{"id":937526,"date":"2026-10-23T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937526\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:00:13","slug":"boxing-news-2026-nikita-tszyu-to-make-america-debut-as-liam-paro-vs-devin-haney-headlines-australian-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937526\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing news 2026, Nikita Tszyu to make America debut as Liam Paro vs Devin Haney headlines Australian fights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising Aussie boxer<\/a> Nikita Tszyu<\/a> has locked in an American professional debut, while another homegrown pugilist is also on the verge of a monster international fight.<\/p>\n

Tszyu, the younger brother of former world champion Tim, will fight on the undercard of a cruiserweight world title bout in Arizona on Sunday, December 6 (AEDT).<\/p>\n

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Nikita Tszyu in action against Ben Mahoney.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

An opponent has not yet been announced for the 28-year-old Sydneysider but his promoters No Limit revealed the news on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Tszyu is undefeated through 12 professional fights, although his most recent bout ended in controversy when many believed he lost to Ben Mahoney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There was uproar when the judges\u2019 scorecards were split, resulting in a draw, despite Tszyu himself admitting Mahoney probably won the fight.<\/p>\n

That was supposed to be a world title eliminator, but rather than seek a rematch with fellow Aussie fighter Mahoney, Tszyu will head to the states to make his overseas professional debut.<\/p>\n

He will fight on the undercard of David Benavidez vs Michael Cieslak, the cruiserweight clash that could have implications for Aussie champion Jai Opetaia<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n

For Tszyu, the trip to Arizona will be a family fairytale of sorts. He will fight at the same venue where his famous father Kostya scored the last win of his career, stopping Sharmba Mitchell in 2004 as six-year-old Nikita watched on from back home in Sydney.<\/p>\n

He will be hoping to enjoy the American venture more than older brother Tim has in recent years.<\/p>\n

Tim, 31, has won just one of his four fights in the states, and lost his world titles to Sebastian Fundora in a devastating maiden defeat in Las Vegas in March 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nikita has fought as an amateur in America three times, but never on a pro card.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t felt like this in a while. There\u2019s something about being in a foreign country, no one really knowing you, and making a name for yourself,\u201d Tszyu told media in Sydney on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing the American crowd who I am, what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Liam Paro in action against Lewis Crocker.\u00a0Chris Hyde<\/p>\n

Meantime, fellow Aussie fighter Liam Paro is reportedly on the verge of announcing a monster title fight with American sensation Devin Haney, which would also be in the states.<\/p>\n

The Ring Magazine\u2019s reporter Mike Coppinger revealed the welterweight unification fight, which could net Paro the WBO and IBF belts.<\/p>\n

Paro is already a two-division world champion, but Haney would be his biggest fight to date. A date has not been reported, and it\u2019s unknown if Paro could be fighting on the same undercard as Tszyu.<\/p>\n

Haney came to Australia and beat former champion George Kambosos twice in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The American superstar is undefeated through 33 professional fights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rising Aussie boxer Nikita Tszyu has locked in an American professional debut, while another homegrown pugilist is also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-937526","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\/937526","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=937526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}