I almost blacked out ... I had to continue: Rex Tso describes struggle to make it 21 straight wins
Hong Kong’s Wonder Kid reveals he was suffering from a host of injuries before, during and after his fight against Hirofumi Mukai but the sold-out 8,000 crowd helped lift him
Hong Kong hero Rex Tso Sing-yu said he almost blacked out during the second round of his titanic battle against Japanese rival Hirofumi Mukai, but he persevered because he didn’t want to let anyone down.
Speaking hours after his spectacular eighth-round TKO victory over the 31-year-old Mukai, the pride of Hong Kong said he almost lost consciousness after a left hook by Mukai put his head in a spin, temporarily cutting off his hearing. But he said he somehow managed to fight on while his senses gradually returned.
“I almost blacked out for about five seconds during the second round. I didn’t know what was happening and I couldn’t even hear my coach [Jake Verano] at all. In the middle of the fight, I almost collapsed in the ring. It was only through the support of the whole audience did I manage to continue and fight on,” said the 29-year-old, who stretched his unblemished record to 21 victories.
“I took many hits from my opponents ... in the face, in the ear, in my abdomen and chest. He was hitting me a lot for the first couple of rounds, but I decided to change my strategy,” said the unbeaten super flyweight, who fought in front of a capacity 8,000 audience.
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