Today in Australia, the local prospect of the first middle weight (up to 69.9 kg) Nikita Tszyu (3-0, 2 KOs) won the third victory in profiring, but for the first time he could not finish the fight ahead of schedule – a fight with a compatriot
Ben Horn (4-5, 0 KOs) went the entire 6-round distance and ended with Nikita’s victory on points by unanimous decision of the judges.
After the fight, the father of the prospect, the legendary Konstantin Tszyu, suggested that his son intentionally did not knock out the opponent.
“He wanted it himself, as I understand it. I haven’t talked to him yet, but sometimes you can make an easy fight, sometimes a hard one. He wanted a tough fight today, says Tszyu-father. – It’s good for him to practice, six rounds to go through. But there are a lot of technical issues that need to be worked on. Does his surname weigh on him? You have to ask him.”
Source:
Championship
