{"id":387718,"date":"2024-04-24T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387718"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:04:04","slug":"tszyus-defiant-call-after-surprising-title-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387718","title":{"rendered":"Tszyu's defiant call after 'surprising' title bout"},"content":{"rendered":"

N\ufeffikita Tszyu<\/a> has retained his Australian super welterweight title against Danilo Creati, surviving a brief scare to emerge victorious via unanimous decision on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The son of Kostya<\/a> and younger brother of Tim<\/a>, the 26-year-old Tszyu prodigy can continued his rise up the Aussie ranks and maintained his undefeated record.<\/p>\n

Tszyu came out hard in the opening rounds and looked well on his way to ending the fight early, before Creati steadied to get himself back into the fight.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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The fight went the distance, with just the sole knockdown in the second round.<\/p>\n

Tzsyu emerged victorious 108-88, 99-90, 100-89, getting the nod from all three judges.<\/p>\n

\"Nikita<\/p>\n

During the sixth round, Tszyu was momentarily staggered by Creati in a shocking moment, but regained his composure and saw out the remaining rounds. <\/p>\n

"I wasn't concerned," he said.<\/p>\n

"I have copped worse. I always get rocked here – I need to stop having fights in this place. It was great to go the 10 rounds and get that experience in.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThat was a tough one, he was very tricky and he could honestly take a shot. <\/p>\n

"I felt I could have stopped him, but he kept enduring. He honestly did surprise me … he's got toughness and I appreciate that. It's the Italian in him."<\/p>\n

\"Nikita<\/p>\n

Tszyu moves to 9-0 for his professional career and is following a similar trajectory to his older brother, who cruised through the local circuit before making waves overseas.<\/p>\n

When quizzed on who he would like to fight next, Tszyu gave a nonchalant response. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Whoever my promoters and my manager puts in front of me, that's who I'm going with," he said. <\/p>\n

Brock Jarvis<\/a> has been touted as a potential challenger to Tszyu, with the Sydney product losing just one fight in his 22 career attempts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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