Boxing pundits successful the US weren't afloat sold connected Tim Tszyu's unanimous determination triumph past nighttime but the Aussie prima drew plentifulness of praise for his triumph implicit Takeshi Inoue.
Tszyu retained his WBO Global and WBO Asia-Pacific super-welterweight titles and won convincingly connected points, with the judges scoring it 119-108, 120-107 and 120-107.
It was his archetypal existent trial against a satellite ranked hostile and further pushed his claims for a rubric changeable astatine WBO champion Brian Castano's belt.
While immoderate American boxing purists weren't wholly convinced that Tszyu is acceptable to instrumentality his talents to Las Vegas, astir of the commentary was positive.
Tszyu rocks Inoue successful 5th round
CBS Sports expert Brian Campbell, described Tszyu arsenic a "monster", adding that it was "time to bring the amusement to the satellite stage."
Legendary commentator Al Bernstein, posted: "Going 12 is simply a payment for the future" regarding the Aussie's points win.
"A one-sided objection that helium is acceptable for the satellite rubric scene" wrote elder boxing writer for Sky Sports James Dielhenn.
Dielhenn went further suggesting that the Australian's streak of stoppages ended lone by "his opponent's toughness" and highlighted however Tszyu "pulverised Inoue to the body".
Tszyu catches Inoue off-guard early
The Ring's Diego Morilla besides pointed to Inoue's toughness arsenic the crushed down it going the distance.
He said Tszyu offered a "promise helium couldn't deliver" connected the sixth circular KO prediction but added: "There is lone 1 culprit for that, and that's his foe and his granite chin.
"Punch statistic wouldn't bash justness to his performance."
However, Boxing News 24's Jeff Aronow was a spot much captious of Tszyu's wide output. He said Tszyu needs to close immoderate things if he's to marque a palmy travel to the mecca of boxing, Las Vegas.
"In Tszyu's case, helium looked cautious and loaded up connected assemblage shots and threw jabs to the head," Aronow pointed out.
"Inoue was determination to beryllium knocked retired if Tszyu had relentlessly attacked him, but helium didn't look to privation to bash that.
"Perhaps Tszyu was disquieted astir getting clipped oregon gassing out.
"Overall, it wasn't an outstanding show from Tszyu that helium needed to amusement that helium belongs among the apical guys astatine 154, arsenic it intelligibly showed that helium needs much acquisition earlier tackling the large dogs successful the division."
While there's ever going to beryllium a mixed absorption to a 12-round determination win, it's wide the US is precise successful tune with Tszyu's career.
While his begetter Kostya made a immense splash successful America, lifting the household sanction to dizzying heights, according to News Corp's Paul Kent, Tim's sanction is starting to summation traction without his father.
Speaking connected past night's Main Event combat coverage, Kent spoke of a speech helium had with fable Jeff Fenech aft a caller travel to the US.
"Jeff conscionable got backmost from America and helium said that each gym helium walked into, they were asking astir Tim Tszyu," Kent said.
"They cognize of him not conscionable done his father, they've watched what he's done, they've seen his progression.
"Fighters cognize fighters, and they spot him astatine No.1. The questions to Jeff weren't 'is helium genuine?' ... they wanted to cognize each astir him.
"They person already accepted however bully a combatant helium is."
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