Fights this Week

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Lots of competitive bouts on this week. These are the main fights I'm looking forward to:

Tsendbaatar Erdenebat vs Frency Fortunato Saya
Juan Javier Carrasco vs Zaur Abdullaev
William Scull vs Vladimir Shishkin
Bakhram Murtazaliev vs Tim Tszyu

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Would love to see Tszyu win and rematch Fundora. Believe it's Saturday nite in OZ.

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WBO to allow Fundora voluntary defense

The WBO Championship Committee has authorized WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora to proceed with a voluntary title defense of his WBO belt against any of the active top-15 world-rated WBO 154lb contenders. The winner must face Terence Crawford immediately thereafter within 180 days after the voluntary bout. Failure to comply with this condition will result in the Committee declaring the WBO jr. middleweight championship “vacant.”

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Murtazaliev: Tim Tszyu won’t run

IBF super welterweight world champion Bakhram Murtazaliev has declared his intention to meet former world champion Tim Tszyu in the center of the ring when they square off in the main event on Prime Video action this Saturday from the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.

“The best part of fighting Tim Tszyu is that he won’t run,” said Murtazaliev. “He is coming to fight. I love fighting in the center of the ring. It’s going to be a great fight for the fans to watch on Saturday night.”

Murtazaliev’s lead trainer Roma Kalantaryan reiterated his fighter’s desire to contest this matchup in the center of the ring and expressed his belief Murtazaliev will end the night with his hand raised.

“We had a great eight-week training camp, Bakhram is 100% ready to defend his titles and I believe he’ll be victorious,” said Kalantaryan, who trained Murtazaliev in Oxnard, California for this fight. “Tszyu is a good fighter, a tough kid who knows how to box and he does not get tired. We have fought that type of fighter many times before and we’re prepared for anything he brings. We have the advantage on reach, height and I think power as well. There are going to be two pressure fighters in that ring on October 19.”

The undefeated Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs) earned his world title in his last outing as he traveled to his opponent’s home turf in Germany and scored an 11th-round knockout over Jack Culcay. Now he steps into his biggest U.S. fight to date, looking to quiet Tszyu and increase his standing with a high-profile world title defense.

“I’m looking forward to fighting Tim Tszyu because he talks a lot and he has a famous name in boxing,” said Murtazaliev. “It really doesn’t matter who I fight, my mentality is always the same and I will fight whoever they put in front of me. I’m just excited to defend my title.”

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Tszyu-Murtazaliev Final Press Conference

Popular former world champion Tim Tszyu and current IBF super welterweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev went face to face on Thursday at the final press conference before they headline on Amazon Prime Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Bakhram Murtazaliev: “I’m not interested in going back and forth with Tim, I’m just ready for Saturday and ready to give everyone a great fight. It was a dream come true to become a champion and now I’m just looking forward to this fight Saturday night. I’m not looking past Tim, but my goal is to unify the titles after this bout. I’ve never ran from any fighter. Everyone knows where to find me. We don’t have to wait much longer now. To me I don’t care if anyone is overlooking me. All the talking will end Saturday night. That’s all we’re concentrating on.”

Tim Tszyu: “This is not just an ordinary fight, this is a vengeance fight. This is my comeback…I believe that I am the man at 154-pounds. I just need the time to prove it. I’m taking these guys out one by one. I want all the monsters. They don’t frighten me.

“I’ve always wanted the biggest and toughest challenges out there. Taking this fight was a no-brainer. I’ve been hunting him down for quite some time. I guess he wanted to keep taking step-aside money instead of facing me so he could hold onto his mandatory position.

“When we step into the ring, it’s going to be different than what he thinks. Everything gets answered on Saturday night. The bogeyman is back. I never left. I went to hell and back in my last fight, but now it’s my vengeance. That’s the statement I’m making…the last name Tszyu will live on as the greatest boxing family that ever lived.”