The long-time slanging match will finally be decided in the ring as 21-year-old 10-0 champion Biggs finally gets to face the younger of the Tszyu brothers, who is at 7-0.

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Biggs ended his last fight in the first round with a savage KO of Ryan Mitcham, but will face a much-harder fight against Tszyu.

The pair were meant to fight back in May, before Tszyu went to fight Benjamin Bommber, claiming a win in a first-round KO. Tszyu has also beaten Jack Brubaker since.

But the big night is finally here and, now that the talking is done, both men will have to show what they’ve got in the ring.

The pair are expected to walk to the ring at about 10pm AEDT.

Full card

Nikita Tszyu vs Dylan Biggs

Issac Hardman vs Troy Coleman

Brandon Grach defeats Liam Talivaa via knockout (Round 2)

Joel Pavlides defeated Mounir Fathi via unanimous decision (56-58×3)

Jason Fawcett defeated Jordan Martin via unanimous decision (48-46×3)

Dharringarra Trewhella defeated Brent Walton via unanimous decision (39-38, 39-36, 38-37)

Natasha Kurene defeated Amber Amelia via unanimous decision (59-55×2, 58-56)

Mark Schleibs defeated Shamal Ram Anuj by KO, round 5 (2.22)

8.30pm – Mundine tells Biggs to ‘stay in his lane’

Anthony Mundine is in the crowd in Newcastle and urged Dylan Biggs to swallow his pride and walk out first despite being the champion, who usually gets the honour of coming out last.

Mundine recalled similar ring walk controversy when he fought then Australian champion Marc Bagero in 2001.

Mundine told reporters: “At the end of the day, who’s the one putting bums on seats? Who’s the guy that’s bringing the crowd, bringing the hype? You’ve got to give that to Nikita.

“Dylan is obviously a great fighter but doesn’t have that household name.

“Like I did with my dad, they did with their dad Kostya. He’s the A-side, he calls the shots, the same thing happened when I was fighting for the Australian title.

“Nikita’s given him an opportunity on this stage to catapult his career and popularity in the sport. At the end of the day, he’s got to know who he is and stay in his lane. And his lane is the B-side. That’s just that.

“When I came into the sport I revived it with mouth to mouth and it’s still flourishing today because of the Tszyu boys. They’re carrying the torch. I had my time, now it’s their time until the sun sets on them. They’ve got to call the shots.”

8.20pm – Undercard heats up

Jason Fawcett is back in the winners circle rebounding from a recent loss with a unanimous decision win over Jordan Martin to take his record to 7-1.

Fawcett recovered from an early knockdown to get the win.

Joel Pavlides defeated Mounir Fathi via unanimous decision (56-58×3), handing Fathi his first professional loss.

The Courier Mail’s Peter Badel said on Main Event: “This is a bit of a wake up call for Mounir Fathi. He’s been blasting blokes out of the ring with — 6-0 with 6KOs. But he was out-boxed tonight.”

7.39pm — Great scenes after brilliant fight

The nephew of Anthony Mundine Dharringara Trewhella has won his professional boxing debut with a brilliant four-round war against Brent Walton.

It was a brilliant performance by both men, with the scorecards all over the place.

But they all went for Trewhella.

However, No Limit boss George Rose revealed that both men would get $5k bonuses, saying “there’s no losers here tonight, that’s how you open a Main Event card”.

7.04pm — Tszyu legacy goes on the line

Nikita Tszyu is not only fighting for himself tonight, but the legacy of the Tszyu family.

In the past 30 years, via Kostya, Tim and Nikita, a Tszyu has not lost in 47 fights on Australian soil.

Kostya had an 18-0 (15 KOs), Tim is at 22-0 (16KOs) and Nikita is 7-0 (6KOs) in Australia. Combined, that’s 47-0 (37 KOs).

But it’ll be a 50-50 proposition in this fight according to Shawn Porter, and the underdog, yet champion, Dylan Biggs has vowed to end the record.

Asked what he could do to the Tszyu family legacy, Biggs said: “Finish it.”

Tim Tszyu was on the Main Event panel and lashed out at the comments.

“I think that’s quite disrespectful in my eyes,” Tszyu said. “For what dad and what we’ve done for the sport in Newcastle, and what Nikita’s done for all the fans here, you can’t just delete a memory.

“A victory will make a big statement for him in his career but as for destroying a legacy, that’s not happening.”

Shawn Porter said that was the exact attitude Tim would take into the fight.

Earlier, Tszyu had said Nikita had almost the same mentality as he does, and that a win against Biggs tonight would open up the world.

“Ah of course, we’ve only had good memories here and what a way to finish it off for Nikita by winning the Australian title against a very notable opponent in Dylan Biggs,” Tszyu said.

“Cleaning out your domestic scene is where it all begins.

“Before a fighter goes overseas and gets the international experience, you have to clean out what’s in front of you.

“This is the first step for Nikita towards many, many big fights in the future.”

But The Courier Mail’s Peter Badel argued that Biggs had a similar mentality as Tim Tszyu.

6.26pm — ‘He’s asleep’: Insane KO stuns commentators

The night has opened with an insane start after Mark Schleibs demolished Shamal Ram Anuj with what two-time world champion Billy Dib called the “knockout of the year”.

In the fifth of six rounds, Schleibs backed the Fijian into the corner, before unleashing a jaw shattering punch on Anuj.

The KO blow left the Fijian on the canvas in scary scenes as he was draped over the rope in the corner.

The doctor spent plenty of time with Anuj but he was eventually helped up onto the stool before he left the ring.

Billy Dib said: “Wow, he’s asleep.”

Dan Ginnane added: “He is celebrating already, that’s a vicious shot that’s ended this fight and Mark Schleibs is back.

“Wow, what a statement.”

Barry Michael added: “What a knockout. One of the best knockouts I’ve seen in ages. Unbelievable knockout.”

Dib asked: “Is that knockout of the year? That’s got to be knockout of the year. That has to be knockout of the year.”

It’s a return to the winner’s circle for the Melburnian Schleibs, who had lost his last two fights to Brock Jarvis and Rocky Ogden, having dropped back to bantamweight, after stepping up to super bantam for the two losses.

It takes his record to 13-2 with two KOs.

Originally published as Nikita Tszyu vs Dylan Biggs live: Anthony Mundine slaps down Aussie champ