chunky_mcdaniels
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Nah he's good. I tried to hate on him for his first 10-12 fights. He's fought a lot of bums, but he is a killer. Wear you down sort of fighter.
10/14 PBC on SHO: Tim Tszyu vs Brian Mendoza (WBO Super Welterweight Title)
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This will be his best test to confirm he wasnt a product of good match making soley
Tszyu-Mendoza: American Ref, Australian Judge, But No American Judge Assigned To Fight
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BY KEITH IDEC
Published Tue Oct 10, 2023, 08:05 PM EDT
There won’t be an American judge seated ringside for Brian Mendoza’s first fight outside of the United States.
BoxingScene.com has learned that judges from Australia (Adam Height), Hungary (Zoltan Enyedi) and Japan (Katsuhiko Nakamura) have been assigned to score Mendoza’s shot at Tim Tszyu’s WBO junior middleweight title. An American referee, Nevada’s Kenny Bayless, will be the third man in the ring when Mendoza meets Australia’s Tszyu on Saturday night at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Australia.
Enyedi and Nakamura also judged Tszyu’s last fight against an American opponent in Australia. They had Tszyu ahead of Detroit’s Tony Harrison by the same score, 77-75, entering the ninth round of a 12-round fight in which Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) dropped and stopped Harrison (29-4-1, 21 KOs) on March 12 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Tszyu’s hometown.
The third judge who worked the Tszyu-Harrison fight was Canada’s Benoit Roussel. The Quebec-based Roussel also had Tszyu in front 77-75 through eight rounds.
Height hasn’t judged any of Tszyu’s 23 bouts since Kostya Tszyu’s son made his pro debut in December 2016.
Seven of Tszyu’s past nine fights have resulted in knockout or technical-knockout victories for him. Mendoza (22-2, 16 KOs) has not been knocked out in 24 professional fights, though. He has lost only an eight-round split decision to Larry Gomez (then 9-1) in November 2019 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and a 10-round unanimous decision to Jesus Ramos (then 16-0) in September 2021 at The Armory in Minneapolis.
The 29-year-old Mendoza produced perhaps the “Knockout of the Year” in his last fight, when he unloaded a left-right-left combination that knocked out Sebastian Fundora early in the seventh round. Fundora led Mendoza on all three scorecards – 60-54, 60-54, 59-55 – through six rounds of action April 8 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
The Albuquerque native won the WBC interim super welterweight title from Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs). He is not ranked in the WBO’s top 15 because he holds at least an interim title from another sanctioning organization.
Tszyu will make his first defense of the WBO junior middleweight crown since he was elevated from interim champ to full champ September 30, when Jermell Charlo was stripped of that title. The 28-year-old Tszyu had long been the WBO’s mandatory challenger for one of Charlo’s championships, but their January 28 fight was postponed due to Charlo’s two fractures in his left hand and ultimately canceled altogether once Charlo chose to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles last month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Showtime will televise Tszyu-Mendoza in the United States as the main event of a doubleheader scheduled to start at 10:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 p.m. PDT). Australian junior featherweight contender Sam Goodman (15-0, 7 KOs) is set to meet Miguel Flores (25-4-1, 12 KOs), of Spring, Texas, in the 12-round opener of Showtime’s broadcast.
UpAndComing
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Tim Tszyu seems confident heading into the fight
. Still taking jabs at Charlo 
im going with Tszyu by KO
Mendoza does have more skill but Tszyu is pretty effective with his aggression, punch selection
Mendoza does have more skill but Tszyu is pretty effective with his aggression, punch selection
Shakur Stevenson Believes Brian Mendoza Beats Tim Tszyu
BY HANS THEMISTODE
Published Thu Oct 12, 2023, 09:20 AM EDT
It takes a lot to impress Shakur Stevenson. Being a strong puncher or an all-out brawler isn't enough to get his attention. Stevenson loves an all-around fighter, one who can do it all, kind of like himself.
When he isn’t busy putting in the work, Stevenson enjoys watching some of his peers. As of late, Brian Mendoza has stuck out to him. With three consecutive wins underneath his belt, Stevenson officially declared him as one of the best fighters around.
“He’s a great fighter,” Stevenson told MillCity Boxing. “I like him.”
Mendoza spends a ton of time in the gym but nowadays, he practically lives there.
The biggest win of his career netted him another huge opportunity. The moment Sebastian Fundora’s head bounced unconsciously off the canvas, Tim Tszyu took notice. The Aussie native now wants a piece of Mendoza.
Formally, the pair will swap fists on October 15th, in Australia. Despite his win streak, oddsmakers are expecting Tszyu to have his hand raised in victory. From Stevenson’s point of view, he doesn’t understand why Tszyu has been receiving so much love. In just a few more weeks, the former Olympic silver medalist is expecting the hype train surrounding him to crash and burn.
“I think he beats Tim Tszyu. I’m not a big Tim Tszyu fan. I really ain’t see nothing too special about Tim Tszyu.”
This isn’t the first time that Stevenson felt underwhelmed with Tszyu. Heading into his showdown against Tony Harrison, Stevenson was convinced that the former junior middleweight champ would box circles around his man. That thought, nevertheless, was erroneous.
Harrison had nothing for Tszyu. Immediately after, Stevenson was forced to eat his words. The beating the 28-year-old put on Harrison is something that Stevenson will never forget. So while he still believes that Mendoza has more than enough to get it done, Stevenson acknowledges that Tszyu isn’t the sort of fighter that anyone should be sleeping on.
“He kinda proved me wrong with Tony Harrison so maybe he’s a little bit better than what I think.”
chunky_mcdaniels
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Yeah this is a cool fight.Shakur Stevenson Believes Brian Mendoza Beats Tim Tszyu
BY HANS THEMISTODE
Published Thu Oct 12, 2023, 09:20 AM EDT
It takes a lot to impress Shakur Stevenson. Being a strong puncher or an all-out brawler isn't enough to get his attention. Stevenson loves an all-around fighter, one who can do it all, kind of like himself.
When he isn’t busy putting in the work, Stevenson enjoys watching some of his peers. As of late, Brian Mendoza has stuck out to him. With three consecutive wins underneath his belt, Stevenson officially declared him as one of the best fighters around.
“He’s a great fighter,” Stevenson told MillCity Boxing. “I like him.”
Mendoza spends a ton of time in the gym but nowadays, he practically lives there.
The biggest win of his career netted him another huge opportunity. The moment Sebastian Fundora’s head bounced unconsciously off the canvas, Tim Tszyu took notice. The Aussie native now wants a piece of Mendoza.
Formally, the pair will swap fists on October 15th, in Australia. Despite his win streak, oddsmakers are expecting Tszyu to have his hand raised in victory. From Stevenson’s point of view, he doesn’t understand why Tszyu has been receiving so much love. In just a few more weeks, the former Olympic silver medalist is expecting the hype train surrounding him to crash and burn.
“I think he beats Tim Tszyu. I’m not a big Tim Tszyu fan. I really ain’t see nothing too special about Tim Tszyu.”
This isn’t the first time that Stevenson felt underwhelmed with Tszyu. Heading into his showdown against Tony Harrison, Stevenson was convinced that the former junior middleweight champ would box circles around his man. That thought, nevertheless, was erroneous.
Harrison had nothing for Tszyu. Immediately after, Stevenson was forced to eat his words. The beating the 28-year-old put on Harrison is something that Stevenson will never forget. So while he still believes that Mendoza has more than enough to get it done, Stevenson acknowledges that Tszyu isn’t the sort of fighter that anyone should be sleeping on.
“He kinda proved me wrong with Tony Harrison so maybe he’s a little bit better than what I think.”
People shyt on Mendoza, I think he has something more than people give him credit for.
The thing with Tsyzu is though, he gets it done. Every time I shyt on him, he proves me wrong.
nobody shyts on mendoza...not on here at least...we put respect on him KO'ing fundora (even though fought largely tentative) and Rosario
Looks pretty decent to me.
you've never seen him fight?
Rev Leon Lonnie Love
damned mine eyes, DAMNED mine eyes!!
Nah, been treating him like Eubank Jr and not paying him much attention
UpAndComing
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Watch Tony Harrison's description of him. He went into the fight with him overconfident because he thought he was basic and spent a training camp just focusing on combatting Tim Tszyu's power. Come to find out Tony said he is deceptively very very fast and that his speed took him by surprise
Yeah seems Tim more so overwhelms folks than being a big shot persob
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