Tim Tszyu is excited about fighting in front of his Australian countrymen on November 17. The fight is the third of the year for Tszyu, and he will face off against a tough veteran fighter in Takeshi Inoue.
“Sydney has been in lockdown for the past three, four months. So it is good to be back home,” Tszyu said of fighting in Australia’s largest city. Tszyu is undefeated in 19 professional boxing matches. “It is good to be fighting in front of Sydney fans. I think they deserve a big event,” he explains
Takeshi Inoue has a professional boxing record of 17-1-1 with ten knockouts. Inoue, on paper at least, represents the stiffest competition Tszyu has faced as a professional.
“Every opponent is different,” Tszyu is not particularly worried about Inoue. “Styles make fights, he could be the easiest,” The undefeated Australian says before finishing with, “he could be the hardest.”
One subject that does bother Tszyu is when he will have the opportunity to fight for a world title. Tszyu is the mandatory challenger for the WBO 154-pound belt. He finds himself in a holding pattern for a title shot while WBO champion Brian Castano and his last opponent, three belt champion Jermell Charlo, sort out their issues.
Castano and Charlo battled to a draw in a match for undisputed glory in July. Tszyu will fight Castano next if he does not rematch with Charlo. The problem is that neither Castano nor Charlo are hurrying to make any future fight plans known to the public.
“I don’t understand what’s going on with those two,” Tszyu explains. “Both are on honeymoons, enjoying their lives. It is not the way a true fighter should be.”
Tim Tszyu feels the two champions should “get the fight on,” if that is what both of them want. He feels Castano and Charlo should get on with fighting others if a rematch is not in the cards for them. In the meantime, Tszyu says, “I will fight someone else until the boys have finished their honeymoon.”