‘Who can you blame? Probably Castano’: Tszyu’s first overseas fight in chaos after withdrawal

Tim Tszyu’s first fight in the US has been thrown into chaos after Brian Castano and Jermell Charlo’s fight was sensationally called off.

Tim Tszyu’s wait for another fight could take longer than hopes. Picture: No Limit Boxing / Brett Costello

Tim Tszyu’s first fight in the US has been thrown into chaos.

The Australian boxing star was meant to fight Terrell Gausha as the co-main on March 19 in Los Angeles.

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But that is now in major doubt because the unification fight between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano is off, according to the President of the World Boxing Organisation, Paco Valcarcel.

Valcarcel added: “Who can you blame? Probably Castano.”

t was later revealed that Castano suffered a bicep injury in sparring.

But Charlo wasn’t buying the move after the fight had already been moved from February 26 and will now likely be rescheduled to April.

Charlo posted on Instagram: “2X in a row they done tried to pull the same stunt. Naw I ain’t buying it.”

Jermell Charlo (R) and Brian Castano (L) were due to fight on the same card as Tim Tszyu. Photo: Getty Images/

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Tszyu’s fight was expected to be confirmed on Thursday before the recent developments.

It is unclear what this means for Tszyu’s next fight.

#CharloCastaño2 won’t happen on March 20 after @briancastanobox injured a bicep in sparring, so WBO mandatory @Tim_Tszyu’s American debut is on hold. WBO President @PacoValcarcel is speculating the unification fight now won’t take place at all. pic.twitter.com/EJ8XCMuwNf

— Ben Damon (@ben_damon) February 17, 2022

Tszyu, who defeated Takeshi Inoue by unanimous decision last November, is the mandatory challenger to the WBO belt held by Castano.

Speaking after his dominant victory in Sydney last year, Tszyu issued the boxing world a message.

“Finish your honeymoons, get in the gym, start training, because I’m coming for all of you, every single one of you,” he said in front of more than 10,000 people at Qudos Bank Arena.

“I would like to take [his title] in the US and then bring it back to Australia, do it the right way,” Tszyu added.

“It has always been a dream of mine, since I was a young kid, to fight over there.”

Tim Tszyu’s wait for another fight could take longer than hopes. Picture: No Limit Boxing / Brett Costello

Originally published as ‘Who can you blame? Probably Castano’: Tszyu’s first overseas fight in chaos after withdrawal