Rex Tso's trainer eyes world title
Hong Kong fighter Rex Tso Sing-yu is still two years away from reaching his potential and could then challenge for a world title, says trainer and manager Jay Lau Chi-yuen.
Hong Kong fighter Rex Tso Sing-yu is still two years away from reaching his potential and could then challenge for a world title, says trainer and manager Jay Lau Chi-yuen.
The unbeaten 25-year-old defends his WBC AMCO Asia Continental super flyweight title tonight over 12 rounds at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai against former WBC light flyweight world champion Wandee Singwancha of Thailand.
He will first have to win the WBC Asia title and then the WBC world contender title before his ranking is good enough to challenge for the world title
"I'll give him another two years before he can challenge for the world title," said Lau. "He will need to step it up. He will first have to win the WBC Asia title and then the WBC world contender title before his ranking is good enough to challenge for the world title. He will need at least a top-10 world ranking to challenge for the world title."
Tso is 20th in the WBC rankings, but a win tonight will move him higher up the pecking order. Tso has an 8-0 record with five KOs.
"I don't want to put too much pressure on Rex. He's still very young, but he's all heart. He has a tough fight against Wandee [67 wins, 16 losses, 1 draw], who is extremely experienced," said Lau.
Tonight's fight is the main event on an eight-bout card. Wandee, 33, is a former WBC minimum weight (105 pounds) world title holder from 1999 to 2000, but has lost four of his last five fights. "I really had some good training [one month] in the Philippines. I can't wait to climb into the ring and fight," said Tso, who weighed in at 115 pounds yesterday.