Tim Tszyu made his prediction ahead of Sunday’s super welterweight unification bout between Brian Castano and Jermell Charlo, believing the latter will “catch and stop” Castano from victory.

Tszyu will be seated at ringside at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles for the fight as he will learn firsthand who he will face next given he is the mandatory challenger for the WBO belt.

In fact, the Aussie was named as the number one contender for the title in August last year but had to bide his time as Castano and Charlo dragged their heels in hopes of locking down a rematch after s be beaten in July last year for a draw.

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At the same time, Tszyu beat Takeshi Inoue in November last year and emerged victorious over Terrell Gausha in March this year on the Australian wonderkid’s overseas debut.

Tsyzu expects fireworks in the rematch, but after analyzing the first fight between the two, he’s seen enough to know that neither is untouchable.

“It will be a cracker of a fight,” Tszyu told foxsports.com.au.

“I was leaning towards Castano at first, but now I’m leaning towards Charlo. Looking back at the first fight, he got caught a few times, Castano.

“He won the fight, I believe, but he got caught a couple of times and I feel like in this fight Charlo is going to catch him and stop him.”

Tszyu also prefers a Charlo win because it would be a “pretty mega fight” thanks to Charlo’s “big mouth” and how it would “make building and fighting a bit more interesting”.

In the end, Tszyu doesn’t care who wins, as long as he gets his mandatory shot at the titles.

However, he will have to wait a while before he can touch either man after undergoing successful surgery to clean both of his joints.

It will be two months before he can start punching, but Tszyu plans to return to gym work as soon as the stitches are out of his hands.

Any title fight against Castano or Charlo will almost certainly take place in America, meaning Tszyu would return once again for the biggest fight of his career.

Having only made his overseas debut earlier this year, Tszyu admits there have been a lot of learnings from the trip, but that won’t stop him from completing a full camp on the ground. American.

“I was sick, everything was in a rush,” Tszyu said.

“A lot of mistakes were made, but good mistakes. We learned a lot on this last trip.

“I’ll probably camp there, we’ll see how it goes.

“We could bring sparring partners here. We’ll see what happens. The quality of the opposition is there.

No matter where his training camp is, one of the main takeaways from preparing for the fight against Gausha is that a long camp doesn’t always equal a better camp.

“I used to think I needed a long, long training camp,” Tszyu said.

“But now that’s not the case, now I need eight to ten weeks for a full and proper fight.

“I keep myself in shape anyway, so I’m not really in training camp. I will be in good shape all year round.

Whether it’s a shorter or longer camp, one thing is certain: Tszyu will leave no stone unturned in his quest to become Australia’s next world champion.

A shot at the world title would be the latest chapter in a journey that began in a small room at the SCG in 2016 and took him through Australia en route to Minnesota.

But Tszyu isn’t too carried away with the moment, as he’s enjoying the ride of his life.

“It’s just a big thing in my career to fight for a world title,” Tszyu said.

“For me, it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. The fact that I’m going to America, fighting there, going through all of this.

“Even those (raising his bandaged hands), this will all be a memory one day. It’s gonna be a good little story.

“For me, I’m enjoying this whole boxing process and one day I’m fighting for a world title.”