Timofei Konstantinovich Tszyu (born 2 November 1994) is an Australian
professional boxer who has held the
World Boxing Organization (WBO)
light-middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the International Boxing Federation, IBF or ...
title since September 2023. He is the son of former
light-welterweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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world champion of boxing,
Kostya Tszyu and older brother of
Nikita Tszyu.
Early life
Tszyu was born in
Sydney
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New South Wales
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, to Russian parents. His father Kostya is of ethnic Russian, Korean and
Mongolian descent and his mother Natasha Anikina is of ethnic Russian descent. His father,
Kostya, is a former
undisputed light-welterweight champion who was inducted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011. Tim's first sporting interest began to develop at the age of six when enrolled in
gymnastics
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and later switched sports to