Bloodlust: Nikita Tszyu is still raw but his fondness for violence has made him must-see TV

An updated version of this article will be featured in the next issue of The Ring.

Like a horror film, many watched March’s gruesome unified world title fight between Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora through their fingers.

Conversely, Tim’s younger brother Nikita sat ringside through 12 bloody rounds, wide-eyed and spattered in envy.

It wasn’t the occasion, the titles or the purses that so enchanted the fellow professional boxer – rather the savage cut, the busted nose and...