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The announcement means both Tszyu boys could be contesting the biggest fights of their careers just days apart, with No Limit also in talks for 28-year-old Nikita to make his US debut in Las Vegas during early December.<\/p>\n
While Tim Tszyu took aim at American superstar Jermell Charlo via social media over the weekend, Rose has now officially confirmed Lara as the clubhouse leader to be his next opponent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had great discussions with Lara\u2019s team,\u201d the promoter said overnight. \u201cAnd I feel like something is close to being announced\u201d.<\/p>\n
While Rose politely declined to reveal further details, sources close to Team Tszyu have suggested an Australian headliner in December is now the most likely scenario.<\/p>\n
Tim Tszyu of Australia celebrates with his team after victory during the Middleweight bout between Errol Spence Jr and Tim Tszyuat Afterpay Arena on July 26, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
While Tszyu is due to speak with media on Wednesday, new trainer Jeff Fenech has already confirmed he wants \u2018The Phoenix\u2019 back in the ring before the year is out. <\/p>\n
The Hall of Famer and Tszyu are due to meet up next week to finalise preparations for his return, although the trainer suggested no opponent has yet been signed off.<\/p>\n
Only seven weeks have passed since Tszyu earned his emphatic decision win over Errol Spence Jnr in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Initially, it was suggested the former world champion would not compete again this year.<\/p>\n
However, after an overseas holiday, Tszyu is now back in the Harbour City and readying to re-enter fight camp. <\/p>\n
\u201cInitially, there was talk about Tim not fighting until next January,\u201d Fenech said on Monday. \u201cBut that\u2019s almost six months after Spence, and I want to get Tim back in there sooner.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially given the changes we\u2019re making.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo now there has been talk about the end of November. And once Tim returns from his break, that gives us 11 weeks, which is plenty.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd whoever our opponent is, we have to make them fight our fight<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause when Tim is making rival fighters adapt, I don\u2019t believe any of them can beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Given Tszyu has previously earned the WBO super welterweight title, a win over Lara would see him join only a handful of Australians to win gold in multiple titles \u2013 including Fenech, Liam Paro and now Main Event analyst Danny Green.<\/p>\n
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While Fenech has no preference on who Tszyu fights, the prospect of cornering him to win gold in a second weight class is obviously enticing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love for Timmy to win world titles in two weight divisions,\u201d the four-division world champion said. \u201cTo be with him for that, yeah, incredible.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut whoever Tim chooses, I\u2019ll put a plan in place.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already been planning around a couple of opponents and I know he and [No Limit promoter] Matt Rose have some things going on.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since the Spence fight, Tim has been away. So we\u2019ll be sitting down in the next week to nail it all out. Nothing has been finalised yet, but he and Matt have a plan and I\u2019m happy to work with that.<\/p>\n
\u201cTim is the boss. I work for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about fighting Lara, who at 42 is the oldest reigning world champion, and Fenech continued: \u201cWell, I\u2019ve looked at his age and I\u2019ve looked at his fighting \u2026 [laughs] and Lara fights nothing like a guy who is 42.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just so skilful, so dominant.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the reason Lara has the record he does, it\u2019s because he makes people fight his fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe dictates, and makes you fight the way he wants you to.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo my job is to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen. Get Lara wondering what Tim is going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Tim Tszyu is gunning to become a two-division world champion before the year is out, with negotiations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-884186","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\/884186","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=884186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}