The 100 million reasons Tim Tszyu and Mateo Tapia are set for an ‘Auslando’ takeover this weekend

Tim Tszyu and Mateo Tapia are getting set for an ‘Auslando’ takeover this weekend with ‘gigantic numbers’ expected to be tuning in on Sunday, as ads for the megafight roll out in prime time NFL slots.

Tim Tszyu and Mateo Tapia are set to star in the most-watched boxing event involving Australian fighters via American streaming giant Amazon Prime.

An estimated 100 million people subscribe to Amazon Prime in the States, and this weekend’s card – headlined by Tszyu’s IBF world title bout against fearsome Chechen brawler Bakhram Murtazaliev – is the service’s first ever non-PPV boxing event.

This masthead can reveal that the streaming behemoth is “optimistic of a gigantic number” of viewers tuning in this weekend.

Tszyu’s face will also make a surprise appearance during Thursday night football this week, with an advertisement set to be aired when the Denver Broncos take on the New Orleans Saints.

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There will be plenty of eyes on Tim Tszyu this weekend. Picture: Getty Images

Thursday Night Football is an American tradition, with Amazon regularly raking in more than 10 million viewers each week.

And Tszyu will be front and centre with a 30 second spot beamed into households across the country as ‘The Soul Taker’ and his fellow Aussie Tapia plot an ‘Auslando’ takeover of Orlando in the heart of Florida.

“We’re in a good position, a really good position,” Tszyu told this masthead. “I can’t name many Aussie fighters in this position.

“Actually I can’t name any Aussie fighters who are in this position.

“We posted this video the other day of me doing this coin catching trick, and that’s up to about 12 million views, and that’s crazy.

“So to times that by 10 for how many people are watching, man, that’s even better.”

It’s a mark of Tszyu’s selling power and future potential that the Australian kid from Sydney is headlining Amazon Prime’s first ever non-PPV broadcast. American promotional giant PBC has invested heavily in him too.

Can Tim Tszyu clinch the IBF world title on Sunday. Picture: Getty Images

Tszyu’s bloodbath against Sebastian Fundora in March was also the streaming service’s very first pay-per-view fight card, meaning ‘Kostya’s kid’ is one of PBC’s biggest stars.

“It’s crazy to think that,” Tszyu said. “Just crazy numbers.

“But, No Limit and PBC, they believe in me and they know what I bring.”

Meanwhile Tapia, the hard-hitting middleweight from the Northern Beaches, has been touted as Australia’s next world champion, and is ready for a breakout performance on the undercard.

Tapia, now based in nearby St Petersburg, takes on the battle-hardened Endry Saavedra in a fight that will see him shoot up the rankings.

And the more eyeballs on his statement performance, the better.

Mateo Tapia is tipped to be Australia’s next world champion. Picture: Getty Images

“There’s gonna be a lot of eyes, and a lot of exposure,” Tapia told this masthead. “I’m excited.

“I’ve actually had a feeling like this before, fighting in Dubai, so I have experienced it before. But this is an even bigger show and a bigger platform.”

Despite being based in Florida, Tapia still calls Australia home, and said he wants to bring a world title blockbuster back Down Under within the next 12 months.

“The division is very open at the moment, so if the opportunity presents itself, I’ll take it,” he said. “There’s still a lot of killers in the division, but it’s wide open and they’re very beatable.

“I’ve sparred a lot of rounds with Janibek Alimkhanuly, who beat Andrei Mikhailovich in Sydney a few weeks ago. Watching that fight, I can see myself challenging for a title and winning it too.

“Back in Australia, that would be ideal.”

Originally published as The 100 million reasons Tim Tszyu and Mateo Tapia are set for an ‘Auslando’ takeover this weekend