Tszyu quietly confident!

By Rea Frey

24/05/2005

Tszyu quietly confident!

As June 4th rapidly approaches, world junior welterweight Kostya Tszyu was asked today whether being thirty-five years old would hurt him in his upcoming title defense against Ricky Hatton. After all, Tszyu has fought only nine rounds in the last two years (three against Sharmba Mitchell last year and six against Jesse James Leija in 2003) and has remained relatively inactive. Tszyu was quick to respond, "my inactivity plays a good role for me. I’m thirty-five years old and fresh. Tszyu at thirty-five would destroy Tszyu at twenty-five. That’s how confident I am right now.” More to come later