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Tim Tszyu Set To Defend WBO Title Against Brian Mendoza In Sydney

Tim Tszyu (white with blue trunks) v Terrell Gausha (white with red and gold trunks) box in the Super Welterweight main event at the Armory in 2022 in Minneapolis, United States. Tszyu, will be defending his title against Mendoza this coming weekend. ADAM BETTCHER/GETTY IMAGES.

SYDNEY — The newly crowned WBO champion and Australian professional boxer Tim Tzyu will be defending his title against Brian “The Giant Killer” Mendoza this Saturday in Sydney Australia at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

A hand injury kept the 28 year old Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) from active boxing for four years and from September 2023, he has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light-middleweight title. 

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