Tszyu\u2019s return comes after a turbulent 18 months in which he suffered three world-title losses to Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev. Now, the Australian star is determined to rebuild his momentum.<\/p>\n
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He is currently training in Miami with famed Cuban coach Pedro Diaz, a veteran of more than 40 years who has helped shape numerous world champions. Tszyu says the partnership has been a revelation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was looking for a Mike Tyson and Cus D\u2019Amato relationship \u2014 someone you can look up to,\u201d Tszyu told media last week.<\/p>\n
Tim Tszyu leaves the ring after his match with Sebastian Fundora.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes when the fire is burning out, you need someone to ignite it again. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s who I got.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a real loyal, passionate, family-type man \u2014 and that\u2019s what I am as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe clicked straight away. I\u2019m glad with where we\u2019re at right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tszyu also admitted he had fallen out of love with boxing in recent years, but training under Diaz has rekindled his passion.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoxing is in my blood. I\u2019ve realised it\u2019s part of my DNA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe love I have for it, what it\u2019s given me\u2026 the discipline, the life I\u2019ve always dreamed about.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve embraced it. I\u2019ve been watching old-school tapes, old fights \u2014 just really fallen back into the process and rediscovered the love for it. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good feeling. The reason for it is being introduced to Pedro and his passion and love for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catterall sends him through the ropes! | 00:27<\/p>\n
As part of his fresh start, Tszyu recently told Fox Sports Australia he is dropping the \u2018Soul Taker\u2019 nickname. <\/p>\n
For his comeback, he\u2019ll fight under a new moniker: \u2018Phoenix\u2019, symbolising his climb back toward a second world title.<\/p>\n
Fighting just a week before Christmas, Tszyu will be aiming to deliver an early gift to all Australian fight fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian boxing star and former world champion Tim Tszyu is officially returning to the ring. The 30-year-old will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-293431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}