{"id":51509,"date":"2021-03-30T01:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T01:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51509"},"modified":"2021-03-30T02:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:59:13","slug":"tszyu-predicts-spectacular-ko-after-making-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51509","title":{"rendered":"Tszyu predicts spectacular KO after making weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Tszyu<\/a> has promised a spectacular knockout of opponent Dennis Hogan when the pair fight in Newcastle on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The fighters weighed in on Tuesday, making the super-welterweight bout official<\/p>\n

Hogan (28-3-1, 7 KOs) weighed in at 69.4kg, then Tszyu (17-0, 13 KOs) tipped the scales at 69.3kg.<\/p>\n

Tszyu cut a relaxed figure approaching the scales but was all business afterwards. He shared an icy stare-down with Hogan after the Irishman predicted that he would inflict the Aussie star's first loss, by stoppage.<\/p>\n

"I out-box him every single round but I probably win it in a knockout," Hogan said.<\/p>\n

Tszyu responded: "He believes [he'll win by KO]. I know [I'll win by OK]. That's the difference.<\/p>\n

"This is the only option I've got, there's no such thing as make or break. This is the only option: winning, and in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n

"Everyone knows [how the fight will finish]. I'll let them enjoy the show."<\/p>\n

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Tszyu destroyed Bowyn Morgan by first-round knockout in his last fight, during December last year. He had hoped to fight for a world title in his next bout but it biding his time due to the complicated machinations of boxing.<\/p>\n

Tszyu is the WBO's No.1 contender and world rated with every other sanctioning body in boxing. Yet WBO champion Brian Castano is currently chasing a unification bout with IBF-WBA-WBC champion Jermell Charlo.<\/p>\n

Hogan, 36, is a former world title challenger, an Irishman now based in Queensland. Tszyu, 26, is the son of boxing icon Kostya Tszyu and has steadily built his own stardom in the sport.<\/p>\n

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Tim Tszyu has promised a spectacular knockout of opponent Dennis Hogan when the pair fight in Newcastle on Wednesday night. The fighters weighed in on […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51511,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51509\/revisions\/51511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}