Tim Tsyzu's boxing career has been left in tatters after undefeated Russian champion Bakhram Murtazaliev handed him a beatdown of the highest order in the pair's IBF super welterweight world title fight Sunday in Orlando.

Tim Tszyu was talking such big, indeed great things going into last night's fight with the somewhat little-known Bakhram Murtazaliev; how he was back after

Bakhram Murtazaliev spent years waiting to get a shot at the IBF junior middleweight championship before finally winning the title in April. On Saturday night, he got a statement win in his first title defense, battering Tim Tszyu for a third-round TKO.