Tim Tszyu’s Las Vegas debut unsure after American Keith Thurman pulls out resulting from coaching damage

Tim Tszyu’s scheduled Las Vegas debut is unsure after American Keith Thurman was compelled out of the pay-per-view blockbuster with a coaching damage.

Group Tszyu is scrambling to discover a alternative, with Sebastian Fundora the frontrunner, so the headline act can go forward on March 30 at T-Cellular Area.

Thurman, a former unified welterweight champion, has fought simply as soon as since dropping to Manny Pacquiao in July 2019.

He scored a unanimous factors win over Mario Barrios in February 2022.

However the 35-year-old is believed to have torn a bicep muscle, ruling him out in opposition to Tszyu.

Their slated showdown was to have been a non-world title struggle.

It’s hoped No Restrict Boxing boss George Ross will attain a deal for Tszyu, the undefeated WBO tremendous welterweight champion, to tackle Fundora as an alternative.

Nicknamed the “Towering Inferno”, Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) is slated to struggle Serhii Bohachuk for the vacant WBC tremendous middleweight belt on the identical March 30 card.

Fundora defeated 2016 Australian Olympian Daniel Lewis in Las Vegas on a unanimous factors determination in 2020.

BoxingScene within the US is reporting that negotiations had been underway to finalise Tszyu-Fundora, with an official saying it may even be stamped as a unified title struggle with each the WBO and WBC belts on the road.

AAP