Speaking with Main Event on Friday, Tszyu also hit back at the experienced New Yorker \u2013 who has trained five world champions \u2013 for branding him a shot fighter, a quitter and suggesting the Aussie will be finished within six rounds next Wednesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n While initially slated to arrive into Sydney on Tuesday of this week, Bermudez and his undefeated American charge \u2013 Anthony Velazquez \u2013 only touched down in Sydney early on Friday morning.<\/p>\n After twice being delayed out of Los Angeles, the American entourage then found themselves, within an hour of landing, being chauffeured to Tszyu\u2019s famed Rockdale gym — where Bermudez quickly took the big stick to both the fighter now dubbed \u2018Phoenix\u2019 and his new coach, Cuban Pedro Diaz.<\/p>\n Incredibly, it has still been only two months since Tszyu initially disappeared to America as part of a bold bid to find himself a new coach.<\/p>\n Yet Bermudez said decision to united with Diaz in Miami, Florida would not only make Tszyu a worse fighter, but questioned if it was simply a ploy to create excuses for the defeat coming against Velazquez.<\/p>\n The American also said he would\u2019ve had no interest in taking on the former world champion himself, stressing he had quit in his last world title outing against Seastian Fundora \u2013 and would likely now do the same again.<\/p>\n To all of which, Tszyu says what about Bermudez?<\/p>\n Q&A: Tszyu\u2019s big admission on why career went wrong… and how he\u2019ll fix it<\/a><\/p>\n “Going to quit again”: Coach blasts Tim | 05:02<\/p>\n \u201cLook up the word \u2018hyena\u2019 in the dictionary,\u201d he responded simply. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly who he is.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s the one that bites when someone is down.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen someone is up, he won\u2019t bite. Only when someone is down.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I just have to be the lion and ignore this hyena \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n But when it comes to the fight?<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to fight night,\u201d Tszyu continued, \u201cI\u2019ll take his little boy, grab him by the neck and go like this (grits his teeth and shakes his head back and forth).<\/p>\n \u201cThen I\u2019ll look at the hyena, that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n And as for Bermudez suggesting he had no interest in adding Tszyu to his own list of champions?<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t even know who the f*** he is,\u201d the Aussie fired.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s his name?\u201d<\/p>\n Hector Bermudez.<\/p>\n \u201cHector Bermudez?\u201d he laughed. \u201cI\u2019ve got no idea who that is but he won\u2019t train me?<\/p>\n \u201cAlright bro, no worries. That\u2019s all I\u2019ve got to say.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE TIM TSZYU NEWS<\/p>\n \u2018ISN\u2019T HE 12?\u2019: Ex-Tszyu rival wants revenge \u2018a**-whooping\u2019 of Tim<\/a><\/p>\n REVEALED: The bold Aussie boxing first that could make history \u2014 and it\u2019s \u2018just like the Ashes\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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