Vanquished ex-world champion Tim Tszyu insists he is nonetheless an “worldwide fighter” and has dismissed a showdown with Australian arch-rival Michael Zerafa.
Tszyu suffered an unsightly, one-sided defeat in his October IBF super-welterweight conflict with Bakhram Murtazaliev in Florida, his camp falling by the wayside within the third spherical.
Chechen Murtazaliev floored Tszyu 3 times within the second spherical alone with some ferocious punching to depart his profession in limbo.
However the Sydneysider, who is about to marry subsequent week, mentioned he supposed to climb again within the ring to chase one other belt.
“I nonetheless really feel like I belong on the high stage,” Tszyu mentioned on Thursday.
“The loss was to a world champion, somebody that is not a ‘bum’.
“I believe the expectation is that individuals simply suppose that due to my performances and what I’ve finished, that I am supposed to simply annihilate everybody.
“However if you tackle the very, highest within the divisions, you are going to count on to get hit and truthfully, it was only one shot.
“I believe it was a left hook or one thing like that however I assume I did not see it coming and I simply by no means actually recovered.”
Tszyu mentioned he hadn’t watched the struggle again however had felt “superhuman” going into the struggle along with his preparation first-rate.
“I’ve by no means watched my dad’s struggle, the Ricky Hatton struggle, again and I’ve by no means watched the Fundora struggle again so I am not likely anticipating to observe this one again both.
“It isn’t a sense I wish to relive once more.
“I kind of simply brush it on the previous and transfer on to the current and the long run.”
Tszyu suffered a controversial loss to Sebastian Fundora in March when the towering American’s elbow break up Tszyu’s scalp, making the Las Vegas struggle a bloody mess.
Fundora added Tszyu’s WBO title to his WBC strap and mentioned this week the Australian was down the pecking order for a rematch after failing to win the IBF title.
“Hey, if he will get a belt [we can fight again]” Fundora advised Boxingscene.com.
“I hoped he’d get the IBF with the final struggle that he fought, however issues did not go his method.
“The one cause he needed to struggle us is we had been bringing the WBC belt for the unification. It has to make sense to me.”
Tszyu mentioned he would proceed to chase the massive canine and disregarded speak of a struggle with long-time foe Zerafa.
“No, do not point out that title,” he mentioned.
“I’ve at all times been a global fighter — I do wish to come again to Australia however that man would not need to be on any such stage, so let him dwell.
“The present goes on, the world titles will come and I will be again preventing beneath the most important and the brightest lights doable.”
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