‘Pack your stuff and go’: Chaos surrounds Tszyu title fight as late change on the cards
‘Pack your stuff and go’: Chaos surrounds Tszyu title fight as late change on the cards
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Tim Tszyu’s fight team have joined the millions of Americans now paying close attention to the impending devastation set to be caused when Hurricane Milton hits the Florida coastline today – with concerns his IBF title bout may have to be shifted from Orlando, Florida.
It comes as breakout Australian prospect Mateo Tapia has also been evacuated from his Tampa base to Miami – only weeks after his apartment complex flooded and he saw “cars floating down the street” during an earlier, equally devastating, storm, Hurricane Helene.
Tszyu is slated to fight undefeated IBF super welterweight king Bakhram Murtazaliev in Orlando, Florida on Saturday week – or Sunday, October 20 Australian time.
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However, there have been suggestions the fight could potentially be shifted to Las Vegas due to the impending damage being promised by one of the worst hurricanes in US history.
The Category 5 event is due to hit the west coast today, and is considered 무료 one of the five worst ever due to having already recorded winds of 390km/hr.
Many towns in the hurricane’s direct path have already been evacuated, while widespread damage is predicted as the storm heads across the State.
Current predictions have the hurricane still holding wind gusts of 200km/hr by the time it hits Orlando with widespread flooding and serious power outages also predicted.
It comes as Tszyu’s good mate and longtime sparring partner Tapia becomes what would have to be the first Australian fighter in history to have his camp thrown into turmoil by not one but two hurricanes.
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