{"id":348429,"date":"2023-11-22T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T11:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348429"},"modified":"2023-11-22T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T12:01:02","slug":"tszyu-takes-title-after-surviving-early-knockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348429","title":{"rendered":"Tszyu takes title after surviving early knockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

N\ufeffikita Tszyu has survived a knockdown in the opening round to bounce back and claim the Australian super welterweight title against Dylan Biggs.<\/p>\n

Biggs came out of the gates swinging and caught Tszyu early before the 25-year-old recovered and returned serve, eventually securing a TKO win in the final second of the fifth round.<\/p>\n

Tszyu set up the win with a brutal fourth-round barrage which Biggs survived, before the referee intervened in the fifth.<\/p>\n

AS IT HAPPENED:<\/strong> Tszyu survives early knockdown to claim title<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Scary scenes as boxer cops 'knockout of the year'\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\ufeffREAD MORE:<\/strong> Zampa whacks Clarke in 11pm Instagram post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

"I\ufefft's a beautiful feeling. I've been envisioning this moment, just picturing how it would play out. It means a lot," he said after the biggest win of his career.<\/p>\n

"I'm a slow starter. I cop a few punches in between and it gets me going, gets me started. It's like a coffee in the morning, that got me going.<\/p>\n

\"Tszyu<\/p>\n

"He (Biggs) was just a hurdle, a massive roadblock in my brain this whole time. As soon as I started boxing he was just standing like a wall I had to climb over and I was just looking at it."<\/p>\n

Tszyu's brother, world champion \ufeffTim Tszyu, was ecstatic after his younger brother's victory.<\/p>\n

"This moment belongs to Nikita. All glory belongs to him, I'm so proud of my brother\ufeff," the elder Tszyu brother said.<\/p>\n

"Aus champ, but number two in Australia."<\/p>\n

MORE TO COME.\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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