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From Frankies mouth on Radio 5 just now, the fight is on for early June, just the time of the fight needs to be negotiated.

In the very next sports news item they confirmed the Howard Eastman benefit evening for Febuary in LA.

Things hopefully looking up....

I've already booked myself a week off work that week.

Got get him Ricky.

I am part of the Kosta mailing list and i got this email from the Tyszu crew yesterday: NOTE THE LAST PART

Dear Tszyu Crew,

I am very pleased to be able to tell you today that I have decided to face Ricky Hatton in my next fight, which will be held in Manchester, England at 4am in the early hours of Sunday morning 5th June 2005. The fight will be shown live around the world in many countries including the USA on Showtime and in Australia and Russia.

I am looking forward to this match and I am very excited. If you look at my website now you will see the results of the poll where I asked you, who I should fight next. Your first choice was undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks, but we know that it is very hard to make this fight happen at this stage. Your second choice was Ricky Hatton. I looked at the demand for this fight from the Tszyu Crew and we made it happen. It is an exciting time for me again. I made the decision to not step aside and still continue to do what I do best.

I always take one fight at a time. I don’t know when I will retire. If another big challenge comes onto my horizon, I am going to say, ‘let’s do the job’. I am living a healthy life. I have a great family and great friends around me. Before Christmas, I spent time in Moscow and it was so pleasing to see the Tszyu Crew there. You can see the photos in my website gallery and there are so many smiling faces. The most important thing I find now in life is that you have to be happy no matter what you do. That’s why I said, when they asked me to fight in March, it is not going to happen, because I would have to train through Christmas.

This fight with the undefeated Ricky Hatton will be my first contest in England. It will be very interesting. With Sharmba it was unfinished business, which needed to be finished. With Ricky it is a big challenge in front of me. He is a new guy. He is younger. He is nine years younger than me. It is a big difference. But I do believe that the way I am going to train, no one trains like this. That is going to be a big factor.

I am going to be very busy from now till the start of my training camp at the beginning of March. I am working on a new exercise book and DVD package and will also be making some public appearances around Australia. This coming Wednesday 12th January 2005, I will be at the Sportsco Bankstown Store in NSW, Australia between 1pm and 2pm. If you are close by, please stop in to say hello.

As I am writing this message to you on Monday evening here in Sydney, I am reading on the Internet a newspaper report in the UK stating that allegedly is not happy that I have announced the fight with Ricky. All I can say in response is that we have done a deal. If allegedly wants to change it, then the fight is off and we'll start again. But you all know that I have never let talk such as this worry me.

Remember the Tszyu Crew rules always!

When do they talk boxing on radio 5? Do they still have a weekly boxing show?

all the hatton forum voted for hatton,m i dont think any oz fans did. ps i voted for witter in that poll :P

what does this fornicating "allegedly" mean? something like "your royal highness" ?

BubiScholz wrote:what does this fornicating "allegedly" mean? something like "your royal highness" ?

Vorgeblich

REAL_DEAL wrote:all the hatton forum voted for hatton,m i dont think any oz fans did. ps i voted for witter in that poll :P

Me too.

Man I don't know too much about Zoo but have you seen the babes that come to see him, there on his gallery on his site.

http://www.kostyatszyu.com/Gallery.asp? ... 2005-01-12

Theres more on the other sections of the gallery.

Bolton?! They're right, it would be a surreal sight. Both boxers would be coming to the ring just as the sun is rising at that time of the year..

secondsout -
The MEN Arena in Manchester has been a fortress for 'the Hitman' over the last four years, with 11 of his last 14 bouts taking place in front of his adoring Sky Blue fans.
However, according to sources the June 4 IBF junior welterweight title fight with Aussie champ Tszyu may take place in nearby Bolton, at Bolton Football Club's Reebok Stadium.

Tszyu v Hatton will be the biggest boxing match in the UK for many years and despite the 4am starting time, the Sports Network promoted card could well do in excess of the 20,000 capacity that the MEN holds.
If the fight does go ahead in the open-air, it will make for a surreal experience to have a world title fight begin a few minutes before dawn.

Christ, that could be some atmosphere all right. The only thing is, Bolton would be fornicating freezing at 4 in the morning, summer or no summer.

I'm getting a ticket for this one, wonder how much they're going to be, not cheap I dare say.

Surely Manchester City's ground would be more suitable??

chado wrote:Surely Manchester City's ground would be more suitable??

Just read its booked on that day for a ladies football match!!!!!! bet that will be a sellout..............not

It's sad that people are still talking about a fight that won't happen.

Give over will you.

lirva33 wrote:It's sad that people are still talking about a fight that won't happen.

jesus a month away and you are stil living in denial. be a man and accept you were wrong.
oh yeah and start saving to pay dont call it a comeback.
500 quid down good start to the year
James ill be going son, talk bout arranging stuff when i see ya.

J wrote:

lirva33 wrote:It's sad that people are still talking about a fight that won't happen.

500 quid down good start to the year

good chap!

livra a fan, or course hes going to bet the fight wont happen. that means the fight will happen now. livra a great boxing fan

I'll be going...

Not sure I fancy Bolton much to be honest!