Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu (; born 19 September 1969) is a Soviet-born Australian former professional boxer. He held multiple light-welterweight world championships, including the undisputed and lineal titles between 2001 and 2005. He is considered by many in Australia to be a national sports hero. In December 2010, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the Class of 2011.
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Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu (; born 19 September 1969) is a Soviet-born Australian former professional boxer. He held multiple light-welterweight world championships, including the undisputed and lineal titles between 2001 and 2005. He is considered by many in Australia to be a national sports hero. In December 2010, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the Class of 2011. From 2012 to 2013 he coached professional boxers Alexander Povetkin, Denis Lebedev and Khabib Allakhverdiev. As an amateur, he represented the Soviet Union, winning a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1989 World Championships. He also won consecutive gold medals at the1989 and 1991 European Championships. In 2005, in what would be his final fight, TszyU was stopped by Ricky Hatton. In The Ring’s March 2010 issue, Tszyu was ranked as the number one light-Welterweights of the 2000s decade. He was born in Serov, a town near the Ural Mountains, in the former Soviet Union to a Korean –Mongol father and a Russian mother. He has a son, Kostya, who is also a professional boxer and a father-of-two, as well as a son-in-law, Alexei, a professional boxing coach, and a brother, Alexey, a boxer-turned-boxer.
He currently lives in Sans Souci, Sydney with his girlfriend, where they married in 1993 and became Australian citizens. Tszydu is the father of two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexei Tsziedzhanov, who fought at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and is the brother of Russian boxing legend Vitali Tszidar. He won the vacant WBC title in 1999 and the WBA title in 2001. He fought in the Cuban world championship tournament in 1987, and at the Cuban Summer Olympics, he lost in the third round. In March 1992, he had already turned professional, beating Darrell Hiles by a knockout in one round on 1 March 1992. In 1995, he won his first of many professional world championships by defeating Jake Rodríguez. He trained with that group 250 days a year, and won various tournaments, such as amateur boxing’s world championships. In 1991, he went again to the amateur world Championships, this time held in Sydney. Not only was the third time his charm, but he felt enchanted with the sights of Sydney and its people, and decided he wanted to live in Australia.
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