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Nikita Tzsyu maintains incredible family record as world title bid looms
Key takeaways
- Nikita Tszyu celebrates victory against Oscar Diaz after their super welterweight title bout.
- Tszyu improved his unbeaten record to 13-0 with an emphatic sixth-round stoppage in the pair's super-welterweight showdown in Newcastle on Wednesday night.
- Forging his own path after living in the shadows of his Hall-of-Fame father, Kostya, and fellow world title-winning brother Tim, Tszyu is now potentially one win away from securing his own shot at global glory.
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Nikita Tszyu celebrates victory against Oscar Diaz after their super welterweight title bout. (Getty Images: Mark Metcalfe)
Link copied Share Share article Emerging Australian boxing superstar Nikita Tszyu has lived up to his word and taken out big-talking and tough Spaniard Oscar Diaz to edge closer to a world-title shot.
Tszyu improved his unbeaten record to 13-0 with an emphatic sixth-round stoppage in the pair's super-welterweight showdown in Newcastle on Wednesday night.
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