First time Tim Tszyu ever fought in Las Vegas, he wheeled out a Bautista bomb.
Which back in the early 2000s, he says, was his WWE finishing move of choice.
“That and John Cena’s FU,” the champ grins, kicked back now in the lounge room of a sprawling, two story Las Vegas home which, with large pool out back and black Porsche in the driveway, sits hidden away some 20 minutes from the strip.
A place, Tszyu will also tell you, now feels like home.
And not only for his upcoming blockbuster against American superstar Keith Thurman, either.
No, Tszyu says the world’s fight capital is where he will now stay for everything coming after he beats Thurman inside what will be a heaving T-Mobile Arena come March 31.
Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jnr, these are who Australia’s undefeated boxing face wants next.
Then from there?
Everything.
Yep, Tszyusa.
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Which is why in his first major interview since arriving Stateside, Tszyu will spend over an hour talking Fox Sports Australia through so many wonderful storylines which includes everything from Thurman, Crawford and his new US “pussies” hit list to where Hall of Fame father Kostya will sit in the crowd come March.
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