Tim Tszyu believes he wiil be ready whenever a boxing world title shot comes, after a convincing fourth-round stoppage of fellow Sydneysider Jack Brubaker.
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Tszyu landed the harder blows throughout Friday night's fight in Sydney, frequently tagging Brubaker with hard right-hand shots to the head.
The end came when Brubaker's trainer Jeff Fenech threw the towel in 91 seconds into round four, sparing his charge further punishment, as he was clearly wilting under Tszyu's relentless bombardment.
Underdog Brubaker, who moved up a division for the fight, tried to come forward to pressure Tszyu, but had little success.
Fenech was in Brubaker's corner just two months after undergoing major surgery in Thailand.
Tszyu, the IBF No.7 and WBO No.12-rated junior middleweight, improved his record to 15-0 with 11 KOs and retained a couple of regional titles.
Tszyu said he was showing off different things and was just getting warmed up when the bout ended.
"We want more titles and we want them in Sydney," Tszyu said.
It was his fourth win this year.
"There's always room for improvement," Tszyu said.
Asked if he was ready for a world title shot, Tszyu said "I'll be ready for it whenever it is - it's all up to my team.
Brubaker dropped to 16-3-2.
"All credit to Tim; he's a big strong boy; he's full of class," Brubaker said.
"I'm looking forward to saying that one day that I shared the ring with him."
Darcy Lussick marked his boxing debut with a first-round stoppage of fellow rugby league identity Justin Hodges and then offered to fight former AFL star Barry Hall, who drew last month with Paul Gallen.
Two Australians, Trent Broadhurst and Nathaniel May, each failed in their attempts to win a regional title against an overseas-born opponent.
A perforated eardrum effectively cost former light heavyweight contender Broadhurst any chance of toppling New Zealand's David Light, who won their WBO Oriental cruiserweight fight with a third-round stoppage.
West Australian May was outworked and lost a unanimous 10-round points decision to Tanzania's IBF international super featherweight champion Bruno Tarimo in an entertaining bout.
Among those watching from ringside were rugby league stars Latrell Mitchell, Jack Wighton and Cody Walker and former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh.
Australian Associated Press
