Boxing: Fox Sports reporter Cody Kaye spoke to Tim Tszyu ahead of his upcoming clash against Sebastian Fundora.
Tight lipped Tszyu vows to get job done | 04:03BEFORE diving into the pool for a swim with his pet alligator ‘Steve’, Oscar Valdez always makes a quick scan of its eyes.“Yeah, I like to get him tired first, too,” continues the popular Mexican boxer — and former world champion, no less — who also counts himself among three men looking to ruin the biggest weekend in Australian sports history.
Set to headline against Australia’s undefeated poster boy Tszyu for the WBO and WBC straps, Fundora is a massive Irwin fan whose last fight against an Aussie – Sydneysider Daniel Lewis — took place in Las Vegas on the late TV personality’s birthday.Quizzed on his fondness for a fella from way across the other side of the world, the man dubbed ‘Towering Inferno’ grins and shrugs: “Who doesn’t like him?“That’s the biggest thing in boxing.
“When I was growing up, all my friends idolised heroes like Superman, Batman, even the Ninja Turtles.“Instead of watching cartoons, I was into Animal Planet on Discovery Channel.“Here was this crazy guy who wrestles crocodiles, handles serpents, king cobras … I really thought he had superpowers.” “I know there’s a lot of danger to the wildlife with the fires going on over there, and I’d like to make everyone watching more present to that, give more knowledge to what’s going on over there and maybe get more support through the broadcast.
Of course, the great other irony in all of this is that 28-year-old Wilson – aka Mr Damage, and the man who kicks off Australia’s biggest of fight weekends this Saturday — lives himself in Caboolture, about 30 minutes drive from Irwin’s famed Australia Zoo.
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