Tim Tszyu believes his victory over Joey Spencer last week has brought him back from the dark place his career was at after his back-to-back defeats to Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he wants to fight either WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora or former undisputed 154-lb champion Jermell Charlo next.
Promoter Tom Loeffler says he contacted PBC to let them know he’s interested in setting up a fight between his fighter, Serhii Bohachuk, and former undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo.
The top fighters at 154, Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Terence Crawford have shown no interest in facing IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev after his third-round knockout win against Tim Tszyu on October 19th.
Terence Crawford’s teammate, Steven Nelson, says IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev brings nothing more than his past opponents, and he rates former WBA 154-lb champ Israil Madrimov above him.
IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev’s trainer, Roma Kalataryan, says Bakhram wants a unification fight next against either the Errol Spence vs.
Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov surprisingly have been ranked in the top two spots in Ring Magazine’s updated rankings for the 154-lb division.
Chris Algieri points out that Tim Tszyu is now being viewed by fans as being washed up after suffering his second consecutive defeat last Saturday night in a third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in Orlando, Flordia.
#3-ranked contender Erickson Lubin says he’s ready to challenge IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) next. Lubin states that he was supposed to have fought Murtazaliev, but the negotiations didn’t work out.
Keith Thurman says Tim Tszyu is a “broken and distraught” fighter after his third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev last Saturday night in Orlando.