NAS gets fight offer from Australia\u2019s KO King<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI was really surprised, it threw me off guard but it was something I couldn\u2019t really reply too – there\u2019s too much collateral damage. But good on him, touche, but 5th of April, he has to pay for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tszyu had a largely respectful exchange with his next opponent, unbeaten Albanian Nurja. But the Australian superstar did issue a warning \u2013 he knows Nurja has been reviewing his loss against Bakhram Murtazaliev, looking for an edge, and it won\u2019t help.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of them watch them Bakhram fight,\u201d he grinned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sleep with my right hand on my chin. I\u2019m well aware that\u2019s what they are thinking. Throwing the left hook. [They think] It\u2019s my kryptonite.<\/p>\n
Tszyu afterwards explained exactly why he mentioned the fact. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to point it out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very well aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nurja, for his part, said that while he has enormous respect for Tszyu and loves the Australian people, he is not here to make up the numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve trained really hard, I have a lot of respect for him, but I\u2019ve come here to win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When asked about all the talk of Tszyu potentially fighting superstar Errol Spence next, Nurja was unfazed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m used to people talking, I don\u2019t care what they say. We\u2019ll see what happens on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe win would be a massive step in my career \u2013 it would be such a gift for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
No Limit Boxing promoter George Rose also stressed that nobody is looking past Nurja.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost people don\u2019t take these difficult fights,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis guy [Nurja] is undefeated \u2013 he doesn\u2019t know what defeat feels like.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Tim Tszyu is the guy in this division who is going to take it to the next level. There are big fights ahead, and we don\u2019t want to look past that.<\/p>\n
Tszyu vs. Spence? Crawford picks winner | 03:56<\/p>\n
\u201cTim Tszyu is taking on a world-rated fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Aussie favourite Sam Goodman spoke about his excitement at returning to fight in front of his home fans in Wollongong, taking on Argentina\u2019s Rodrigo Fabian Ruiz in an IBF super bantamweight eliminator.<\/p>\n
Ruiz warned he was ready to KO Goodman \u2013 but \u201cThe Ghost\u201d wasn\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n
\u201cZero chances of that happening,\u201d Goodman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a strong fighter, he can punch — but I\u2019ll show I\u2019m the better fighter.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter I punch his head in, we can talk about what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goodman has vowed to make amends for his heartbreaking world title loss to Englishman Nick Ball in 2025.<\/p>\n
A win this weekend would see him installed as mandatory challenger for the winner of May\u2019s superfight between Japanese megastars Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani.<\/p>\n
Rose said he\u2019s expecting something special from the co-main event.<\/p>\n
\u201cSam Goodman is back at his natural weight,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a huge opportunity for him. This is the type of fight that would [ordinarily] be for a world title.<\/p>\n
Tszyu & Crawford share unfiltered chat | 03:57<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it will be a fantastic day… and maybe one of Goodman\u2019s most entertaining fights.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rose also spoke about how excited he was to see Aussie Olympians Paulo Aokuso and Callum Peters back in the ring, describing them as \u201cthe two best rising stars in Australian boxing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you haven\u2019t seen Callum fight, he\u2019s very high intensity, but his opponent will be as well,\u201d said Rose. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis one might even break Compubox. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey are going to break the system with the amount of punches these boys will be throwing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarrod Wallace caught rival Nelson Asofa-Solomona \u201coff-guard\u201d with a pointed NRL sledge ahead of their blockbuster heavyweight showdown,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[2840,18614,221274,58833,703,220445,49,48,176517,221276,221277,111751,217602,172450,29301,22751,18600,49449,10151,82,221275,221278,5154,50932],"class_list":{"0":"post-576745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","10":"tag-australian-superstar","11":"tag-blockbuster-heavyweight-showdown","12":"tag-boxing","13":"tag-boxing-resurgence","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-collateral-damage","17":"tag-craig-bellamy","18":"tag-fight-offer","19":"tag-james-cooney","20":"tag-jarrod-wallace","21":"tag-jeremy-latimore","22":"tag-melbourne-storm","23":"tag-new-south-wales","24":"tag-oceania","25":"tag-official-press-conference","26":"tag-press-conference","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-storm-sacking","29":"tag-throw-bombs","30":"tag-tim-tszyu","31":"tag-wollongong"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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