Jermell Charlo vs. Tim Tszyu | Showtime - Postponed

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How are we all seeing this fight now?

What was Jermell’s thoughts in the studio after the fight?

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Tim Tszyu Pushing For July Date With Jermell Charlo, in Las Vegas

Glenn Jennings, the manager for undefeated junior middleweight Tim Tszyu, is pushing to finalize the fight with undisputed world champion Jermell Charlo for a July date in Las Vegas.

This past weekend, Tszyu picked up the biggest win of his career with a ninth round knockout of former WBC world champion Tony Harrison.

The date was originally set for Tszyu to challenger Charlo, but their contest was postponed when the champion suffered a hand injury.

Now the month of July is the target for Charlo-Tszyu.

“In a perfect world, we go in July,” Jennings said to Fox Sports. “We already know Tim isn’t carrying injuries from the win over Tony, which is wonderful. So we’ll do an assessment before he disappears on holiday but I’m thinking early to mid July would be ideal.

“Obviously we’re bound by Charlo’s recovery, but I do understand he’s back in the gym so there is every chance the fight is going to be earlier than everyone initially expected. And I know given what happened tonight, Tim and Igor (coach Goloubev) will want to keep rolling.”

Jennings believes the fight between Tszyu and Charlo is bigger and more credible than ever - after Tszyu's stoppage of Harrison, who is still the only man to hold a win over Charlo.

“After disposing of Harrison like he did, Tim now has to be considered among the elites. Up there with the top one cent. Tony Harrison, he was Tim’s ticket to credibility. This is the guy who beat Jermell Charlo. So now we go and fight Charlo ourselves. He has to answer to Tim just like Tony Harrison did. And Tim will win that fight. Prove he’s the best in the world in his division, bar none.

“So we ain’t afraid of anyone. Because there are now 22 fighters who’ve said Tim isn’t up to it. Said Tim is lower level, that he is nothing like his father. There have also been 22 silenced. And while Tim has some things like his father, he is still very much his own fighter. `He’s developed a style that is Tim Tszyu, not Kostya Tszyu.”

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Jermell Charlo Offers Positive Injury Update, Looks to Fight Tszyu 'By the End of the Summer'

Jermell Charlo still hasn’t been able to hit the heavybag, but he’s confident his injured hand, once recovered, will be sturdier than ever.

The undisputed junior middleweight champion from Houston, Texas, offered an encouraging assessment of his broken hand, which required him to swaddle it in a cast for nearly two months.

The injury, which occurred in December, led to the postponement of a scheduled fight with mandatory challenger Tim Tszyu on Jan. 28 in Las Vegas. Instead of waiting for Charlo, Tszyu, 28, pivoted to a fight with Tony Harrison, whom he wound up stopping in nine rounds earlier this month at Qudos Bank Arena in Tszyu’s hometown of Sydney, Australia. Harrison defeated Charlo controversially in their title match in 2018.

Charlo, who said he broke his hand during a sparring session, said he plans to be patient during the rehab process so that the same issue for his hand does not crop up later on, especially during a fight.

“The hand is going [well],” Charlo told Brian Custer on The Last Stand Podcast. “I just doing everything I can with rehab. I haven’t been able to [train]. I have not punched yet. When you break two bones in one hand, it takes a lot to [recover]. The hand is real delicate. These are my moneymakers. It’s gonna be stronger than what it was before. I’m doing a lot of exercises and work to make sure I’m stable. I don’t want to get in there and shatter a hand during a fight or place myself in a position where I gotta have [another] issue.

“I was in a cast for about six, seven weeks,” Charlo continued. “I remember going back and they put me back in the cast but finally I was able to get out of the cast and doing rehab, putting the weight back on. Still to this very day, taking time out. … I’m working. I got some time, but I’ll be back.

Asked when he thinks a fight with Tszyu will materialize, Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) suggested either July or August.

“By the end of the summer or something,” Charlo said. “Hopefully … the middle of this year, it could be August, it could be July, it could be whenever.”

[Les Norton]

Everybody talks about Charlo like he is some sort of killer?
The man has a KO ratio of about 52%?
Yeah, real badass this one.
Tzsyu, Crawford, Munguia, GGG, Spence all put this dude away.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Everybody talks about Charlo like he is some sort of killer?
The man has a KO ratio of about 52%?
Yeah, real badass this one.
Tzsyu, Crawford, Munguia, GGG, Spence all put this dude away.

Yeh, he only started KO'ng more opponents around the time he won his world title.

Before his world title win,

he was 27-0-0 (12 KOs)
he is 8-1-1 (6 KOs) since that win.

Usually, boxers start their career with lots of KO's and then slow down as their opposition become better,

[KiwiRider]

Everybody talks about Charlo like he is some sort of killer?
The man has a KO ratio of about 52%?
Yeah, real badass this one.
Tzsyu, Crawford, Munguia, GGG, Spence all put this dude away.

Yeh, he only started KO'ng more opponents around the time he won his world title.

Before his world title win,

he was 27-0-0 (12 KOs)
he is 8-1-1 (6 KOs) since that win.

Usually, boxers start their career with lots of KO's and then slow down as their opposition become better,

You saying Charlo upped his eggs, sorry, dietitian once he became champ?

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Tim Tszyu Plans To Fight By June, Says Charlo Fight is Delayed To August/September

According to top junior middleweight Tim Tszyu, there is a further delay to his mandatory fight with undisputed world champion Jermell Charlo.

Tszyu saw action last month, when he picked up a ninth round knockout of former world champion Tony Harrison.

He was initially scheduled to face Charlo, but their fight was delayed when the champion sustained a hand injury in training.

Their bout was going to land on a date in July, but it now appears to be heading to a date in the fall, as Charlo is apparently still dealing with the injury.

Because of the injury situation, Tszyu will continue to stay busy with a fight by “early June.”

And the fight with Charlo would take place “at the end of August, early September."

“Oh, for sure [I'm frustrated]. The bloke hasn’t fought for 12 months. How long can you keep postponing a fight?,” Tszyu explained to Nick Walshaw of Fox Sports. “I’m not sure [how bad his injury is]. But the medical reports say [that he should be healed]. All I can do is focus on myself.

“I think he understands this isn’t an easy fight for him. And so he wants to be 120 percent ready. I think before he was taking me lightly. Saying he was going to beat me with one hand. That he was ready to fight with one hand. Now he knows though. So he’s taking his time. He will try and postpone it for as long as he can.

“Somebody that is going to give me a challenge. I want to keep improving and have that attitude of fear no one, fight anyone. For me, the main factor is growth. Staying active, getting another style in front of me and being able to adapt to anyone.”

[gregregegg]

Insane taking a live fight in June or July when you have undisputed in august/September…

If he wants to stay busy this is when you wheel out zerapha or Ben Mahoney.

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WBO have ordered the fight to take place by September 30.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Man I am more pumped for this..

How is Charlo still holding the other belts??

Look what happened to JT.

Same should be the case for Jermell.

[Redback Rasta]

Mid September is looking like the date

Tszyu's manager Glen Jennings says Tim plans on spending 8 weeks in Las Vegas before fighting Charlo for all the titles in around the middle of October.

Although the WBO has put a September 30th deadline in place, it is understood there is some room for negotiation provided both camps agree.

[KiwiRider]

Man I am more pumped for this..

How is Charlo still holding the other belts??

Look what happened to JT.

Same should be the case for Jermell.

True.
And at first you think "money talks" is the reason for deference in favour of Charlo. But when Taylor fights at home, the % back to the orgs would be higher than Charlo is doing in the USA.

[SendoTakeshi]

All in all the Charlo brothers are out of the ring for over three years without a single title defence or losing any title.
So much for "future of boxing" wasting their prime like that.

[Redback Rasta]

All in all the Charlo brothers are out of the ring for over three years without a single title defence or losing any title.
So much for "future of boxing" wasting their prime like that.

Hopefully it will lead to both their undoing.

[Redback Rasta]

Tszyu's manager Glen Jennings says the fight is organised - will take place in the US - and is now only an announcement away.

[apollo creed]

Canelo got in the PBC's stable, so I doubt Mell is willing to risk his status. At worst he'd vacate that wbo strap. Mell is a big dude and he would fit very well at 168 if Canelo calls him out.

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Jermell is fighting Canelo.

[Redback Rasta]

Well, it became more and more obvious Jermell didn't want to fight Tszyu but I don't think anyone saw that coming.

[margaret thatcher]

Tszyu's manager Glen Jennings says the fight is organised - will take place in the US - and is now only an announcement away.

okay then glen

[Redback Rasta]

Tszyu's manager Glen Jennings says the fight is organised - will take place in the US - and is now only an announcement away.

okay then glen

Jennings could only go on what he was hearing and we don't know how new a development this switch of Charlos for the Canelo fight is. I hardly think Jennings was intentionally misleading us. What did he have to gain?

[Redback Rasta]

The big question now is whether the WBO will elevate Tim Tszyu from Interim Champion to World Champion?

It won't be the way Tszyu wanted to gain the title though. He wanted Charlo and he wanted him bad.

[margaret thatcher]

Tszyu's manager Glen Jennings says the fight is organised - will take place in the US - and is now only an announcement away.

okay then glen

Jennings could only go on what he was hearing and we don't know how new a development this switch of Charlos for the Canelo fight is. I hardly think Jennings was intentionally misleading us. What did he have to gain?

well if he didnt have the fight signed then it was far from only an announcement away, turns out he was as in the dark as the randos like you and me on this forum

[Evander]

That rumour worked out well eh.
4000 posts on 6 pages and Canelo kicks it off with Charlo in the end.

[Les Norton]

Good business move by Charlo here.
He was getting knocked up by Tszyu anyway, at least this way he can get a mega payday while getting knocked out.
We will get a huge payday and after he regains consciousness he will save face by saying Canelo was too big, came in extra heavy after the weigh in etc… that he’s all time great etc…
He fights Tszyu, gets a fraction of the purse, gets knocked and is humiliated.
Sensible move

[Brute]

It was Charlo's decision to try to jump two divisions to fight Canelo. That will be a hard ask.

Canelo has only lost two fights, one against Mayweather at Super Welter. Floyd still has not lost a fight and the other at Light Heavyweight against Bivol, also an unbeaten fighter.