Headlined by superstar Tim Tze, Australia could celebrate three world champions in the space of 24 hours in an unprecedented golden moment for boxing.
On Saturday (AEDT), Queenslander Liam Wilson will step into the ring for the first time when he takes on Mexican veteran Oscar Valdez for the WBO super featherweight belt.
Wilson returns to Arizona's Desert Diamond Arena, where he controversially lost his world title to three-division champion Emmanuel Navarrete last year.
Victorian Michael Zerafa will face Cuban-American Erislandy Lara for the WBA middleweight title, and the pair will fight on Tse's undercard 24 hours later at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tszyu is already the WBO super welterweight champion, but if he can add the WBC belt with a win over American powerhouse Sebastian Fundora, he could follow in the footsteps of his legendary father Kostya as unified world champion.
He and Kostya will join Leon and Corey Spinks as the only father-son duo to become unified champions.
Other Australian boxers scheduled for world title fights in the next two months include George Kambosos Jr., Andrew Moloney, Cherneka Johnson and Jay Opetaia.
“You could say we're in a golden age,” Tszyu said.
“I think we're all growing up. We're a tiny little country, a tiny little island, but we're producing talent that's going to take over the world.”
Tszyu will earn millions of dollars if he wins Fundora, with two of the biggest names in boxing, pound-for-pound champion Terrence Crawford and former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. I'm following the fight with Australian Tszyu.
Zerafa has held the middleweight belt since 2021 and faces the difficult task of facing highly rated veteran Lara.
The 32-year-old and Tszyu have a long and bitter past, but the pair put their differences aside while in Las Vegas.
“It's huge for Australian boxing to have the three of us trying to bring home belts,” Zerafa said.
“Usually Tim and I are opponents, but come Saturday night I’ll be in his corner so I hope he wins.
“Hopefully I’ll come back to Australia with three world titles, one for myself and two for Tim.
“This is a big night for Australia. We're putting a small country on the big map and we're going to take over from Saturday night.”
