Aussie’s rematch demand

Tim Tszyu wants a rematch with Sebastian Fundora, but believes he’s still a big enough draw to lock in fights with Terence Crawford and Errol Spence.

The massive cut on Tszyu’s head was still seeping blood through the 10 stitches he’d just received when he said he wants to get his WBO title back.

“Of course I would,” he said of a rematch with Fundora. “He’s got my belt now.

“I’ll have a two-week rest, then I’ll get back to the gym. I want to fight the best. I want to make the mega fights happen.

“I want the biggest fights. I’m still chasing them, I’m still at the top of the tree.

“This ain’t no setback. I still belong under these lights and I’m still going to reach what I intended to start.”

But his immediate future remains unclear.

Fundora is the new unified super-welterweight world champion. Crawford is the WBO mandatory, and Spence confronted Fundora in the ring in Vegas to organise a fight.

Crawford and Spence both clearly fancy their chances against Fundora, and argued with each other on social media later on about who gets first crack.

Despite the result, Tszyu remains a much more dangerous opponent for Crawford and Spence than Fundora will ever be.

Tszyu has a rematch clause to fight Fundora again, but The Towering Inferno’s promoter Sampson Lewkowicz – who has been labelled ‘The Weasel’ this week – is already trying to get out of it.

“There’s a verbal rematch clause, and I believe the promoter needs to maximise the income of the fighter,” he said. “Most likely he will have to wait one fight at least, recoup himself – Tszyu – then maybe we can do it again.

“It will be in America. First of all, we need to take care of business.”

For Lewkowicz and Fundora, taking care of business means big-money fights with Crawford or Spence.