LIVE updates from Tim Tszyu v Brian Mendoza

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Here’s some of the action from England-May, a close, quality fight which is coming into the championship rounds ...

Nathaniel May and Jackson Jon England.Credit: No Limit Boxing / Zain Mohammed

This is going to be a tough fight to score if it goes to the judges.Credit: No Limit Boxing / Zain Mohammed

That’s May in the red trunks.Credit: No Limit Boxing / Zain Mohammed

Shanell Dargan and Amber Amelia fight  at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. Credit: No Limit Boxing / Zain Mohammed

Shanell Dargan gets the nod from the judges.Credit: No Limit Boxing / Zain Mohammed

Amber Amelia just came up short.Credit: No Limit Boxing / Zain Mohammed

About 45 minutes after knocking out his previous opponent, Carlos Ocampo, in the first round, images of Tim Tszyu fishing were posted in his Instagram account.

It was a pointer to just how little energy he expended in flooring his opponent. So will Tszyu be casting a line in the water later today?

“100 per cent after the fight,” Tszyu said. “That’s what I’m saying, nothing changes. I’m gonna keep doing the same old shit that I always do.”

I’m tipping Mendoza, who is genuinely world class, will make Tszyu work considerably harder than Ocampo, who lasted only 77 seconds.

Perhaps Mendoza is the big fish he hopes to hook?

“We’ll see. It could be the smallest one,” Tszyu said. “You never know.”

Tim Tszyu has just entered the building. As he begins his final preparations, we go to the judges scorecards for the result of Dargan-Amelia.

And all three judges have given it to Dargan with identical scorecards of 77-75.

“I’ve worked so hard,” Dargan said.

“This means everything to me, it’s the start of a new journey and I want to go all the way to the top.

“We both knew this was going to be a war and being on this platform, we knew we had to put on a show.”

Only two more fights to go until Tszyu steps into the ring. The next bout is the super-featherweight clash between Nathaniel May and Jackson Jon England.

We’re into the final round of Shanell Dargan and Amber Amelia. Here are the fights we have left on the card ...

Nathaniel May vs. Jackson Jon England; Super Featherweight;Sam Goodman vs. Miguel Flores; Featherweight;Tim Tszyu vs. Brian Mendoza for the WBO super welterweight title.

Brian Mendoza has been a pleasure to deal with during fight week.

The American hasn’t received a great deal of media attention during his career to date and has been happy to oblige with any requests.

Turns out he has an incredible story to tell. He talks about his family’s incredible journey to the Gold Coast, via Guantanamo Bay.

The wait is almost over.Credit: Zain Mohammed / No Limit Boxing

In case you missed it, check out the piece I penned a couple of days ago ...

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We’re currently in the opening rounds of the super-bantamweight bout between Shanell Dargan and Amber Amelia.

We have already witnessed an absolute barn-burner if a fight; Hassan Hamdan extended his unbeaten streak with a unanimous points decision over Danver Cuschieri. We also saw the world’s tallest active heavyweight, Julius Long, get knocked out by Toese Vousiutu.

Here’s some of the action from Hamdan’s win ...

Talk about Sliding Doors moments.

I was in Minneapolis the day Tim Tszyu became the first Australian to headline a non-world title fight in the United States. Tszyu had to climb off the canvas after being floored in the opening round by Terrell Gausha, a dramatic way to make his American debut.

As I was interviewing Tszyu after the fight at the Armoury - the venue used to shoot Prince’s music video “1999” - another fight was taking place. By that time, almost all the punters had gone home and the cleaners were packing up the chairs as the fighters were trading punches.

Brian Mendoza is ripped and ready.Credit: Zain Mohammed / No Limit Boxing

I remember seeing the winner landing the mother of all uppercuts to win the fight in a spectacular stoppage

Turns out the bloke who threw it was Brian Mendoza. Here is a man who, only last year, who having played second fiddle to Tim Tszyu, is now challenging the Australian for his world title.

“I always had the belief that I would be here,” Mendoza said.

“It was all just a matter of when everything would really fall into place, when the universe and all the stars really aligned.”