{"id":654206,"date":"2026-05-06T22:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654206\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:24:11","slug":"nikita-tzsyu-stops-oscar-diaz-to-maintain-incredible-family-record-as-world-title-bid-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654206\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikita Tzsyu stops Oscar Diaz to maintain incredible family record as world title bid looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emerging Australian boxing superstar Nikita Tszyu has lived up to his word and taken out big-talking and tough Spaniard Oscar Diaz to edge closer to a world-title shot.<\/p>\n

Tszyu improved his unbeaten record to 13-0 with an emphatic sixth-round stoppage in the pair’s super-welterweight showdown in Newcastle on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Forging his own path after living in the shadows of his Hall-of-Fame father, Kostya, and fellow world title-winning brother Tim, Tszyu is now potentially one win away from securing his own shot at global glory.<\/p>\n

The likes of superstar Keith Thurman and fellow American Tony Harrison, who Tim KO’ed in 2023 to win the WBO super-welterweight belt, are being touted as Tszyu’s possible next targets.<\/p>\n

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Tszyu entered his latest contest ranked sixth with the IBF and is now tipped to climb to as high as number three in the division’s pecking order after savagely ending Diaz’s unbeaten record.<\/p>\n

The so-called “Butcher” lived up to all expectations with a comprehensive display at the “Tszyu-Castle” Entertainment Centre.<\/p>\n

Looking physically imposing in career-best shape, the home favourite dominated from the first bell.<\/p>\n

He landed several blows in the opening round, then dropped the Spaniard in the second with a big left.<\/p>\n

Tszyu continued the onslaught in round three despite the flurry of punches to Diaz’s head, only provoking a wry smile from Diaz, nicknamed “The Bull’ or ‘El Toro” after winning all of his previous 16 fights.<\/p>\n

But his chin could cop only so much.<\/p>\n

After withstanding another fierce combination in round five, Diaz finally succumbed after Tszyu floored the European with a devastating left-right barrage in the sixth stanza.<\/p>\n

Diaz’s camp initially protested after seeing their man cop more blows while on his knees on the ropes, and Tszyu apologised.<\/p>\n

Then they mercifully informed the referee that Diaz could not continue.<\/p>\n

With Kostya (18-0) and Tim (23-0) on home soil, Tszyu’s win extends the record of Australian boxing’s most famous family to an incredible 54-0.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Mundine watched as his son Rahim defeated Lance McDonald. (Getty Images: Mark Metcalfe)<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night’s undercard, another son of a gun also maintained his undefeated professional record as Rahim Mundine scored a unanimous points win over Lance McDonald in a five-round super-welterweight stoush.<\/p>\n

The victory was Mundine’s third since debuting under crushing expectations four years ago.<\/p>\n

But the 24-year-old son of ex-triple world champion Anthony Mundine could not escape the shadow of his polarising father.<\/p>\n

“My dad’s the most hated athlete ever in this country,” he said after being booed and jeered by the Newcastle crowd after the three judges awarded him the bout 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47.<\/p>\n

“I won easy, but he’s a real tough competitor. I landed cleaner shots.”<\/p>\n

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