By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
WBO #2, IBF #4, WBA #8, WBC #10 light middleweight Tim Tszyu (17-0, 13 KOs) scored a quick first round knockout over IBF #15 welterweight Bowyn Morgan (21-2, 11 KOs) on Wednesday night at the BankWest Stadium in Parramatta, NSW, Australia. Tszyu dropped Morgan with a barrage of shots midway through the round. Morgan beat the count, only to be flattened by a massive Tszyu right hand. Time was 1:54. “I only want one thing, a world title, here in Australia,” said Tszyu afterward.
Former rugby star-turned heavyweight boxer Paul Gallen (10-0-1, 5 KOs) won a six round unanimous decision over ex-UFC fighter Mark Hunt (0-2-1). Scores 58-56, 58-56, 59-55.
Let’s not be too hard on Tim about his opponent. He fights who is in front of him and it’s not easy to get good contenders down to Australia with our borders closed / 2 week hotel isolation. Tszyu isn’t quite at the point in his career where he can say ‘no way not fighting that guy’
Bowyn was much smaller and less skilled but Tim did blow him away very quickly.
Pretty entertaining slug feat between Hunt and Gallen – much closer than the scorecards suggested. Props to Gallen for surviving a few absolute bombs from Hunt – most would’ve fallen! Hunt was fat and slow but man he can still KO you with one punch.
Good to see some boxing in Aus, with crowds !
Sure there are plenty of Jr. Mid willing to go to Aus for a shot at Tszyu. Fighters in the US need to get tested and quarantine in a bubble also. If he wants to fight Welterweights then he needs to go down in weight. He beat Jeff Horn and should be done with these gross mismatches. He’s talking about a world title then its Time to step
Actually only returning Australians can get into the country at the moment – that’s why we have virtually no virus and allowed to have live boxing shows. And any returning Australian’s go straight into 14 day hotel quarantine that is supervised by security – you can’t leave. So even if Australia did let a foreign fighter in – tell me how it would be fair to have 2 week hotel quarantine without your trainer, training and dieting in a hotel room ? While your opponent is in the gym working hard with their team. Tim might have to keep taking these fights for now.
And Zerafa ? He lost in his last fight to Horn, whereas Tszyu smashed Horn – so where is the match up there ?
Forget that. I’m going to be extremely harsh on him haha.He’s not the only guy fighting on a different continent in combat sports. We’re growing tired of these mismatches.
Tim Tszyu needs to step up and fight some one at his weight class instead of fighting smaller lower weight fighters. He is talented but fighting turds will only lead you to shit. Zarafa has to be the next fight Tim takes.
Tszyu looks so much like his dad and has the power punches also. Like Roy said, he needs to step up the competition a little to see where he really is at, but for now, in my opinion, he’s looking really good.
Tszyu is on his way to a 2021 world title fight.
I have no doubt that Tim Tszyu will follow in his father’s footsteps. However there is a big elephant in the room at a very similar weight – Edgar Berlanga, who is an absolute monster, having knocked out every one of his 16 opponents in the first round.
It would be most interesting to see Tszyu and Berlanga fight, but I fear that Berlanga’s power will overwhelm Tszyu. But who knows?
Berlanga is 168 and soon 175. Tszyu is a 154 fighter. Sebastian Fundora could be the guy to test Tim.
Berlanga is super middleweight and Tszyu super welter. Different weights.
I believe the enthusiasm about Tim Tszyu is blinding many people in Australia. He is not ready to enter the world of the real top guys at 154. Jessie Vargas or Sebastian Fundora could serve as a good measuring sticks to test him, before throw Tszyu in the lion’s den.
It did look like Morgan took a dive, he did make it look good though. Wasnt just knocked down, it looked like he was shot down
Tszyu needs to stop fighting home depot workers to see if hes legit or not and why the hell is Mark Hunt even allowed to fight hes a warrior but at 46 years old and his last boxing fight was 20 years ago the dude has had 43 Kickboxing fights mainly K1 then another 29 MMA fights most on the big stage because of his power and durability but he just needs to retire respect the warrior in him though
Gallen got $400k (Australian) Hunt got paid more……. that’s why Hunts fighting. Not like he’s about to retire and become a CEO of a major company anytime soon.
Tszyu will have been paid more than both of em. So he won’t be coming to the US and risking covid and fighting in a crowd less bubble anytime soon. Hopefully once the borders are opened to international travel he can get some decent opponents down here.
Tszyu in another mismatch…hmmmm okay. Wow, Mark Hunt was extremely fed up with UFC. I had no idea he turned to professional boxing. Unfortunately, his one-punch knockout power with 4 oz gloves isn’t translating using 16 oz gloves.
I think the same as many on here.Tim needs to up the calibre of opponents before he tries for a title.He really hasn’t been hard tested yet with Horn and Morgan both ending up totally lacking …….. no hurry son,climb the ladder against some decent opposition and then be the man they fear ….
It’s like the Alabama Crimson Tide beating a severely overmatched Podunk Tech from UnderTheRock, North Dakota, then claiming this proves they are ready for the championship. Tszyu not yet ready for prime time, not championship caliber. No class. No humility. First round blowouts of bloggers, software goobers, and cake decorators means nothing.
Yo don’t worry bout tszyu atm but bring on KAMBOSOS vs T. LOPEZ 2021. Now that’s a way more interesting fight I’d watch before a next tszyu bout. But here’s the thing; tszyu keeps winning no matter who’s in front of him. Props to that no doubt. So give him what he wants. We may yet see him lose that title bout…..