Ten seconds. That’s all it took for Tim Tszyu 24-0 (17) to accept a fight with late replacement Sebastian Fundora 20-1-1 (13).
WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu, 29, was scheduled to face former WBC and WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman 30-1 (22) in a 12-round, 155-pound non-title bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 30.
The 26-year-old was set to face Ukrainian puncher Serhii Bohachuk 23-1 (23) on the undercard in a battle for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. Now he will be one half of the main event
The WBO has sanctioned the fight for their title and the WBC has ageed to put their strap on the line, meaning the winner will own 50% of the important hardwear at 154-pounds.
Tszyu was down for the fight almost as soon as the proposition was put to him.
“There was no hesitation, it was straight away, a 10-second thing,” Tszyu said. “Yes, it made me pissed off but the focus shifts and the show goes on, simple.
“You’ve got to be able to take on all comers. He’s tricky, he’s tall, but whatever, I’m confident in victory by any means anyway.”
The other fill-in opponent offered to Tszyu was Erislandy Lara 29-3-3 (17). The Cuban southpaw is set to defend his WBA middleweight belt against Australian Michael Zerafa 31-4 (19) on the undercard.
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