By: Sean Crose
Popular junior middleweight Tim Tszyu, 22-0, battled Carlos Ocampo, 35-2, early (very early) Sunday on the Gold Coast Convention Center in Tszyu’s native Australia. The battle, which was scheduled for 12, was for Tszyu’s Interim WBO junior middleweight title belt. It was the primary occasion of a two battle Showtime card which started 11:30 PM east coast time.
Tszyu rocked his man proper off the bat within the first spherical. He then rocked his man once more. And once more. Less than a minute into the battle Ocampo seemed to be in appreciable bother. A thunderous overhand proper put Ocampo to the mat. He obtained up however the opening spherical wasn’t even half over but. Seconds later, Tszyu put Ocampo down and out courtesy of a left handed missile. The whole battle was underneath 90 seconds in size.
“I just want the name Charlo on my resume,” Tszyu mentioned after the battle, referring to junior middleweight world titlist Jermell Charlo. “I did it quicker than your boy (Errol Spence), man…let’s dance.” Indeed, a Charlo-Tszyu battle is extremely anticipated. “The big one’s Charlo,” Tszyu informed the Australian crown. “So get your tickets. Plan all your holidays, because I’m coming back with four belts.”
