On a wild boxing night,the punch everyone is talking about - and has led to police charges - involved someone not on the official fight card.
Nikita Tszyu and Michael Zerafa both earned very different victories on a wild night of boxing. Now they appear to be on a collision course.
On any given night,fight fans hope to witness one spectacular knockout. On a night when Nikita Tszyu became an Australian champion,they were treated to three.
Nikita Tszyu conquered the biggest test of his still-unblemished career when he recovered from an early knockdown to beat Dylan Biggs to the Australian super welterweight crown.
It has been a big 24 hours for Australian boxing,which included another win for the Tszyu family and a potential unification title bout.
The man who helped guide Kostya and Tim Tszyu to world titles predicts Nikita will become the third member of the famous fighting family to collect a championship belt.
Jack Brubaker will be out for revenge on the Tszyu family at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion almost four years after going down to Nikita’s brother Tim by TKO.
The sparring ban imposed on Nikita and Tim Tszyu will be lifted after the younger sibling gets his crack at Jack Brubaker.
When Nikita Tszyu talks about emulating Conor McGregor,it’s got nothing to do with the fighting style of the UFC drawcard.
Tim Tszyu needed just four rounds to defeat Jack Brubaker. Now Nikita Tszyu is trying to finish him off even quicker.
Three big fights,three resounding knockout victories – and one of them may have given Latrell Mitchell cause to reconsider his decision to climb into the boxing ring.