ONCE upon a time, a struggle between Terence Crawford and Tim Tszyu was below critical consideration. Following a cut-induced defeat to Sebastian Fundora and a courageous but reckless show on Saturday night, Tszyu has swiftly fallen out of the Terence Crawford and even Vergil Ortiz Jr realm.
Anticipating to overpower and bully Bakhram Murtazaliev similar to he’d accomplished to nearly all of his earlier opponents, Tim stood tall for a scrap, palms held excessive and Murtazaliev duly obliged. Delight sunk in so deeply that even after being despatched to the canvas a number of occasions, Tszyu stood on wobbly legs and soaked up pictures from a wide range of angles, believing he may discover an equaliser.
As eager as any struggle fan, watching alongside from dwelling, Terence Crawford despatched out a volley of tweets because the beating developed, providing evaluation akin to, “His [Tszyu’s] legs are gone”, adopted by “Cease the struggle” and “Tim thought he had a straightforward one. Took this dude frivolously and was fearful about different fighters”.
Nevertheless, essentially the most telling message arrived earlier than a lot of that last commentary, as Crawford provided a damning evaluation of not simply how the Murtazaliev struggle was taking part in out in actual time, but additionally of what doubtlessly stays of the Sydney slugger’s time on the prime:
It’s over for Tim
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) October 20, 2024
