Not even a canine chew may get in the way in which of Tim Tszyu’s return to the ring.
The unbeaten junior middleweight contender required emergency surgical procedure over the weekend after struggling a canine chew, Saturday afternoon, close to his residence of Rockdale, Australia, a suburb of Sydney.
Based on Ben Damon, who covers boxing for Fox Sports activities Australia, Tszyu was at a barbeque when he was bitten by a buddy’s canine. The chew opened a lower on the again of Tszyu’s proper forearm.
The harm may put Tszyu’s conflict in opposition to Mexico’s Carlos Ocampo in jeopardy. The combat will happen on Sunday, June 18, at Gold Coast Conference Centre, in Broadbeach, Australia. The combat will air reside on pay-per-view all through Australia and on Showtime, in america, on Saturday evening.
There isn’t a phrase on the extent of the harm, which may hamper Tszyu’s preparation for the Ocampo combat. An choice could possibly be to postpone the combat however Tszyu’s group has been briefed by a medical group that Tszyu may undergo with it.
“The wound was superficial,” Glenn Jennings instructed Nick Walshaw of Fox Sports activities Australia. “The post-surgical report is all good.
“There isn’t a doubt that Tim might be prepared and 100-percent wholesome and targeted to tackle Carlos Ocampo on June 18.”
George Rose, CEO of No Restrict Boxing, which promotes Tszyu, can also be assured Tszyu will see motion in opposition to Ocampo.
“Like everybody, I used to be shocked and apprehensive once I first heard the information,” stated Rose. “It’s definitely not the perfect preparation anytime a fighter leads to a hospital just a few weeks out from [an interim] world title combat however the perfect information proper now’s that Tim is doing OK.
“He has the perfect and most skilled group round him in world boxing. They’ve reassured me he’ll be greater than prepared on June 18 to tackle Ocampo.”
Tim Tszyu (left) vs. Tony Harrison (Picture courtesy: No Restrict Boxing)
Tszyu (22-0, 16 knockouts), who’s ranked No. 1 by The Ring at 154 kilos, most just lately fought on March 12, stopping former titleholder Tony Harrison within the ninth spherical. In his earlier combat on March 26 of final 12 months, Tszyu overcame a knockdown to defeat Terrell Gausha by unanimous determination. He’s the son of former undisputed junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu.
Initially Tszyu was scheduled to face The Ring Journal and undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo, on January 28, however the combat was postponed after Charlo suffered an harm to his hand throughout coaching camp a couple of month earlier than the combat.
In his most up-to-date look, Ocampo (35-2, 23 KOs), who resides in Ensenada, Mexico, stopped Mauricio Gutierrez Castor within the fifth spherical. Gutierrez Castor entered the bout unbeaten at 7-0 (5 KOs) however was overmatched by Ocampo.
In his earlier combat on October 8, Ocampo misplaced by unanimous determination to contender Sebastian Fundora. Ocampo’s different defeat as a professional got here in June 2018, at 147 kilos, dropping by first spherical knockout to Errol Spence Jr.
The June 18 card did see a cancellation over the weekend as Liam Wilson (11-2, 7 KOs) of Australia needed to pull out of his conflict in opposition to Mexico’s Eduardo Ramirez (27-3-3, 12 KOs), as a result of an harm suffered in coaching camp. Wilson most just lately fought on February 3, dropping by stoppage to Emanuel Navarrete, who gained the vacant WBC junior light-weight title.
Within the co-feature bout, junior featherweight contender Ra’eese Aleem (20-0, 12 KOs), who now resides in Las Vegas, will face Australia’s Sam Goodman (14-0, 7 KOs) in an IBF title elimination bout.