ONCE upon a time, a struggle between Terence Crawford and Tim Tszyu was underneath critical consideration. Following a cut-induced defeat to Sebastian Fundora and a courageous but reckless show on Saturday night, Tszyu has swiftly fallen out of the Terence Crawford and even Vergil Ortiz Jr realm.
Anticipating to overpower and bully Bakhram Murtazaliev identical to he’d executed to the vast majority of his earlier opponents, Tim stood tall for a scrap, fingers held excessive and Murtazaliev duly obliged. Satisfaction sunk in so deeply that even after being despatched to the canvas a number of instances, Tszyu stood on wobbly legs and soaked up pictures from a wide range of angles, believing he might discover an equaliser.
As eager as any struggle fan, watching alongside from dwelling, Terence Crawford despatched out a volley of tweets because the beating developed, providing evaluation corresponding to, “His [Tszyu’s] legs are gone”, adopted by “Cease the struggle” and “Tim thought he had a simple one. Took this dude flippantly and was apprehensive about different fighters”.
Nonetheless, essentially the most telling message arrived earlier than a lot of that last commentary, as Crawford supplied a damning evaluation of not simply how the Murtazaliev struggle was enjoying out in actual time, but in addition of what probably stays of the Sydney slugger’s time on the prime:
It’s over for Tim
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) October 20, 2024
