Kostya Tszyu has spoken for the first time about sitting ringside for his eldest son Tim’s brutal world title fight loss in America just two months ago, while also outlining his plans for helping him back to super welterweight gold. Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer.
In an exclusive interview with foxsports.com.au, the Hall of Famer has also compared Tim’s loss to his own upset defeat against Vince Phillips almost 30 years ago – “he had the same attitude I did” – and revealed how he now plans to spend time working in the gym with both his sons early in the New Year.
After initially jetting into Sydney last week as a surprise guest for Tim’s wedding to fiancee Alexandra Constantine, Kostya is now readying to embark on a speaking tour dubbed UNDISPUTED: The Kostya Tszyu Show . The Australian fight great has four shows planned in Sydney and Melbourne over the next fortnight, which will be mixed in between what he expects to be several sessions working with, first, Nikita and then Tim, once back from his honeymoon, inside the family’s Tszyu Boxing Academy at Rockdale. After initially telling family he wouldn’t be able to make last weekend’s wedding because of business commitments, Kostya then jetted in just 24 hours out from the Sydney event as a surprise to the 30-year-old.
“Only my parents knew,” he explained. “Before flying, I actuall.
