Kostya Tszyu of Australia, the WBC, WBA and IBF 140-pound champion came into the fight 5-1 favorite over Ben Tackie 28, and thus did not disappoint the experts by completely dominating the fight and finally winning on points and retaining the WBA,WBC and IBF titles. Tackie entered the ring draped in red gold and green attire but when he took off his shirt, WALLSTREET.COM was boldly inscribed on his back. Tszyu came in dark shirt and shorts, displaying his three world tittles. The referee was Jay Nady. The first four rounds was a close call with Tszyu throwing more coordinated and effective punches. Tackie, who normally throws more punches than any of his opponents, seemed not apt to the competition.
The fifth round was entirely dominated by the champion Tszyu, who unloaded beautiful punches. The few counterpunches by Tackie were weak and lack any effectiveness. Tackie's trainer described the round as a bad round for the challenger.
Rounds sixth through the eighth continued with the same pattern with Tszyu dominating the fight with repeated left punches and the crowd admiring him with shouts of "zuu...zuu". Tszyu, who appear to be manipulating the challenger, showed a lot of ring intelligence by throwing combination of punches at will; the fight appear lopsided at this time. Most of Tackies blows appear to be meant for the air in front of Tszyu. Tachie appear sloppy and lost his coordination and strength, throwing a lot of wild punches.
Tackie started round eleven with better punches and furry of punches startling the crowd to his side momentarily. Tackie's corner reminded him during the break that his children are present at the fight and he should not disappoint them, literally.
The twelve and final round was not different from the previous rounds, Tszyu completely out-punched the challenger from Ghana and retained his three titles with a unanimous decision. The champion was methodical and almost flawless.The fight was well attended.
Kostya Tszyu of Australia, the WBC, WBA and IBF 140-pound champion came into the fight 5-1 favorite over Ben Tackie 28, and thus did not disappoint the experts by completely dominating the fight and finally winning on points and retaining the WBA,WBC and IBF titles. Tackie entered the ring draped in red gold and green attire but when he took off his shirt, WALLSTREET.COM was boldly inscribed on his back. Tszyu came in dark shirt and shorts, displaying his three world tittles. The referee was Jay Nady. The first four rounds was a close call with Tszyu throwing more coordinated and effective punches. Tackie, who normally throws more punches than any of his opponents, seemed not apt to the competition.
The fifth round was entirely dominated by the champion Tszyu, who unloaded beautiful punches. The few counterpunches by Tackie were weak and lack any effectiveness. Tackie's trainer described the round as a bad round for the challenger.
Rounds sixth through the eighth continued with the same pattern with Tszyu dominating the fight with repeated left punches and the crowd admiring him with shouts of "zuu...zuu". Tszyu, who appear to be manipulating the challenger, showed a lot of ring intelligence by throwing combination of punches at will; the fight appear lopsided at this time. Most of Tackies blows appear to be meant for the air in front of Tszyu. Tachie appear sloppy and lost his coordination and strength, throwing a lot of wild punches.
Tackie started round eleven with better punches and furry of punches startling the crowd to his side momentarily. Tackie's corner reminded him during the break that his children are present at the fight and he should not disappoint them, literally.
The twelve and final round was not different from the previous rounds, Tszyu completely out-punched the challenger from Ghana and retained his three titles with a unanimous decision. The champion was methodical and almost flawless.The fight was well attended.
