Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Boxing Challenge

An early morning (or late night depending on perspective) match from Australia as former WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn meets undefeated Tim Tszyu in a junior middleweight fight.

Horn, who upset Manny Pacquiao via a controversial unanimous decision in 2017, but has lost by stoppage to Terence Crawford and middleweight Michael Zerafa since then.
Horn avenged his loss to Zerafa in his last fight and drops from middleweight to junior middleweight for a shot at Tszyu, who is undefeated, but has't fought anyone at the level of Horn.
The son of Kostya Tszyu, the former undisputed junior welterweight titleist, may have an advantage with Horn having fought his last three fights at 160 and having to make weight.
This is a very difficult fight to call.
Tszyu's competition has been weak and who knows what happens when someone punches back, but Horn's loss and even his win against Michael Zerafa, a journeyman middleweight, makes me wonder if Horn is well past his prime.
Any result from this fight would not be a surprise to me.

In the boxing challenge, I lead Ramon Malpica 94-86.

Junior Middleweights. 10 Rds
Tim Tszyu vs Jeff Horn
R.L: Tszyu Unanimous Decision
TRS: Horn Split Decision

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