Timofei Konstantinovich Tszyu (born 2 November 1994) is an Australian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO)

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title since September 2023. He is the son of former

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world champion of boxing, Kostya Tszyu and older brother of Nikita Tszyu.

Early life

Tszyu was born in

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, to Russian parents. His father Kostya is of ethnic Russian, Korean and Mongolian descent and his mother Natasha Anikina is of ethnic Russian descent. His father, Kostya, is a former undisputed light-welterweight champion who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011. Tim's first sporting interest began to develop at the age of six when enrolled in

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and later switched sports to

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at the age of 10. As a soccer player, he was selected to play for multiple local representative teams but his interest in the sport began to wane at the age of 13 when he temporarily relocated to

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with his family for a few months before returning to Sydney. At the age of 15, Tszyu decided to quit football and began pursuing a career in boxing. He attended

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and Newington College throughout his teenage years and enrolled in a business degree at the

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following high school graduation. His brother,

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, is also a professional boxer. Tszyu amassed an amateur boxing record of 33–1 before turning professional in 2016 at the age of 22.

Professional career

Early career

After being away from the sport for four years due to a hand injury, Tszyu made his professional debut in December 2016 when he defeated Zorran Cassidy by

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(UD) at the

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. Tszyu won the

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title in his seventh bout, with a UD over Wade Ryan. In November 2019, Tszyu defeated Jack Brubaker by

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(TKO) in the fourth round.

Rise up the ranks

Tszyu vs. Horn

On 26 August 2020, Tszyu defeated former

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Jeff Horn via eighth-round corner stoppage at the

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Tszyu vs. Hogan

On 31 March 2021, Tszyu, ranked #9 by '' The Ring'', #1 by the WBO, #3 by the IBF, #7 by the WBA and #11 by the WBC fought Dennis Hogan who was ranked #10 by the WBC. Tszyu beat Hogan via a fifth-round TKO.

Tszyu vs. Spark

In his next bout, Tszyu fought and defeated Steve Spark via a third-round TKO.

Tszyu vs. Inoue

In his next bout, Tszyu fought and defeated a very resilient Takeshi Inoue, with a convincing unanimous decision win, winning on all three scorecards, 120-107, 120-107 and 119-108.

Tszyu vs. Gausha

In his next bout, Tszyu defeated 2012 Olympian Terrell Gausha in his first fight in America at The Armory in Minneapolis. After suffering a first round knockdown, Tszyu recovered and dominated from the 2nd round to win convincingly by unanimous decision, 114-113, 116-111 and 115-112.

WBO interim light-middleweight champion

Tszyu vs. Harrison

On 22 January 2023 it was announced Tszyu would take on former WBC 154-lb champion Tony Harrison for the WBO interim junior middleweight title on 12 March in Australia. He won the fight by 9th round TKO.

Tszyu vs. Ocampo

On 18 June 2023, Tszyu made the first defense of his WBO interim junior middleweight title against Carlos Ocampo. He won the fight by a 77 second 1st round KO.

WBO light-middleweight champion

Tszyu vs. Mendoza

On October 15, 2023 Tszyu defeated Brian Mendoza to defend his WBO junior middleweight. He was elevated to a full champion once Jermell Charlo faced

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inside the ring for his undisputed super middleweight title on September 30, 2023.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Tim Tszyu - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tszyu, Tim 1994 births Living people Australian male boxers Boxers from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian people of Russian descent Australian people of Korean descent Australian people of Mongolian descent People educated at Newington College Commonwealth Boxing Council champions World light-middleweight boxing champions World Boxing Organization champions