Tim Tszyu Lastet Fight Sold Out In One Day

Tuesday came more confirmation that rising, unbeaten Jr. Middleweight contender Tim Tszyu is the hottest boxing name in Australia. That’s when the promoter for his upcoming July bout against fellow Australian contender, Michael Zerafa, sold out the Newcastle Centre in under 24 hours.

Australian Broadcaster and part time boxing manager, Ben Damon, had the news that based on the pre-sale of tickets alone, the WBO’s #1 contender at 154 lb. will have over 6,500 fans in attendance at the indoor facility July 7th,

#TszyuZerafa has officially sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on sale to the public. The venue will be renamed the TszyuCastle Entertainment Centre for fight week ? pic.twitter.com/beGY6eCuhk

— Ben Damon (@ben_damon) May 11, 2021

Tszyu, the son of Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu, is now 18-0 with 14 KOs and has been on a huge roll nationally “down under” over the past 12 months. He was last in action in March defeating veteran Dennis Hogan in front of another sold-out crowd at the same NewCastle Center about two hours North of Sydney on the Eastern coast of Australia.

That night, he suffered a cut early in the bout from an accidental clash of heads, but still out-gunned the veteran, journeyman Hogan in a 5th round TKO. And, he won for the third straight time post-Covid 19 pandemic by KO or stoppage.

Zerafa, 28-4, 17 KOs, is 29 year old native of Melbourne, Australia. And he won his last fight in mid-March with a 1st round knockout of aged, former Super Middleweight champ, Anthony Mundine (who is 43) . That win came following a pair of fights with former WBO World Welterweight, champ Jeff Horn. Zerafa stopped Horn in the 9th round of their August 2019 meeting, but dropped a 10 round majority decision to Horn five months later, in their December 2019 rematch.

The 26 year old Tszyu, is based in Sydney and has grown immensely in popularity fighting in front of sold out crowds all over the continent. This included his own KO of Horn in August of last year in front of over 20,000 at an outdoor stadium in Townsville, on the Northern coast.

He also destroyed lightly regarded Bowyn Morgan in one round in December in front of a roaring crowd at another outdoor stadium in Parramatta.

Tszyu has been hoping to leverage his WBO top ranking to get a shot at their new champ, Brian Castano. However, Castano has chosen instead to battle Jermell Charlo in an Undisputed 154 lb. showdown that will be 10 days after the Tszyu-Zerafa fight on July 17th in the U.S.

And, if the favored Charlo is victorious, it’s likely Tszyu will have to leave Australia and come to the U.S. for a potential shot at the Undisputed crown.