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Tszyu Awesome: Ko’s
Mitchell in three!
by Joe
Bridges
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Kostya Tszyu
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Sharmba Mitchell |
What
can you say? Nearly two years out of the ring
and hints of retirement round the corner and
Kostya comes back with as devastating performance
as you could ever wish to see. Losing the first
round and sustaining a cut above the eye from
a head clash ( Sharmba Mitchell was anxious
to hold on whenever Kostya looked like opening
up the action), Kostya never the less always
looked dangerous.
His cocked
right hand looked ominous, although he missed
with a few but in the second round it struck
home, dropping Mitchell and the writing was
on the wall.
Late in
the third round, Kostya struck again and when
Sharmba arose from that knockdown, he copped
a couple of perfectly placed body shots, then
the final blows to the head and our Kostya was
back with a vengeance.
Hopefully
talk of retirement from Johnny Lewis and Kostya
are now distant memories. WBA champ, Vivian
Harris, an interested spectator looms, as does
Arturo Gotti. Tszyu puts on a lot of weight
between bouts( he enjoys our beer) and maybe
he will aim for the heavier welterweight title
of Corey Spinks. Whatever, Kostya has stamped
himself with greatness. His dedication and modesty
is a lesson all boxers could follow.
Robert
Drane’s prediction of a tsunami certainly
proved to be correct(Saturday’s FOL)
Our adopted
Australian has put himself ‘Right up there’
with that stunning performance.
Mick
O'Brien's Olympic Boxing Academy
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