The long awaited fight between two of the biggest names in Australian boxing will take place at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre this July. Tszyu Spark
Four years in the making, it’s no easy tale that led either fighter to this point, but now that they’ve both arrived, neither will take a backwards step.
Tim Tszyu, the son of legendary former boxer Kosta, has proven himself time and time again. Going into the July fight unbeaten, the prodigy of Australian boxing is coming off a five round demolition of Irishman Dennis Hogan, earning himself the WBO Super Welterweight Title, the belt he’ll put on the line against Spark.
The resumed No. 1 contender for the unified WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC super welterweight titles, is likely to go onto fight Brian Castano or Jermell Charlo later this year as those two fighters do battle.
“Where I want to be, I have to make a statement,” the unbeaten star told Ben Damon on Main Event’s Boxing Podcast.
Asked what that looks like, Tszyu was unequivocal, “Out, out, out before the 12th round,” Tszyu said.
“Nar, a win’s a win. But I’m looking to go my hardest,”
“I think he’ll be awkward at first. Not awkward, he’ll be hard to hit at first but once the pace goes into my favour we’ll see a change of fight,” he predicted.
“We’ll see what he brings and what his game-plan is, and counter that.”
Steve Spark hasn’t had an ideal run up to this fight, in fact, it couldn’t of gone worse. Hospitalised in mid-may, there were many speculating that he wouldn’t be fit enough to step into the ring come July. Then, to throw another hurdle his way, a Covid breakout in Melbourne forced the state into lockdown, and Spark’s training into chaos.
Spark is sitting at 28-4-0 with 17 KO’s to his name, he’ll go into this bout as the underdog, but that won’t phase him.
"He hasn't fought anyone like me and I've got a lot of things up my sleeve that I'm going to bring out on the night," he said.
"I believe if we implement what we've been doing in training, there's a huge possibility I can stop him - I've got a lot of power. Tszyu Spark fight time
"He's a tough opponent, he's doing great. It's going to be a good fight and the winner out of all this is Australian boxing."
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