delayed, but the outcome will remain the same. Tim Tyzu is not Kosta Tyzu, and Charlo will crush him, unfortunately for Tim, he’ll have to wait a few more months to be crushed.
Sorry, my bad for posting after a few drinks at the Christmas party. Didn’t mean to be so harsh on Tim. But!…en vino veritas. I guess I meant everything I wrote. Just didn’t mean to sound so harsh. Tim is a fine fighter, but he wasn’t going to beat Charlo now, or when and if they ever do fight. I would be stoked if he did, because I’m not a big fan of Bros Charlo, but I really don’t see it happening.
Charlo did not want that smoke!! What was he punching, a concrete wall for training?
NOT SURE REALLY WHAT HAPPENED SO YOU KINDA GOT TO TAKE THE MAN AT HIS WORD AND HE BROKE HIS HAND… EITHER WAY THE CHARLO BROTHERS ARE NOT YOUNG AS THEY USED TO BE AND THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN THE OLDER THEY GET.. SO WEATHER IT’S TRYING TO PRESERVE A TITLE OR LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY OR A BROKEN HAND… MAKES NO DIFFERENCE POINT IS NOBODY BEATS FATHER TIME!! AND THIS IS CHIPPERRRRRRRRR…
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This works out better for Tim, he’ll have more experience and a more prepared mindset when they meet, while Charlo will have a recovering broken hand and inactivity. I just hope they still end up meeting. I was excited about this fight.
I’m surprised that they aren’t making an interim title for each belt and having someone replace Charlo and have Tszyu fight someone else for the interim undisputed title
I appreciate Tszyu’s comments and respectful tone. It’s going to take months for Charlo to regain form, so Tszyu should continue staying active.
fake Charlo.
All pose no showz..
Fight Tony Harrison instead then Tim,he’s the only one who beat Charlo,then you can see what level your at !!