{"id":3012,"date":"2025-07-18T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/tim-tszyu-makes-a-stunning-statement-about-his-legendary-dad-kostya-just-before-title-fight-that-will-make-or-break-his-career\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:38:23","slug":"tim-tszyu-makes-a-stunning-statement-about-his-legendary-dad-kostya-just-before-title-fight-that-will-make-or-break-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/tim-tszyu-makes-a-stunning-statement-about-his-legendary-dad-kostya-just-before-title-fight-that-will-make-or-break-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu makes a stunning statement about his legendary dad Kostya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1]<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Tim Tszyu wants to\u00a0surpass his legendary father&#8217;s accomplishments<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Aussie boxer takes on Sebastian\u00a0Fundora in Las Vegas on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By DARREN WALTON FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2025-07-16T07:33:34+0100\"> 02:33 EDT, 16 July 2025 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2025-07-16T07:36:45+0100\"> 02:36 EDT, 16 July 2025 <\/time> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/boxing\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. 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More info available at http:\/\/www.omniture.com --><\/p>\n<p><!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. --> <!-- [if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n\n<noscript> \t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle--.css\"><\/noscript>\n\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --><noscript> \t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/7.11.1\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/><\/noscript><!-- <![endif]--> <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tim Tszyu has lit the fuse for an explosive world title rematch with &#8216;dumb arse&#8217; Sebastian Fundora and revealed a burning desire to surpass his legendary father&#8217;s career accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu can join his Hall of Famer dad Kostya, a former unified super-lightweight champion, as a multiple world title winner with victory over Fundora in their WBC super-welterweight stoush in <a id=\"mol-9fdf6f90-620e-11f0-92c8-b7ac8bd98542\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/las-vegas\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Las Vegas<\/a> on Saturday (Sunday AEST).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Success would elevate the Tszyus to arguably the greatest father-son duo in boxing history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Julio Cesar Chevas Sr and Jr are the only biological father-son pair ever to have both claimed multiple world titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 30-year-old Tszyu is well aware of what is at stake at the MGM Grand in boxing&#8217;s spiritual mecca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;One of my desires is to just overtake my dad,&#8217; Tszyu told AAP after a training session in Vegas on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-da5b8af699e5dc0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/16\/07\/100353977-14909873-image-a-64_1752645716342.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Tszyu (pictured) takes on WBC super-welterweight champ Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas on Saturday\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tim Tszyu (pictured) takes on WBC super-welterweight champ Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e0bdad7f7753d4d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/16\/07\/100353897-14909873-image-m-67_1752645800778.jpg\" alt=\"Tszyu (pictured with dad Kostya) says he wants to surpass his legendary father's career accomplishments\" width=\"634\" height=\"593\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tszyu (pictured with dad Kostya) says he wants to surpass his legendary father&#8217;s career accomplishments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Not in a disrespectful way but in a way that, if I&#8217;m able to do that, we can create the greatest Tszyu legacy, the greatest fighting family that&#8217;s ever lived &#8211; and that&#8217;s my goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Two-time world champion&#8217;s got a good ring to it, doesn&#8217;t it? Timmy two-time sounds alright to me and that&#8217;s what I intend to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;But the goal is always to move on. Two times sounds good, but then we move on to the next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The grind and the continuation and the pursuit of greatness never stops.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu held the WBO strap before relinquishing it in a bloodied loss to Fundora in Sin City in March of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The American sportingly offered the Sydney slayer a rematch and the chance to capture the WBC belt after Fundora won a split decision last time around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu won the opening two rounds before walking into the so-called Towering Inferno&#8217;s elbow and opening up a savage gash on the top of his head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite fighting for 10 more rounds half blinded by the tsunami of blood, Tszyu was awarded the fight by one of the three judges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-30cbfd62f5bf212\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/16\/07\/100353999-14909873-image-a-68_1752646028626.jpg\" alt=\"Tszyu said he's aiming to create the greatest fighting family legacy that's ever been\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tszyu said he&#8217;s aiming to create the greatest fighting family legacy that&#8217;s ever been<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ddc3fb1856cd30cf\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/16\/07\/100353899-14909873-image-a-69_1752646040569.jpg\" alt=\"The pair fought last year ago in a bloody battle that saw Tszyu relinquish his title\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The pair fought last year ago in a bloody battle that saw Tszyu relinquish his title<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Fundora last week claimed Tszyu was not affected at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It doesn&#8217;t piss me off. If 100 people got the same question, I guarantee you 99 per cent of people will say that it affected me,&#8217; Tszyu said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;A dumb arse accusation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu, though, does have a plan in place to hopefully avoid a repeat of the incident that derailed his hopes of unifying the division last time against 197cm tall Fundora.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s a bit hard,&#8217; the Australian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s not the elbow. It&#8217;s when you work out orthodox and southpaw, our legs always clash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;So someone&#8217;s legs are going to clash and that&#8217;s what it was. My legs clashed onto him, I fell over from that and I walked into his his elbow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;ll stay away but it&#8217;s just about positioning and throwing punches not from certain positions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/boxing\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\nTim Tszyu makes a stunning statement about his legendary dad Kostya just before title fight that will make or break his career<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-14909873\/Tim-Tszyu-makes-stunning-statement-legendary-dad-Kostya-just-title-fight-make-break-career.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=1490\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Tim Tszyu wants to\u00a0surpass his legendary father&#8217;s accomplishments Aussie boxer takes on Sebastian\u00a0Fundora in Las Vegas on Saturday By DARREN WALTON FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 02:33 EDT, 16 July 2025 | Updated: 02:36&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[458,74,460,166,456,37,457,459],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-australian","tag-events","tag-julio-cesar-chevas-sr-and-jr","tag-mgm-grand","tag-sebastian-fundora","tag-sports","tag-tim-tszyu","tag-wbc-super-welterweight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3014,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions\/3014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}