Tszyu's cold promise to 'ripped' opponent

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Australia's boxing aureate lad Tim Tszyu admits his adjacent opponent, Takeshi Inoue, is looking ripped... but helium besides doesn't care.

The Japanese champion stepped disconnected the level this week and instantly wowed Australian media by taking his garment disconnected for a photoshoot astatine a gym.

The brace volition measurement into the ringing astatine Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena connected Wednesday night.

They met successful idiosyncratic for the archetypal clip astatine a media telephone connected Thursday, wherever Tszyu was capable to oculus the power-puncher archetypal hand.

"It's not a body-building contest, it's a fight," helium said erstwhile asked what helium thought of his opponent's physique.

"I saw a fewer photos. I saw helium was ripped. I'm rather blessed for him that he's got himself into a existent bully signifier and he's confident.

"The champion happening astir boxing is muscles don't triumph fights. Everyone knows that. You could beryllium successful the champion signifier but it each starts successful (the head).

"I'll beryllium 10 steps up of him earlier helium knows what he's doing.

"This combat is each strategic. A spot of patience and the knockout volition come. It's lights out."

Tszyu is yet to suffer a nonrecreational fight, boasting a 19-0 record.

Inoue has dropped 1 bout successful his 17-1-1 vocation and has 10 victories by mode of knockout.

Inoue's campy has flown Down Under with plentifulness of confidence, with his trainer declaring Tszyu's campy is making a mistake by putting him successful the ringing with the Japanese fighter.

In a property league today, Tszyu declared helium volition beryllium capable to decorativeness the occupation wrong 4 rounds.

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"One circular to work my opponent, a mates of rounds to execute and that's it," helium said.

"I'm acceptable to instrumentality connected anyone. I've already proven that.

"I'll instrumentality each these leftovers. I'll instrumentality them each 1 by 1 and, aft Takeshi, they should person brought successful another.

"I'll instrumentality connected 2 world-class opponents successful 1 nighttime if I person to. It doesn't fuss me."

Tszyu calls himself the "soul taker", and that's what helium plans to bash to Inoue connected Wednesday.

"Most of my opponents person said they're going to sound maine out. But erstwhile we get successful the ring, it's wholly different," Tszyu said.

"When you're gassed and bushed and can't respire and your mind's not reasoning the same, that's erstwhile you commencement questioning worldly and (then I) instrumentality the soul.

"He said instrumentality the tone but erstwhile your soul's taken, past you can't instrumentality the spirit."

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