By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Undefeated WBO interim junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) annihilated IBF #11 rated Carlos “Chema” Ocampo (34-3, 22 KOs) in just 77 seconds on Sunday at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. Tszyu immediately hurt Ocampo, dropped him with a crushing right hand, and then spectacularly laid him out with a massive left hook that almost took off his head.
Immediately after the fight, “Tszyu stated, “I’ve got a question for everyone here. What’s my mother-f**king name?” He added, “I’ve got this interim belt, but I’m not satisfied. I want all four – and it’s not just the belts – I just want the name ‘Charlo’ on my resume.”
Big statement. Bring on Charlo. Certainly sets up a mouth watering fight now.
I planned to only watch a couple rounds since its getting late. Guess that wasnt needed.
I too stayed up late and was relieved of my sleep derivation by this spectacular knock out and the big call out. Sad to say it, but the Charlo’s careers are essentially over. I dare not say more. But, the world will find out sooner than later.
Always been a Tim Tszyu fan . Big big fan of father Tszyu. That being said I was really looking forward to seeing Ocampo to give him a good test. Was shocked on how Tim steamed rolled him. Going against Charlo, I see this a 50/50 fight and maybe even a 60/40 in Tszyu favor being his stay busy and confidence scales are through the roof.
As soon as those right hands landed Tszyu smelled blood and went for the KO.
My guess is Charlo vacates.
Tim’s major wins are against Harrison, who had been stopped 3 times previously and Ocampo, who Spence already thrashed in 1 round .. my guess is Charlo sticks around to show you who he is and what another Jeff Horn is.
Not seeing Tszyu as an easy out at all. Maybe Charlo beats him, but just as Charlo would be the best Tszyu has ever fought, Tszyu would be the best Charlo has fought as well. I’d make Charlo a slight favorite, but not by much at all.
Lifting the lid a little bit on your logic, Spence is a P4P, and Harrison had beaten Charlo. That’s all top shelf ain’t it not. And Tszyu is levels better than Horn, he will give Charlo a stern test should the fight get made.
Harrison didn’t really win that fight against Charlo.
Talking yourself into a corner.
Charlo is a snowflake and will give up his belts before fighting Tim Tszyu.
Charlo will fake another injury or find some other excuse not to fight Tim.
Come on Boom, don’t hate on Charlo because he is exercising the maximum profit for minimum risk playbook. I think he reinjured his everything tonight, postponing the fight until next year.
But didn’t Harrison beat Charlo?
Are you talking about the Charlo that needed to fight Harrison and Rosario twice to win one? The Charlo that was losing 69-64 to Jackson until he landed a miracle punch? The Charlo that couldn’t stop an ancient Austin Trout? The Charlo that picked up the WBA & IBF belts off of a journeyman in Rosario? The Charlo that has postponed meeting Tszyu twice?
Lubin and J-Rock have been exposed as PBC hype jobs.
If he beats Tszyu, fine. But if he’s going to be a champion, he needs to do his job and defend the title. I’ve had enough of these guys sitting on the can working the Gary Russell Jr. schedule of one fight every 14 months.
If they’re worried about potential brain injuries from being more active, either learn proper defense or pick a different line of work. It’s prizefighting, not baton twirling.
“Are you talking about the Charlo that needed to fight Harrison and Rosario twice to win one?”
Edit: Castano twice, not Rosario. It would be nice if this site would allow edits.
Back in the day, the premier authority of boxing was The Ring magazine headed by Nat Fleischer and dozens correspondence around world. The ratings were updated monthly. You don’t show activity and you are push down in the rating until you go out. There were no junior and super divisions. Just the original eight and their kings. That’s where I got my blog name from. No body sat around for 14 moths and held on to a title. If fact
Sugar Ray at one time defended his title about 18 times in 6 months, and Henry Armstrong did the same. Guys fought all over the world and globe trotters motto was “have gloves, will travel”.
Remember those days when boxing was a major sport-you just pointed out why it was!
Armstrong held 3 division titles at once. Feather, Lightweight and Welter and defended them. He had 23 fights in one year!!!
Fighting just to pay rent and expenses.. 23 fights in a year is nothing to aspire to… it’s a sign that you are fighting for peanuts and a guarantee that the fighter will develop punch drunk syndrome. Stop with the tired tripe about fighting twice a month, there is a reason those days are long over with and it’s not because fighters are lazy. There are financial and safely reasons why fighters are less active. Nothing wrong with being an active champion but 18-20+ defenses a year is absurd these days.
I am guessing you are a “expert”……….. Comedian!!
What are all the haters going to say now? I think Tim just became the favorite over Charlo. Jermell has never fought anyone with the physicality, doggedess and punching power of Tszyu. This kid is an animal.
i haven’t seen enough of tim to speak about his other skills, but he definitely showed a fast accurate right hand with good power in this fight.
Like I said before, Charlo will find a way NOT to fight Tim Tszyu…
Hate that what’s my name crap. His dad had much more class.
Yea I’m a huge fan of his, but agree, he needs to drop that. Looks and sounds tacky and classless. I was hoping after the Harrison victory he just got caught up in the emotions and wouldn’t do it again. Trust his corner counsels him against this in the future.
Directed at charlo for his Tim kazoo call out……..
Oh, I didn’t know that, makes a bit of sense now why he has let it fly twice I suppose. I thought it was something to do with moving out of his Dads shadow. But still, the profanities could be dropped in an attempt to win over the mainstream a bit. IMO anyway.
He says that because he’s tired of being referred to as Kostya’s son.
Aiming it to Charlo for his stupid ” Tim Gazoo” jibe,that’s all
Camacho jr, Chavez jr, Rahman jr, Mosley Jr all try and ride daddy’s coat tails. Not Tim. He’s legit
Cannot wait for Charlo
Tszyu is going to bash Charlo.
I have a feeling Charlo will move on to other plans at 160. I wonder what Conwell is thinking?
So, either Tszyu has brain damage and has forgotten his name and keeps asking people to tell him, or he wants to be known as Tim “Tim Tszyu” Tszyu.
Until he fights Charlo, I reserve my judgement about his world champion credentials.
It’s because of the Tim kazoo BS that Charlo pulled
Bateman you don’t have a clue,he was aiming that comment at Charlo for his stupid ” Tim Gazoo” comment
Charlos beat Tim tzuyu
Koztya tzuyu ko both Charlos together in the same night
Tszyu vs. Charles Conwell would be a war! Hopefully that’s next!!!
Tszyu tried to get Mendoza and even Fundora to fight but they all didnt want that smoke preferring a rematch instead.
I agree – charlo will dodge Tszyu – the fight won’t happen – only one person wants it charlo doesn’t want to know about him.
Charlo’s trash talk is an obvious sign he is concerned.
We all know US fighters are the best at avoiding the best competition (some Mexicans too like Clenelo) and Charlo is no exception..
You have to be more specific and not generalize. You meant PBC fighters andost of DAZN right?
No, he is talking about almost ALL North American boxing establishment fighters. They are the worst in this International sport at making the best fights.
I can only remember one set of eyes similiar to those of Tim after that knock down……… those of his Father when he smelt blood in the water !!!!!
Agreed Left hook – Kostya was an awesome finisher
Something that both his son’s need to learn…….. GGG another one ….. hurt them and hurt them again,not throw haymakers and hope they connect !!!
I would pick Charlo as favourite against Tim, but will be not an easy fight to him. The only issue for Charlo is a long rest from the competition due to injury
I think Tszyu is hungrier mad stronger than Charlo. He has a great chance at beating him.
Although it was quick work, he needs to work on his finishing shots by cleaning them up. There were a few exchanges, after he hurt Ocampo where he left the door wide open for some counters that Charlo would take advantage of.
Really? All over in 70 seconds and you think he needs to work on finishing. LoL. Casual
Not if Charlo was as hurt as Ocampo. I doubt Tim will go reckless like that against Charlo unless he gets him extremely hurt. Give the guy some credit will you?
Dominating performance by Tszyu. Kudos to him for staying active. So refreshing to see, while both Charlo brothers continue to be loud mouth, inactive, street talking posers.
Surprises me that I’ve seen a handful of Mexicans lately look like novices..even video hitting the pads I said this guy sucks …he threw punches like a girl at boxing aerobic class ..I understand he’s had a few fights of him being semi competitive with good names but he looked like garbage ..the result will not have any affect the mindset of a real fighter..this kid will open himself up like Zab did against his father and Charlo will knock him out early ..I don’t think this result was good for tszyu..overconfident for doing nothing ..styles make fights and Charlo will outclass him
Charlo is no Ocampo, everybody relax. Either the inactivity will hurt Charlo or it will help him. He’s beaten some very good junior middleweights at a high level for a long time, regardless of who you think is a journey men or a hype job. I would put Ocampo into the journey men category and he will never win a world title. Junior Middle is arguably the best division in boxing alongside Welterweight.
I’ll tell you what; Tszyu better not not be sloppy with wide punches and chin in the air against Charlo, or he’ll end up twitching on the canvas like Lubin. If light hitting Terell Gausha can drop him, Lord Have Mercy. Charlo gains nothing by beaten Tszyu and honestly should move up to Middlweight and make that division popular, as his brother should move to Super Middleweight.
total punk! who has he fought? will get exposed when he fights real opposition.
Quick nite for Tim, good for him in staying busy. Ocampo is not Charlo.
I would like Tim to end Charlo reign, I am choosing Tim over Charlo in a competitive fight.
charlo has beaten more dangerous opponents, before a fight with charlo lets see tim fight Brian Carlos Castano and lets see how well he fairs well with him before he steps in the ring with charlo?
wow Tszyu made some quick work of Ocampo didnt expect that but he did hit him with some clean shots
Holy smokes!! Bring on Charlo!!
Interesting thought. Tszyu against GGG at 160.What fun !
A lot of Aussies on here falling for the hype. He just beat Carlos Ocampo. Slow your roll.
He was on the juice. They gave it to him to help him recover from the dog bite.
Charlo has unified the division. TRUE. But nobody heard of him until Tszyu made noise in the division. He ain’t a Canelo he ain’t a Crawford. Tim Tszyu will destroy Charlo inside 5 rounds.
An impressive knockout for sure. But not a real test for Tsyu as he was hardly challenged. That’s good and bad. Charlo is a much much more skilled fighter who would be a lot more difficult opponent. He’s not going to just stand in front of you like Campos did. That’s why the fight is intriguing. I think Tsyu might be a little too impressed with his performance.
Tszyu is impressive for how he is handling his career. When a boxer lands the #1 spot they typically stop fighting because they dont want to risk losing. If they do fight its normally against fighters who the have little to no change of losing to. In fact I only know one mandatory who kept fighting (DW), but thats more because he wast able to lock in that fight. If Tszyu wins the title do you think he will continue to be as active?
I hope he keeps going at the same pace – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. He looks like he thrives on fighting often
only got to watch the full highlights. that first one-two…what a shot!
Things should get very interesting once Spence and Crawford move up to 154.
I forgot that there were these guys with the last name Charlo. The old legends say that on occasion they fight. More often than not you will see a sighting of a young lion, but they tend to just preen and roar, very little fighting.
I think Tim could beat both Charles .
If Tszyu would stop acting like a foul mouth no class fool. I could be a fan. We are sitting watching the fight with our whole family there, kids included. Is that necessary?
I whole heartily agree! I don’t think his Dad acted like that. Like you it’s harder to root for him after that display. Sadly that king of language and other lewd behaviors are signs of our moral deterioration. Keep trying to guide your kids and family.
Agreed, it was totally unnecessary. It add nothing to him to be dropping F bombs.
It’s not high school boxing, when Charlo attacked his family name by calling him Tim Kazoo, it was clear why he said what’s my mother huckin name. Maybe Tim should have said germ char-hoe ?.
That doesn’t justify dropping open ‘F” bombs if folks happen to have their children present or watching at home. Low-class behavior.
The proposed September showdown between Charlo vs Tszyu just got more interesting. At first, I had Charlo winning. Since the hand injury, Tszyu has remained busy and got sharper. Charlo has to come back and face this man with no tune-ups. Maybe it’s a 50/50 fight now. 2023 is a great year for boxing. Can’t wait to see this one.