Tszyu to make his American debut in Las Vegas in December,<\/a> with those plans potentially doubling as a revenge mission. <\/p>\nBakhram Murtazaliev, who beat Tszyu\u2019s older brother Tim in 2024, shapes as a likely opponent in what could amount to a final IBF eliminator.<\/p>\n
Nikita actually threw in the towel, saving Tim from taking more punishment after he\u2019d been dropped four times in three rounds by Murtazaliev. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there have also been talks of Nikita fighting Sebastian Fundora, who handed Tim two world title defeats. <\/p>\n
\u201cNikita is on the verge of landing all these big fights in 2027 and becoming a real breakout global star,\u201d No Limit boss Matt Rose told Code Sports. \u201cThat\u2019s why this fight with Ben Mahoney is so crucial. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf he gets through Mahoney, he can really launch his career to the next level.\u201d <\/p>\n
If Tszyu does land a world title shot against Kelly or Ennis, Hearn says there\u2019s no reason it can\u2019t be staged in Australia next year. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys have that real benefit of having government support to bring those names to Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw that with Errol Spence. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf Boots was the champion, or even if it was still Josh Kelly, you have the ability to bring those kinds of fights to Australia. <\/p>\n
\u201cI know those guys would be interested in fighting internationally.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very hard task for Nikita, but he\u2019s a very good fighter.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hearn was in Australia last week promoting heavyweight prospect Teremoana Teremoana, with Michael Zerafa in the co-main event. <\/p>\n
Zerafa turned in an unconvincing performance despite stopping Alejandro Ortiz in the eighth round.<\/p>\n
The performance likely sees any hopes of a rematch with Nikita or a long simmering blockbuster against Tim go up in smoke. <\/p>\n
After a tough 2024 and \u201925, Tszyu\u2019s move up to middleweight and subsequent bounce back against Errol Spence last month propels him right back into the spotlight. <\/p>\n
\u201cI actually really rate Tim Tszyu as well,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cI watched the Errol Spence fight, and I know Errol Spence was a shell of himself. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think Tim\u2019s going to cause anyone problems. He\u2019s a big strong boy, and I think Jeff Fenech\u2019s a great coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cTim probably is the kind of guy where you don\u2019t want to confuse things too much. You want to keep things simple. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe way that he fights, you\u2019ll never add too much, but they did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikita Tszyu has caught the eye of one of the world\u2019s biggest promoters, with Eddie Hearn saying \u2018The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[426029,426061,426064,379250,426037,25668,89838,426040,426024,403516,426021,426039,426017,402325,426036,380489,426020,401260,426057,395063,426062,377953,426035,426027,426045,426054,426051,379171,391224,402013,426042,426030,426019,426048,426049,426050,426026,64,402024,63,73251,303711,130270,802,68077,177006,120167,9915,1208,417682,94322,38022,398444,61862,35357,235080,401003,426033,426058,379545,377222,426034,22709,27662,216445,78797,426060,2623,67651,13307,389986,252317,11850,426046,426018,426028,155207,220630,11876,426022,405759,1861,193040,2784,426025,31904,85,22132,426041,401045,426059,378040,402026,426044,381314,426053,215379,426043,426038,426032,395657,426056,376557,426023,238313,214758,380496,54798,378969,387051,383350,426031,426047,381330,426063,28430,5942,6768,426052,2792,381386,426055],"class_list":["post-855814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-s-biggest-boxing-promoters","tag-s-biggest-promoters","tag-s-josh-kelly","tag-s-move","tag-s-older-brother-tim","tag-25668","tag-89838","tag-a-big-strong-boy","tag-a-big-unification-fight","tag-a-different-proposition","tag-a-final-ibf-eliminator-nikita","tag-a-great-coach","tag-a-great-fighter","tag-a-great-job","tag-a-likely-opponent","tag-a-little-bit","tag-a-long-simmering-blockbuster","tag-a-position","tag-a-real-breakout-global-star","tag-a-rematch","tag-a-revenge-mission","tag-a-shell","tag-a-title-shot","tag-a-tough-2024-and-25","tag-a-unification-mega-bout","tag-a-very-good-fighter","tag-a-very-hard-task","tag-a-win","tag-a-world-title","tag-a-world-title-shot","tag-alejandro-ortiz","tag-all-due-respect","tag-all-these-big-fights","tag-an-easier-fight","tag-an-unconvincing-performance","tag-any-hopes","tag-anyone-problems","tag-au","tag-august-26","tag-australia","tag-bakhram-murtazaliev","tag-ben-mahoney","tag-boots","tag-boxing","tag-code-sports","tag-contention","tag-december","tag-eddie-hearn","tag-england","tag-ennis","tag-errol-spence","tag-fights","tag-four-times","tag-government-support","tag-guy","tag-guys","tag-hearn","tag-heavyweight-prospect-teremoana-teremoana","tag-his-american-debut","tag-his-career","tag-his-game","tag-jaron","tag-jaron-ennis","tag-jeff-fenech","tag-josh-kelly","tag-kelly","tag-kelly-or-ennis","tag-las-vegas","tag-last-month","tag-last-week","tag-later-this-year","tag-mahoney","tag-michael-zerafa","tag-middleweight-and-subsequent-bounce","tag-more-punishment","tag-murtazaliev","tag-next-year","tag-nikita","tag-nikita-tszyu","tag-no-limit-boss-matt-rose","tag-no-reason","tag-people","tag-preparations","tag-sebastian-fundora","tag-slick-gold-coast-boxer-ben-mahoney","tag-smoke","tag-sports","tag-talks","tag-that-belt","tag-that-fight","tag-that-real-benefit","tag-the-ability","tag-the-butcher","tag-the-champion","tag-the-co-main-event","tag-the-eighth-round-the-performance","tag-the-end","tag-the-errol-spence-fight","tag-the-eye","tag-the-ibf-super-welterweight-title","tag-the-kind","tag-the-next-level","tag-the-spotlight","tag-the-towel","tag-the-verge","tag-the-way","tag-the-winner","tag-the-world","tag-the-year","tag-this-fight","tag-those-guys","tag-those-kinds","tag-those-names","tag-those-plans","tag-three-rounds","tag-tim","tag-tim-tszyu","tag-tszyu","tag-two-world-title-defeats","tag-world-title-showdown","tag-you-guys","tag-zerafa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855814","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=855814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}