More high-pressure, high-quality boxing between Tszyu and Mahoney.
“They are both digging deep and they both really want this victory … this is a chess match,” Danny Green said on Main Event commentary.
Tszyu winces in pain after copping a low shot from Mahoney and the ref steps in to call a timeout, giving the Queenslander a warning in the process.
After the short break, Tszyu comes out firing and swinging hard, but Mahoney goes with him and this is really as even as it gets.
End of the ninth round. Tszyu is probably ahead on the scorecards, but it wouldn’t be by much and Mahoney is still in this contest.
Nikita Tszyu and Ben Mahoney. Chris Hyde