Boxer Tso puts name in lights with flyweight title fight win
Hong Kong star weathers early barrage to beat tough opponent on TKO
Rex Tso Sing-yu took the first step towards becoming a world champion after winning the vacant WBC Asia Continental flyweight title with a 10th-round TKO win over Timur Shailezov of Kyrgyzstan last night.
Tso's toughest fight of his fledging career at last night's "Road To Glory" at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre was also his most memorable after he won the 12-round fight when his opponent, punished for at least four rounds, was unable to answer the bell at the start of the 11th round.
The bout did not start off well for Tso, who was stunned by a left hook in the first round as Shailezov came out the more aggressive fighter.
Shailezov rocked Tso in the second round as he landed several stinging jabs and caught the Hong Kong fighter with a right and then left hook.
But Tso stood his ground and came back stronger in the latter rounds, throwing far more leather than his opponent, but unable to land any solid blows.
Tso jumped for joy and the crowd of 1,500 was on its feet when Shailezov waved to the referee that he had had enough.