tim tszyu

[margaret thatcher]

Ya, sure, Jeff can play the A side diva to cover up his lack of confidence. Hoorah!! Great job Jeff, as fans we love it!

[Grant]

I sincerely hope this is Jeff's last fight. He takes too many head punches for my liking.
He deserves to set himself up for the rest of his life now and enjoy his Kids. Don't stay to long

[ninetypercent]

Agree

[Beltane]

The Telegraph reports:

Tim Tszyu has vowed to punish a “greedy, arrogant” Jeff Horn after conceding to key demands to finally agree to fight the former world champion...

...Tszyu and Horn will officially sign contracts within 24 hours to fight on either April 18 or 22, with a press conference scheduled in Sydney next Wednesday.

At the start of negotiations, Tszyu wanted a 50-50 split in the purse and 12 rounds, but Horn has won the battle before the war by getting a 60-40 split in his favour and a shorter 10-round bout he’d asked for.

And with Brisbane firming as the likely venue, Horn could also have home advantage, having never lost a fight in his city...

Agree with the folk above that the "little aussie bleeder", Horn should take the money and ride off into the sunset as Tim is on ascent and Horn is on the descent boxing wise.

[convict]

Tszyu in 2!

[australiahere]

no fight update's on boxrec as yet

[convict]

So team Horn still cant make up there mind with a suitable venue already cancelling Sydney out because they don't want Tszyu to have a home crowd.
They should hold it in Melbourne, its a neutral venue and sporting capital of Aus so they wouldn't have issues selling tickets.

[australiahere]

WHEN IS THIS FIGHT HAPPENING ??

[Beltane]

Scheduled for 22 April and Horn's promoters are still negotiating with the various state governments for a venue on that date with the outcome still a couple of weeks away.

Plus Horn's promoters added that the date may change if they can get a better deal from any of the state governments bidding to host the event.

What a shambles and another example that money doesn't speak, but swears!

[australiahere]

WHEN IS THIS FIGHT HAPPENING ??

WHEN IS IT HAPPENING ??

[australiahere]

Scheduled for 22 April and Horn's promoters are still negotiating with the various state governments for a venue on that date with the outcome still a couple of weeks away.

Plus Horn's promoters added that the date may change if they can get a better deal from any of the state governments bidding to host the event.

What a shambles and another example that money doesn't speak, but swears!

WHEN IS IT HAPPENING !!

[Beltane]

It ain't!

The highly anticipated Jeff Horn-Tim Tszyu boxing showdown has been scrapped after a wild backflip from promoters on Tuesday, 17 March.

The event's promoters announced on Tuesday morning the Townsville brawl has officially been postponed after officials consulted with the advice of medical experts to scrap the planned April 22 fight in response to the coronavirus spread.

[australiahere]

so it's off hey, what a load off bs

[buster007]

BS?

why is that?

everything else has been cancelled, i don't know how you expected this would be any different.

[australiahere]

BS?

why is that?

everything else has been cancelled, i don't know how you expected this would be any different.

everyone waited for that long just too hear it's been cancelled

[buster007]

oh, big deal, lol.

[australiahere]

when the top 2 in australia aren't even going too fight, what has Australia got when it come's too boxing

[margaret thatcher]

No one has anything at the moment, it's just the way it is with the virus, in the long run it's the best thing

[australiahere]

No one has anything at the moment, it's just the way it is with the virus, in the long run it's the best thing

sound's like their taking the virus seriously, fair enough, let's hope for a vaccine asap

[Beltane]

At last an update in the Daily Tele:

TSZYU V HORN IN TOWNSVILLE MEGA FIGHT

Promoters have finally set a date for the biggest showdown in Australian ­boxing since the original ­Anthony Mundine v Danny Green fight in 2008.

Former world champion Jeff Horn will fight Tim Tszyu on August 26, a Wednesday night, at the new Townsville Stadium in front of an ­anticipated 15,000 fans and a massive Main Event audience.

The fight was originally scheduled for April 22 but was abandoned because of COVID-19.

Fox Sports will cover the fight and have already begun shooting promotional footage of the boxers in their gyms.

It’s a massive fight for both fighters for crucial reasons. Tszyu — the son of Kostya — has to win to make it into the US, where his father was so well known, to get a crack at a world title.

Horn’s career is on the line. He beat Michael Zerafa impressively in December, but may be forced into retirement if he loses to Tszyu in August.