Morgan v Tszyu: Kiwi battler prepares for fight of his life

It’s the kind of boxing fairytale they make films out of.

In the blue corner: The unbeaten Tim Tszyu. A household name across Australia who was born into greatness as the son of Hall of Famer and boxing legend Kostya Tszyu.

On the opposite side of the ring at Bankwest – hosting Sydney’s first stadium fight since 2006 – stands Bowyn Morgan.

A former freezing worker and the son of a coalminer, who started boxing in a shed in the tiny settlement of Runanga, just north of Greymouth, on the South Island’s West Coast, at 15.

The difference between Morgan’s story being movie-worthy or another notch on the second generation Tszyu’s belt? A monumental upset.

An upset that would rival the magnitude of James ‘Buster’ Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson, or maybe even better it.

‘‘A win is 100 per cent lifechanging,’’ Morgan tells Stuff in the final days of his training camp.

Should Morgan shock the boxing world, as he believes he can, a rematch clause from Team Tszyu for the WBO Global and IBF Australasian super welterweight titles, means the Christchurch personal trainer would be back in Sydney doing it all again in 2021.

A lucrative sequel against one of the fastest rising stars in Australian sport searching for redemption would generate 10 times the interest as the first fight, if not more, securing the financial future of Morgan’s young family for many years to come.

But right now, that’s neither here nor there. Morgan, who landed in Sydney yesterday, knows that talk is irrelevant unless he can hand Tszyu, 16-0, his first loss, in the main event on December 16.

Tszyu is paying $1.06 against Morgan at $9 with the New Zealand TAB. With Australian bookies, you can almost write your own price if you’re