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His professional debut took place almost exactly 30 years after his father's first professional fight. [8] Tszyu faced Mason Smith on 11 May 2022. He won the bout via technical knockout in the first round. Tszyu faced Ben Horn on 20 July 2022. He won the bout via unanimous decision Tszyu faced Darkon Dryden on 8 October 2022.
Tszyu scored arguably his most famous win that year, when he knocked out Zab Judah to reclaim the IBF title, as well as the vacant Ring magazine and lineal titles, thus becoming the first undisputed light-welterweight champion in over 30 years. In 2005, in what would be his final fight, Tszyu was stopped by Ricky Hatton.
A unification fight between Kostya Tszyu, who held both the WBA and WBC super lightweight titles, and Zab Judah, the IBF junior welterweight titlist, was put into motion in June 2001 after months of negotiations, with both Tszyu and Judah having both agreed to tentative contract arrangements to face each other later in the year.
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Tszyu and Mitchell met for the first time on November 2, 2002, with Tszyu as the WBC world champion and Mitchell as the WBA world champion. They fought to unify those belts. The first fight was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was fought at close quarters with use of rough tactics by both boxers. [2] Tszyu pushed Mitchell to the canvas four ...
The announcement was met with controversy as it was felt that the soon-to-be-38-year old Chávez, who the WBC had ranked as their number-one super lightweight contender and, as such, Tszyu's mandatory challenger, was severely outmatched by Tszyu, who was 8 years younger and in the prime of his professional career.
The event streamed on Netflix attracted over 108 million live global viewers and was the largest fight in the U.S. held outside of Las Vegas. However, the fight has not been without its controversies.
At least one Netflix customer was disappointed enough over the company’s glitchy livestream of last Friday’s fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson that he’s gone to court. Ronald “Blue ...