From Sun Tzu to Fun-Szyu: Sebastian Fundora, Tim Tszyu ready for 'Another Bloody Chaos'

There are only a few fights in the modern period that are as spectacularly violent as the first time that Sebastian Fundora and Tim Tszyu met on March 30, 2024.

Tszyu was ahead of the scorecards until an evil cut opened on his scalp. Despite a minute between the rounds, his Cutman tried to stab the downpower. But it was a fool. Tszyu looked like he was hit with an ax. Fundora was also broken open, his nose and face swollen, to the point where he was almost impossible to recognize.

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The WBC Light Middleweight Champion Fundora, a connoisseur of the chaos, welcomes more of it on Saturday before its title decomposition. “I want another fight like the first,” he said at the beginning of the year. “Another bloody mess.”

Tszyu, a self -proclaimed “relapse fighter”, has fought against everyone for a long time. He was loyal to his word with fighting against Jeff Horn, Tony Harrison and Bakhram Murtazaliev.

In conversation with weed, he remembered the cut that has changed everything. “I felt it immediately,” he said, touching it as “a little scratchy”.

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The aftermath still stay in his house in Sydney. In a cabinet with memorabilia, he holds the same hand shots from that night – and they are still purple. His shorts remain moist. Even his French bulldog Pablo refuses to make them a second sniffing. “It was a lot of blood, man,” Tszyu said with a laugh.

Spend time with these two and you will see: This remaining reserve is not just another fight. It is a campaign. A second front. A test of the strategy, discipline and will. And like all great battles, it has its own manual.

Enter Sun Tzu, the old Chinese military strategist, whose teachings in “The Art of War” could offer a blueprint for how this retirement develops, while his words reflect by fun-szyu 2.

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“All warfare are based on deception.”

“There are also opportunities in the middle of chaos.”

“Know your enemy and know yourself and you don't have to fear the result of a hundred battles.”

Strategy and planning

Tszyu was originally planned for the fight against Keith Thurman in 2024 and had to turn quickly when Fundora started at short notice after Thurman suffered a violation of his bicep. To go from its original opponent-Thurman is 5-foot 7 with a range of 69 inch to the 6-foot 6 foundora with a range of 80 inches is no small shift in the task.

“The biggest snack that I have from the first fight to the resource,” said Tszyu, “is the fact that I can actually prepare for him. I somehow curved and had to find out everything on the way.”

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This time Tszyu had a complete warehouse to adapt. He saved larger fighter, practiced the art of punching on a higher goal and pulled out of the 12 rounds with fundora, which he has already put on a stock exchanges.

Fundora's approach is easier. “When it comes to strategy and planning, we hit the bag, we train and we save ourselves,” said the champion. “Whatever Tim brings will be great for him, but we concentrate on what Fundora can bring.”

Sun tzu laid a deception in the heart of the warfare, and Fundora's simplified view of the camp could definitely be alluded to it, especially if he provides his thoughts about the famous quote: “There is an opportunity in the middle of the chaos.”

It finds with the California boxer. “We stay in chaos,” said Fundora.

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Why?

“Because our camps are never easy. The chic stuff, the family … that's simple. We smile and we enjoy it. We see fans. They welcome each other, they love us. But the camps are hard. They are hard. We go through many dramatic things through the camp. We make toughness.

“When the fight comes,” Fundora continued, “the chaos you see, now, it's nothing but child's play for me.”

The importance of adaptation

Tszyu recognizes that, as Tzu warned, battles can be lost before they even start. “Fights can be won before, but they have to be able to adapt to what is in front of them,” he said.

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In the first fight, Tszyu had to adjust to the range of Fundora and then again when the cut opened and blood was poured everywhere. “I didn't adapt as quickly as I wanted,” he said. “This is my biggest snack.”

Fundora sees it differently. He attributes Tszyu, despite the blood waves that blurred his view. “He looked through the game all the fight,” said Fundora, before admitting that he had intentionally targeted the cut. “As you said, this is 'the art of war'.”

Effective leadership and discipline

Sun Tzu also emphasized the importance of leadership and unity: a well -guided army has not stalled.

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“I have the right people around me without a limit, my manager, my trainer, my promoters … everyone is on board and we are all loyal together,” said Tszyu. “This is the main topic.”

Fundora attributes his long -time manager Sampson Lewkowicz and of course his father/trainer Freddy. “My team is one of the best in boxing because we go out there, we do our job and we do it professionally,” he said. “We make sure that there are no bumps or cuts or the like, and we only do the work – always.”

This discipline may have shown how every team dealt with adversities. Tszyus corner could have drawn it after this average in 2024, which might have led to a technical decision victory or, in the worst case, a competition. Instead, he continued to fight and lost a decision. In the meantime, Fundora released one year in four rounds to heal, and then Chordale Booker dampened. Tszyu returned too early and was punished by Bakhram Murtazaliev in a brutal TKO loss.

“It took more time to recover,” said Fundora about Tszyu. “He was hit more. We had swollen a little [of that time away from the ring]. “”

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It is a lesson found that he often discusses with his father. “These questions and discussion points? You are not new to me.”

To know yourself – and the enemy

The most famous principle of Sun Tzu may be: “Know yourself and know your enemy and you will not fear the result of a hundred battles.”

Both fighters have the feeling that they have gained this insight.

“You learn more from your losses than from your victories,” said Tszyu. “I plan to come back and make a show.”

Fundora agrees to a certain point.

He says he knows Tszyu more closely than former opponents like Erickson Lubin or Brian Mendoza, but do not rethink it. “I just have to concentrate on what I can do,” he said.

So what can Fundora do?

“I can win,” he ended. “And I'll win.”