Tim Tszyu vs Sebastian Fundora LIVE: All the action as Aussie world champ has the biggest fight of his life

Fundora working his jab early. Tszyu countering to the body. Lot of real estate there.

Both boxing well, but Tszyu landing the bigger shots. Foot battle between the pair will be important.

Tszyu landing hard towards the end of the round. Clean right hand. Fundora starting to bleed.

Tszyu landing hard at the end of the round. Great left.

Tszyu’s round – but he is cut. Looks like an elbow to the top of the head.

Fundora using his 80 inch reach. Cautious start from both. Tszyu trying to stay on top of the southpaw jab.

Tszyu trying to land some shots but staying relaxed. Tszyu pops Fundora’s head back. Tszyu finding his range. Finding the target.

The first bell rings, and it’s showtime…

Those two iconic words have been said and we’re nearly ready to go…

The undefeated Aussie comes out in a gold robe. He’s looking to make history.

It’s almost showtime! The towering American slowly makes his way to the ring.

Former world champ Andre Ward doesn’t see this fight going the distance. He says the Aussie will need all his focus for this one.

Romero will be feeling Cruz’s body shots all week.

Tim Tszyu vs Sebastian Fundora up next. Fight is about 15 minutes away.

Romero is in a bad way. Fight paused to fix tape on Cruz’s gloves.

Time in. Cruz continuing to walk down opponent.

Cruz throws barrage of punches. Romero looking weak. FIGHT STOPPED.

Cruz wins by TKO. Excellent stoppage.

Romero throwing some good shots early, but Cruz is unfazed. Still coming forward.

Cruz tags Romero with left hand. Romero lands a left hook.

Romero in trouble! Barely standing. Romero eating punches. Huge round for the challenger!

Cruz looking to land a big right uppercut, wading forward. Romero hasn’t stunned his opponent yet. Cruz is a man on a mission.

Cruz lands a great bodyshot. 1-2 from Romero. Big overhand from Cruz.

Romero needs to do something soon. Cruz leading the dance. Cruz’s round.

Cruz landing more this round. Great combinations downstairs. Romero trying to create space.

Low blow from Romero. Time out.

Fight restarted. Point deducted from Rolly for holding.

Cruz coming on strong late. Cruz’s round.

Commentary team saying Romero has to hurt Cruz soon to slow him down. He is starting to fire. Nice right hand.

Cruz land a great rip to the body. Follows up with a good combo.

Roly standing in the pocket and trading now. Both fighters enjoying this! Cruz’s round.

Romero trying to get back in this bout. Starting to land both his left and right. Cruz still pressing forward with the action.

Romero throws a great shot to the body, but Cruz doesn’t flinch.

Advantage still Cruz. Still hunting and landing! Closer round – but probably Cruz’s.

Cruz lands a big overhand early in the round. Romero is fighting to get back into this fight. Landing some short punches.

Cruz scoring with some uppercuts from the clinch. Romero has to establish his jab. Still getting caught too often.

Cruz lands again at the end of the round. Cruz’s round.

All action straight away! Both men coming forward with huge shots.

Cruz wading in with some big overhands, Romero’s fighting off the back foot now, using his range advantage.

Romero rocked! Counter left hook. Romero holding on for dear life! Still hasn’t recovered.

Manages to survive the round.

Champion Romero and hard-hitting Cruz clash for the WBA super lightweight title.

The winner could be lined up next for a bout with Terence Crawford next.

“I want 147. I want Terence Crawford. Craw-fish, yeah!” yelled Romero during the week.

Lara, 41, was in a league of his own. Certainly hasn’t lost his accuracy or power. Excellent TKO.

The Aussie comes out more agressive this round. Landing some good early punches. Lara countering well, though.

Lara the more accurate puncher. Landed excellent 1-2.

Zerafa Down! Big left hand. Wow. Great TKO finish from Lara.

Cautious first round to this fight. Both fighters exchanging jabs. Southpaw Lara’s front foot stepping on the Aussie’s several times.

Great defense from both fighters. Lara landing the better jabs. Lara’s round.

Zerafa looking very serious. Lara smiling at the camera.

“Get your beers on and have a cruisy day,” said Tszyu from backstage.

The Aussie looked a little edgey as the big fight draws closer.

Cuban superstar and WBA middleweight champ Lara defends his title against Aussie No. 1 challenger Michael Zerafa.

The Melbourne fighter has hired Filipino great Nonito Donaire as his head trainer for a title fight.

Zerafa is hoping to upstage bitter rival Tszyu and take the WBA belt home.

Julio Cesar Martinez gets the decision over Angelino Cordova for the WBC flyweight title. Very brave performance from both men.

Aussie boxing icon Jeff Fenech is betting on an early KO from Tim Tszyu today.

Fenech, who has had some serious health issues, says he needs the money for medical expenses.

“I need some money to pay these f—ing bills,” Fenech said.

“Tim will knock the guy out in the first three rounds. He’ll jump on the other guy and hurt him.”

Martiniez is putting on a clinic in this bout and has dropped Cordova twice. Cordova has been on skates several times since, but is hanging in there.

Both fighters were pictured entering T-Mobile Arena. Tszyu was all smiles, while the Towering Inferno looked serious.

Julio Cesar Martinez takes on Angelino Cordova in a 12-round battle for the WBC World Flyweight title.

It’s worth noting that Sebastian Fundora is the same height, and has the same reach, as former HEAVYWEIGHT champ Wladimir Klitschko.

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Tszyu has been warned that fighting towering southpaw Sebastian Fundora on such short notice is risking ‘career suicide’.

When his original opponent, former world champion Keith Thurman, pulled out of Sunday’s non-title pay-per-view blockbuster last week with a biceps injury, Tszyu could have sat back and waited.

Instead, he jumped at the chance to take on Fundora, who stands 22cm taller than him.

The Sydneysider said ‘zero’ boxers in the world would fight Fundora on such short notice, especially with his WBO world title on the line.

Former Aussie boxer and manager Peter Mitrevski said that agreeing to the fight was an unnecessary risk.

“It’s a massive risk, to me this is career suicide,” said Mitrevski during the week.

“Fundora has ruined one Aussie’s career in Daniel Lewis and he can ruin Tim Tszyu’s.”

The weigh-in took place yesterday with both fighters coming in at exactly the same weight: 152.8pds, or 69.3kg.

Tszyu described Fundora as looking “thin” and a completely different animal, insisting: “He’s a giraffe and I’m a tiger.”

The Australian is putting his WBO super welterweight world title on the line against Fundora, as he chases a 25th consecutive win. The vacant WBC belt is also up for grabs.

Tszyu was slated to fight American Keith Thurman, but the latter was forced to pull out due to an injury suffered in training.

A win over Fundora will open up some very important doors for Tszyu, who is on the verge of securing some huge fights.

Last week former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Junior tweeted that he was ‘Headed to Vegas – I want the winner!!’, adding a video of a shark to illustrate he is hunting for Tszyu.

Pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford is also reportedly in talks with Tszyu’s camp about a mega fight should the ‘Soul Taker’ do the job against Fundora.

Crawford stopped fellow American Spence in the ninth round of a blockbuster last July to become undisputed welterweight champion, but both are looking to move up a division.

Welcome to Daily Mail Australia’s live blog for Tim Tszyu’s world title clash with Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas.

We will be bringing you all the build-up to the fight as well as the live updates from the card.