“He would still be a world champion today,” Fenech said Boxing scene.
“You have to learn the rules before a fight. Those people didn’t even know they could stop the fight. I love Tim. I talked to him afterwards, and he was happy that he was heroic. It was heroic to get through the cut itself.
“But Tim is through it now. He knows what we have to do. He has someone he can trust now in the corner.”
Tszyu’s career took a turn in the wrong direction after a bloody 12-round split decision loss to Fundora in March 2024. He later suffered a third-round knockout loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev and then dropped a rematch against Fundora before deciding to rebuild his team around Fenech ahead of his July 26 Spencer J fight against Errol.
The Australian star admitted he had drifted too far from the pressure style that helped make him one of the sport’s most dangerous offensive fighters.
“Stylistically, I was stuck in the Cuban style, a rhythmic style,” Tszyu said. “This fight, I wanted a change in my approach. As much as I’ve tried to do things differently, I feel my style lends itself best to pressure, with punches, to try to drown my opponent.
“Who better to learn from than Jeff Fenech?”
Fenech made it clear Tszyu is returning to an aggressive style after back-to-back losses damaged his ranking at 154 pounds.
“What you say is 1 million percent right: Tim Tszyu is going to be there, but he is going to be in the right position,” Fenech said.
“So, after he throws a combo, we’ll throw another one. We’re not going to give him the opportunity to hit us.”
Tszyu sounded equally forthright about his mindset for the Spence fight.
“Yeah, that’s what’s going through my head: Take him out,” Tszyu said. “This one is a different approach, you know? We come for war.”
