{"id":466496,"date":"2025-08-20T20:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=466496"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:15:44","slug":"crowd-in-stitches-after-tszyus-epic-post-fight-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=466496","title":{"rendered":"Crowd in stitches after Tszyu's epic post-fight interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhere's only one Nikita Tszyu and the Australian boxing star had the crowd in stitches after his dominant win on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The younger brother of Tim and son of Kostya was at his lethal best against the little-known Lulzim Ismaili<\/a>, who failed to return for the second round and stayed on his stool.<\/p>\n

Tszyu dropped his opponent in the opening round and looked in complete control, but Ismaili managed to survive before making the wise decision to call it quits.<\/p>\n

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But it was what happened before and after the fight that was more entertaining.\ufeff<\/p>\n

During his \ufeffwalk to the ring, Tszyu was accompanied by two wildly different tracks.<\/p>\n

First, it was the theme music of WWE legend The Undertaker – leaning into the "Dark Prince" moniker the enigmatic Aussie boxer has recently adopted.<\/p>\n

Then, it was over to ACDC's iconic hit Thunderstruck, which amped up the crowd.<\/p>\n

However, as revealed after the bout, the song had a much deeper meaning for Tszyu and it relates to his young daughter Curiosity, who was born in June.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"Thunderstruck is the song that she came out to," he said before pausing briefly.<\/p>\n

"You heard it right."<\/p>\n

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The crowd and Tszyu's corner then erupted with laughter before he continued.<\/p>\n

"As we were having a C-section, I got one of the nurses to put on Thunderstruck – that song has a special place in my heart," he said.<\/p>\n

"That's why I was closing my eyes, thinking about Curiosity and seeing her naked body being pulled out of my wife."<\/p>\n

Main Event commentator Ben Damon, who was conducting the interview, could only offer a few words in response to the story.<\/p>\n

"Don't ever change, Nikita Tszyu," he said. \ufeff<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old remains undefeated and now finds himself on a potential collision course with either Michael Zerafa or Brock Jarvis<\/a>, who also earned stoppage wins during the pay-per-view event at Sydney's ICC Theatre.<\/p>\n

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But for now, Tszyu is looking forward to getting home to his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n

"I'll see you soon, I can't wait," he said.<\/p>\n

"I have been away from them for a week, they've been staying with their grandfather.<\/p>\n

"I have been all alone at home and I just want to see them."\u00a0\ufeff<\/p>\n

Tszyu had spent the past year out of the ring and admitted the hand injury that has plagued him was still not at 100 per cent, despite the explosive showing.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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