- Kostya Tszyu is a earlier experienced boxer that competed from 1992 to 2005
- The Russian-Australian has an expert boxing doc of 31 success and also furthermore 2 losses
- It remains to be to be seen if Kostya Tszyu's heritage will definitely be proceeded by his young boys – Tim and also furthermore Nikita
Kostya Tszyu is a earlier experienced boxer that competed from 1992 to 2005. Nicknamed Thunder from Down Under, Tszyu was an exceptional well-shaped boxer, that's idea of amongst the lots of hardest punchers within the light-welterweight department.
The Russian-Australian has an expert boxing doc of 31 success and also furthermore 2 losses. He managed and also furthermore defeat a variety of of the very best experienced boxers of his technology. Some of his important success opposed Julio Cesar Chavez, Jesse James Leija, Zab Judah, Roger Mayweather and also furthermore Sharmba Mitchell.
Kostya Tszyu is merely among lots of hardest punchers within the light-welterweight department. Photo/ Ring Magazine.
Kostya Tszyu had an inconceivable novice career before redesigning experienced. He got a bronze on the 1989 World Championships whereas representing the Soviet Union and also furthermore stated gold 2 years later within the light-welterweight department at the similar occasion.
Tszyu furthermore got gold medals on the European Championships in 1989 and also furthermore 1991. He achieved his novice occupation with 270 fights, effective 259 and also furthermore dropping eleven circumstances.
Right from the beginning of his experienced occupation, Kostya validated to be a challenging opposition within the ring. He defeated a variety of of the very best names within the boxing world within the extremely early Nineties, including earlier WBC Featherweight Champion Juan Laporte.
Tszyu's extremely initial champ was the IBF title, which he got after knocking meaningless Jake Rodriguez within the 6th round in 1995. He will definitely protect the title 5 circumstances versus major boxers like Roger Mayweather, Cory Johnson and also furthermore Hugo Pineda.
After dropping the IBF title to Vince Philips in 1997, Tszyu will definitely go unbeaten until 2005 when he combated his last experienced complement. The Russian-Australian held plenty of light-welterweight world champs after the turn of the century until 2005.
The Ring located Kostya Tszyu due to the fact that the major light-welterweight boxer of the 2000s years. The 53-year-old, that's idea of by plenty of in Australia to be an across the country showing off activities hero, was promised in correct right into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2011.
How plenty of fights did Kostya Tszyu shed?
Kostya Tszyu withstood just 2 losses in his legendary occupation, which started in 1992 and also furthermore finished in 2005. Unfortunately to him, each losses had actually been title rounds.
He withstood the extremely initial absence of his experienced occupation on Vince Phillips on May 31, 1997. Vince knocked meaningless Kostya within the tenth round to take his world champ.
Tszyu's second loss may be existing in a title security versus British boxer Ricky Hatton on June 5, 2005. He dropped the fight using Referee technical option (RTD) on the coating of the l lth round. Tszyu quit working to safeguard his IBF and also furthermore The Ring titles on what was his last-ever experienced boxing complement.
Kostya Tszyu's Sons
It remains to be to be seen if Kostya Tszyu's heritage will definitely be proceeded by his young boys – Tim and also furthermore Nikita. Tim made his experienced introducing in December 2016, defeating Zorran Cassidy using consentaneous option.
His extremely initial title was the WBC-ABCO Continental light-middleweight, which he got after Wade Ryan using consentaneous option. It was his 7th experienced fight.
Tim has actually genuinely held the Australian light-middleweight title pondering that 2019. He has actually genuinely gotten every one in every of his 21 fights and also furthermore BoxRec places him as No. 1 Australia light-middleweight. The Australian will certainly be experiencing earlier WBC 154-lb champ Tony Harrison on March 12, in Australia. The 2 will certainly be protecting the showing up WBO Junior Middleweight showing up title.
On the various various hand, Nikita started his experienced occupation in March 2022, defeating Aaron Stahl using TKO within the second round. He currently has a specialist boxing doc of 4 success and also furthermore entirely no losses. Three of these success have actually genuinely been with kos. Nikita normally is a heavyweight within the boxing world extremely comparable to his daddy.

Tim (correct) and also furthermore Nikita Tszyu are young boys of legendary Russian-Australian boxer Kostya Tszyu. Photo/ St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.
Where is Kostya Tszyu currently?
Kostya Tszyu transferred together with his family members to Moscow in 2008. However, they went once again to Australia and also furthermore Tszyu will definitely move alone to Russia in September, 2012. Former boxer Kostya Tszyu is is currently joined to Tatiana Averina. The set has 2 young people.
Between 2012 and also furthermore 2013, Kostya Tszyu enlightened boxing celebs Khabib Allakhverdiev, Alexander Povetkin and also furthermore Dennis Lebedev. He currently runs a eating establishment in Moscow.