madjack
21-01-2003, 06:17 AM
Family decides for Tszyu
By Grantlee Kieza
January 20, 2003
KOSTYA TSZYU says he's not making any plans to fight again until he talks over his future with his family.
Tszyu - coy on his future.
Johnny Lewis wants him to fight one more time for a huge purse against Canadian brawler Arturo Gatti and then retire before some young gunslinger catches him on an off night and shoots the crown off his head.
And Vlad Warton, beaming at the massive crowd at Telstra Dome yesterday, hinted at several huge fights on the horizon for his pigtailed money machine.
Tszyu was non-committal about his future, even about the mandatory defence he is supposed to make next against easybeat Italian Gianluca Branco, the WBC's top contender.
"I will not answer this question," he said when asked who he would fight next.
"I must sit with my family and see how I feel about fighting again."
Common sense says he'll fight again and again and again, no matter what Johnny Lewis thinks, as there is so much cash on offer against opponents who will go the same way as Jesse Leija.
Tszyu earned $3.5 million yesterday. Plenty of fighters get knocked around a lot worse on smaller shows for $1000.
Even at the age of 33 he is still a Mako shark in a sea of goldfish, given the lack of any serious threats to his world title. He could have fought Branco straight after Jesse Leija last night and still won in a canter.
Arturo Gatti, like Leija, a former world junior-lightweight champ, has rivalled Tszyu in ring earnings over the last couple of years especially with his two classic fights with Micky Ward, a Leija victim.
But in the words of British boxing journalist, Colin Hart, Gatti complains when a fighter misses him with a punch, he's so easy to hit.
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Edited by - madjack on 21 Jan 2003 05:20:31
By Grantlee Kieza
January 20, 2003
KOSTYA TSZYU says he's not making any plans to fight again until he talks over his future with his family.
Tszyu - coy on his future.
Johnny Lewis wants him to fight one more time for a huge purse against Canadian brawler Arturo Gatti and then retire before some young gunslinger catches him on an off night and shoots the crown off his head.
And Vlad Warton, beaming at the massive crowd at Telstra Dome yesterday, hinted at several huge fights on the horizon for his pigtailed money machine.
Tszyu was non-committal about his future, even about the mandatory defence he is supposed to make next against easybeat Italian Gianluca Branco, the WBC's top contender.
"I will not answer this question," he said when asked who he would fight next.
"I must sit with my family and see how I feel about fighting again."
Common sense says he'll fight again and again and again, no matter what Johnny Lewis thinks, as there is so much cash on offer against opponents who will go the same way as Jesse Leija.
Tszyu earned $3.5 million yesterday. Plenty of fighters get knocked around a lot worse on smaller shows for $1000.
Even at the age of 33 he is still a Mako shark in a sea of goldfish, given the lack of any serious threats to his world title. He could have fought Branco straight after Jesse Leija last night and still won in a canter.
Arturo Gatti, like Leija, a former world junior-lightweight champ, has rivalled Tszyu in ring earnings over the last couple of years especially with his two classic fights with Micky Ward, a Leija victim.
But in the words of British boxing journalist, Colin Hart, Gatti complains when a fighter misses him with a punch, he's so easy to hit.
http://foxsports.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,5001,231103,00.jpg
http://foxsports.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,5001,231159,00.jpg
Edited by - madjack on 21 Jan 2003 05:20:31