10-10-2023, 04:50 PM
Looking forward to this one. This Sunday. I'll check and see if it's on Sky.
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Tszyu/Mendosa. Sunday.
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10-10-2023, 04:52 PM
10-10-2023, 04:57 PM
Tim Tszyu v Brian Mendoza: American says Australian will struggle to cope with his power in Gold Coast fight
Openly conceding to having a huge chip on his shoulder, Brian Mendoza is promising to shatter Tim Tszyu's world-title dreams with a brutal display of sustained firepower. Key points: Tim Tszyu and Brian Mendoza will fight on Sunday, with Tszyu's super-welterweight belt on the line Mendoza said that losing two fights in his career had been fuelling the fire to take Tszyu down The action gets underway from 11am on Sunday, with ABC Sport live blogging from the Gold Coast Mendoza (22-2, 16KOs) is convinced Tszyu (23-0, 17KOs) won't be able to cope with his relentless counter-punching when Australian boxing's son of a gun puts his WBO super-welterweight belt on the line on the Gold Coast on Sunday. The 29-year-old American is riding high after recording a thunderous against-the-odds knockout win over Sebastian Fundora to claim the WBC super-welterweight strap. "Once he gets you — and he's a finisher and everything — but I think just based off the facts I have more explosive shots," Mendoza said after a workout in Sydney on Monday. "The thing about me is I have power, but I'm not just a power puncher. I don't go in there trying to look for one shot. I'll hurt you for 12 rounds. "I do look for the knockout. I do want to put on a big show. That's why I even got called here to this country in the first place for this title fight. "But I'm in there to put punishment on you for 12 rounds — however long the fight needs to go for me to get that victory." While he fully respects Tszyu, Mendoza says the bitter aftertaste of two defeats in 2019 and 2021 are fuelling his bid to end the Sydney slayer's undefeated career. "I have a bigger chip on my shoulder. I have more to prove each time out," he said. "I always hated to say that, but it is something I needed to go through, something I had to experience, because before you feel that taste of defeat, it's something impossible. It's unfathomable. You really don't think it's possible and then it kind of crushes in reality. "So when — if — you can make it through the ups and downs of that roller coaster, there's a lot to come out through on top of that. "And I just really, really had to dig it out, so that hunger is really what makes a difference here." The WBC's refusal to strip undisputed king Jermell Charlo of his belt despite the American reneging on his deal to fight Tszyu has denied Tszyu the chance to follow in his father Kostya's footsteps by unifying the division with victory over Mendoza. Mendoza had to vacate his interim title to face Tszyu for WBO honours only, but has no regrets. "It's crazy how the world turns. When I was a kid, like a young kid, I wasn't even too interested in boxing," Mendoza said. "My dad was a huge fight fan and we would always go to fight parties and watch the fights and stuff, and we used to watch Kostya's world title fights and everything. Really entertaining. "Now we flew across the world to fight his son for a world title. Just crazy."
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10-14-2023, 10:37 AM
Tszyu-Mendoza Final Press Conference
Undefeated WBO junior middleweight world champion Tim Tszyu and top contender Brian Mendoza shared the stage during the final press conference before they share the ring headlining action live on Showtime on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) from the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. Tim Tszyu: “I’m zoned in. There’s no love at all whatsoever (between me and Mendoza). And that’s what happens with each one of my opponents when I face them. Every little thing frustrates me about them. And I just have one thing on my mind and that’s victory by any means…I’m 23-0 for a reason. No one’s figured out the puzzle. For him he’s on the rise, he’s on a roll. But 23 – numbers don’t lie. I’m not looking for just one world title. I’m looking for all four. This is because of one man’s bitchiness. But I want all four. I’m in the present moment right now. I’m not thinking about that other bloke. Don’t blink.” Brian Mendoza: “I’ve made my own real-life Rocky story. I didn’t mean to start it that way when I started my career but you have ups and downs in life and this is what it is. I clawed my way back from obscurity and now at this point I’m chasing greatness and I want this belt. It will change my life, my family’s life and everybody around me so that’s what I’ll be fighting for in the ring…I don’t care (how he feels about me). He still has to see me in the ring. It is what it is. Love me or hate me I’m here to win and to get the job done.”
10-15-2023, 11:12 AM
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