{"id":81877,"date":"2025-08-20T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/81877\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:34:11","slug":"nikita-tszyu-vs-lulzim-ismaili-live-updates-fight-start-time-how-to-watch-stream-michael-zerafa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/81877\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikita Tszyu vs Lulzim Ismaili live updates, fight start time, how to watch, stream, Michael Zerafa"},"content":{"rendered":"

If everything goes to plan on Wednesday night, Nikita Tszyu and Michael Zerafa will be a collision course for a highly-anticipated all-Australian grudge fight. <\/p>\n

Nikita Tszyu vs Lulzim Ismaili | Wednesday 20 August 7PM AEST | Order this PPV event now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is the expectation, with Tszyu\u2019s opponent Lulzim Ismaili paying $11 with TAB while Mikey Dahlman \u2014 who fights Zerafa in the co-main event \u2014 isn\u2019t given much more of a chance at $9. <\/p>\n

But the American, who boasts a 18-1 record and turned pro after a second stint in jail, has plans to spoil both Zerafa and Tszyu\u2019s plans. <\/p>\n

Speaking after Tuesday\u2019s weigh-in, Dahlman said he was \u201cvery well aware\u201d of the Tszyu family, starting with Hall of Fame father Kostya. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Tim has also been on the big stage for a while,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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As for Nikita? Dahlman doesn\u2019t know much about the 27-year-old. But he does know he has plans of beating Ismaili in the main event and then facing Zerafa, who has long had eyes for older brother Tim but has been told by both No Limit and the Tszyu camp that he must fight Nikita first before any fight with the former WBO junior middleweight champion is possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I\u2019m not as familiar with Nikita, I\u2019m definitely embracing the idea of becoming a massive roadblock in his plans,\u201d Dahlman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really think I\u2019m going to surprise some people.\u201d<\/p>\n

MORE TSZYU VS ISMAILI NEWS<\/p>\n

BURNING QUESTIONS: Nikita clears up injury concern… and Tim \u2018fear\u2019 hanging over return<\/a><\/p>\n

ULTIMATE GUIDE: Full card and start time as Tszyu makes long-awaited return <\/a><\/p>\n

TSZYU VS HOLYFIELD: Mega fight options emerge as Vegas NRL Aussie double act in the works<\/a><\/p>\n

Pre-fight drama with Zerafa | 02:19<\/p>\n

Other fights on Wednesday\u2019s card include Brock Jarvis\u2019 first fight since his loss to Keith Thurman. He faces undefeated Gold Coast middleweight Sam Beck (7-0).<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Australian super lightweight title goes on the line when Billy Polkinghorn and Ahmad Reda face off while Jasmine Parr \u2014 who has the backing of featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski to make it in the UFC<\/a> \u2014 takes on the undefeated Efasha Kamarudin.<\/p>\n

LIVE BLOG<\/p>\n

Follow all the live action from the Tszyu vs Ismaili card in our blog below! Can\u2019t see it? Click here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If everything goes to plan on Wednesday night, Nikita Tszyu and Michael Zerafa will be a collision course…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-81877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81877","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=81877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}