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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the family split that will see Tim Tszyu face off against Jeff Horn tonight without his boxing legend dad in his corner - after Kostya abandoned his wife and kids to start a new life with another woman in Russia
When Australia's new boxing hope Tim Tszyu steps in the ring tonight, his champion father Kostya may not even be watching.
Despite the comparisons between Tim, 25, and his world title winning dad, they have never had much of a relationship since he returned to Russia.
It is still not clear if Kostya will even watch his son's fight with Jeff Horn, 32.
'Do you know what, that is the question,' his ex-wife Natalia told Daily Mail Australia.
Kostya split from Natalia in 2012, left her with three kids and headed home to Russia, where he has now built a businesses empire, re-married and had two more children.
But Natalia - who still uses the last name Tszyu - said if her ex-husband is to view his son's fight it will be done over a video call, with the camera turned towards the TV.
'If he's able to watch Tim's fight it can only be done if we do a livestream from here in Sydney and we can WhatsApp or FaceTime him. That's the only way he can watch it.'
Boxing rising star Tim Tszyu will step into the ring with Jeff Horn on Wednesday evening, but hi
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- Kostya Tszyu says he wants to be at all his sons' fights
- Says his sons understand what has happened with his life
- Tim Tszyu now looking to be two-time world champion
Boxing legend Kostya Tszyu has spoken candidly about leaving his Australian family as as his eldest son readies himself to take on world champion Bakhram Murtazaliev on Sunday.
Tszyu was a surprising and conspicuous presence after gatecrashing the official pre-fight press conference for Tim's IBF super-welterweight showdown, stealing the show from his world title-chasing eldest child, Tim.
Tim's date with destiny was but a pipedream after Kostya left his family for a new one in his native Russia some three years after suffering a career-ending pummelling at the hands of Ricky Hatton in 2005.
'Honestly, I want to be there every time they fight. Unfortunately, it's too far away,' Kostya told News Corp.
'Secondly, I'm extremely busy. I have a schedule months ahead of me. At the end of the year I only have three days off.'
Kostya is excited about finally being ringside for Tim's fight on Sunday.
'Superb. Great feeling knowing that the reunion will benefit him,' he said.
'Great, even though we have not seen each other. They've understood what's happened in my life and we move
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Hatton's sights stop Oliveira, clump Tszyu
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