{"id":3080,"date":"2025-07-21T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/tim-tszyu-beaten-in-world-title-rematch-with-sebastian-fundora-as-american-pounds-aussie-into-submission\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:19:24","slug":"tim-tszyu-beaten-in-world-title-rematch-with-sebastian-fundora-as-american-pounds-aussie-into-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/tim-tszyu-beaten-in-world-title-rematch-with-sebastian-fundora-as-american-pounds-aussie-into-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tszyu beaten in world title rematch with Sebastian Fundora, as American pounds Aussie into submission"},"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 loses world title fight to Sebastian Fundora<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Aussie\u00a0failed to come out for the eighth round\u00a0<\/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=\"2025-07-20T04:21:46+0100\"> 23:21 EDT, 19 July 2025 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2025-07-20T04:21:46+0100\"> 23:21 EDT, 19 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\/7.12.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/><\/noscript><!-- <![endif]--> <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tim Tszyu has suffered another devastating setback, losing once again to American Sebastian Fundora in the pair&#8217;s much-hyped world-title rematch in <a id=\"mol-4bcdbbc0-6518-11f0-9590-3b411fd50a06\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/las-vegas\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu had been hunting redemption after losing a split-decision bloodbath to Fundora 16 months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Instead Australia&#8217;s former WBO super-welterweight world champ will return to <a id=\"mol-4bcea620-6518-11f0-9590-3b411fd50a06\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/sydney\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Sydney<\/a> with his international career at another crossroad following a despairing seventh-round TKO defeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Saturday night&#8217;s loss at the MGM Grand&#8217;s Garden Arena was the 30-year-old&#8217;s third from his past four bouts, after going unbeaten for his first 24 professional fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu also endured a crushing world-title loss last year to big-hitting Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev before Fundora sportingly offered him a rematch after the Sydney slayer knocked out fellow American Joey Spencer in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu (25-3, 18KOs) may even consider a move up to the light-middleweight ranks, or hope <a id=\"mol-4bdc3ab0-6518-11f0-9590-3b411fd50a06\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/keith-thurman\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Keith Thurman<\/a> lives up to his word after the US star called him out after slaying Brock Jarvis earlier this year in Sydney.<\/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-85bfa6d29d1bf6a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/20\/04\/100464081-14922229-Tim_Tszyu_has_been_beaten_in_his_world_title_rematch_with_Sebast-a-17_1752981472068.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Tszyu has been beaten in his world title rematch with Sebastian Fundora\" width=\"634\" height=\"446\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tim Tszyu has been beaten in his world title rematch with Sebastian Fundora<\/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-659c3939ad4b8366\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/20\/04\/100464083-14922229-The_Aussie_star_failed_after_to_come_out_for_the_eighth_round_an-a-18_1752981475296.jpg\" alt=\"The Aussie star failed after to come out for the eighth round and the fight was stopped\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Aussie star failed after to come out for the eighth round and the fight was stopped<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More immediately, Tszyu must digest another sapping defeat at the hands of &#8220;The Towering Inferno&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last time around against his gangling 197cm opponent, Tszyu had to fight for 10 rounds half-blinded after walking into Fundora&#8217;s elbow and suffering an horrific cut to an artery at the top of his head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the return bout, Tszyu fought with more patience but couldn&#8217;t stay with the near two-metre tall rival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fundora made a spectacular start, dropping Tszyu in the opening round with a thunderous straight left to the head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu&#8217;s cut man Mark Gambin was again under immense pressure after Fundora landed a flurry of punches to open up a nasty wound above the Australian&#8217;s right eye in the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Struggling to cope with Fundora&#8217;s massive height and reach advantage, Tszyu looked in peril before catching the American with a huge over-hand right in round four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the Californian, the tallest world champion in all of boxing &#8211; continued to throw and land more punches than Tszyu.<\/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-5d4fa98f1b555eb7\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/20\/04\/100464159-14922229-image-a-19_1752981505205.jpg\" alt=\"Tszyu told his corner that he could not return for round eight\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tszyu told his corner that he could not return for round eight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tszyu needed to conjure something special.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Showing supreme courage to stay in the contest, Tszyu found some joy with his body shots before the fight exploded in a ferocious round seven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite hurting Fundora and maybe even breaking the champion&#8217;s nose, Tszyu told his corner he could not return for round eight.<\/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 beaten in world title rematch with Sebastian Fundora, as American pounds Aussie into submission<\/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-14922229\/Tim-Tszyu-beaten-world-title-rematch-Sebastian-Fundora-American-pounds-Aussie-submission.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 loses world title fight to Sebastian Fundora Aussie\u00a0failed to come out for the eighth round\u00a0 By DARREN WALTON FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 23:21 EDT, 19 July 2025 | Updated: 23:21 EDT,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[74,532,456,457,531],"class_list":["post-3080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events","tag-russian-bakhram-murtazaliev","tag-sebastian-fundora","tag-tim-tszyu","tag-wbo-super-welterweight-world-champ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080","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=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3083,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions\/3083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}