Whatâs new with Tszyu: Aussie suffers world title thumping; cleared of serious injury
Tim Tszyu has initially been cleared of any serious trauma but has delayed his return to Australia to recover from his brutal beat-down in Florida.
Tszyu was left heavily concussed from his battering at the hands of ruthless Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev in Saturday nightâs (Sunday AEDT) IBF super-welterweight mismatch.
Tszyuâs brother Nikita eventually threw in the towel midway through the third round after Australian boxingâs golden boy was sent crashing to the canvas four times at the Caribe Royal resort in Orlando.
As Team Tszyu pondered the fallen world championâs next move, No Limit Boxing boss Matt Rose said the 29-year-oldâs health and welfare must come first.
âMost importantly, heâs woken up OK,â Rose told AAP on Monday.
âProbably more than anything is the mental process of going back after what happened last night.
âPhysically, heâs a lot better today. Obviously had a concussion last night, but he went to hospital â we wanted him to go for precautionary reasons.
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âHe was OK from that point of view so heâll rest up for a couple of days now.
âOnce he gets back to Australia, weâll do some more testing to make sure heâs OK.
âThe most important thing when youâre in fights like that is to ensure you do the right checks-ups.â
As speculation swirled that Tszyu would finally settle his differences in a grudge match with fellow Australian Michael Zerafa, Rose said it was far too early to make a call on his chargeâs next move.
âIâm not a doctor. I canât answer those questions,â Rose said when asked if the Sydney slayer needed an extended lay-off before entering the ring again.
âIt will be purely up to where Timâs at and from a medical point of view when he can fight next.
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âIâm not sure.â
Tszyuâs mother Natasha wants her son to spend time in Russia to undertake a gruelling Soviet-style training camp after watching him stray from his trademark methodical boxing against the power-punching Murtazaliev.
Tszyuâs legendary father Kostya was ringside in Florida to watch his son fight live for the first time in eight years.
But asked if Kostya had expressed any interest in taking on a more hands-on role with Tszyuâs training, Rose said that wasnât his decision amid calls for the former WBO strap holder to tinker with his entourage.
âThat would be totally up to Tim,â Rose said.
âI donât get involved in the training aspect of things. Obviously his trainersâ training and what theyâve done has been exceptional right up to this and I thought, physically, Tim was fine last night in terms of how he turned up.
âHe looked great. He said it was the best heâd ever felt.
âWeâre in a hard game. Itâs boxing. Timâs got to get punched in the face or punched in the head and sometimes things go wrong.
âLast night was one those things where he got caught and couldnât recover.
âHe showed great bravery and, to be honest, thereâs no other fighter like him.
âHeâs a true warrior.â
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