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Thirty years after Kostya Tszyu made his boxing debut in Australia, his son Nikita’s professional entrance has been cleared for lift off. Nikita, the brother of boxing sensation Tim, easily made weight, hitting the scales at 68.9 kgs. The 24-year-old will take on Aaron Stahl (2-0-1) at the Fortitude Valley Music Hall on Thursday night. Stahl also cleared weigh-in, coming through at 69.62, and said he was “fit and mentally strong” and was ready to “test” Tszyu’s skills. Tszyu, who was inspired by his brother’s clinical fight last November and didn’t see himself becoming an architect because he didn’t like talking, lived up to his reputation.

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The quietly spoken boxer instead preferring to go by the saying actions speak louder than words. Asked what was going to happen on Thursday night, Tszyu dead-batted the question. “No prediction,” he said. Nikita is competing in the same super welterweight that his brother Tim fights in. Nikita Tszyu loves his new nickname and has promised to entertain fight fans with a ruthless style diametrically opposed to his brother Tim’s surgical precision. SUBSCRIBE for all the Aussie boxing latest. After a couple of hiccups, Nikita Tszyu will make his professional boxing debut almost 30 years to the day since father Kostya first stepped into the ring. Fight week for the 24-year-old has been anything but smooth for the youngest member of the Tszyu fighting clan, with his debut bout against Townsville's Aaron Stahl delayed by 24 hours and then shifted twice due to the flood crisis unfolding in Brisbane. The clash will now take place at Nissan Arena after promoters had earlier touted the Fortitude Music Hall for the bout.