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00:00 (soft music)
00:02 - I do my training with my uncle, Eagle.
00:06 He is my coach who started with me from the very day one.
00:10 He taught me how to throw a jab
00:13 to the position we're in now,
00:15 defending our WBO belt at the T-Mobile Arena.
00:19 The passion and love for each other has always been there.
00:24 - Eagle's known me since a young boy,
00:28 since birth actually.
00:29 So we don't need to say much.
00:31 We just lay our actions in the talking.
00:33 I grew up in an environment where losing was not an option.
00:39 My father was a great Australian sporting icon,
00:44 Kostia Zou.
00:46 He was the undisputed champ,
00:47 defeated a lot of great world champions.
00:50 Round two, Zab Judah.
00:52 Everyone remembers the knockout.
00:53 This is my dad back in the days
00:55 and his red sail was real long.
00:57 He used to be a bit flashy
01:00 with his gold Rolex and his gold chains.
01:02 My dad grew up in a small Soviet little city,
01:08 Serov, Russia, 100,000 people.
01:10 It was a mining town.
01:11 And the fact that he came to Australia,
01:14 gave us life, gave us opportunity.
01:16 And that's what boxing did.
01:18 It really gave us everything.
01:20 He always used to say,
01:23 "I'm the king of the world and I'm the best.
01:26 I'm the best."
01:26 So there always used to be belief.
01:29 I grew up with that mentality
01:31 and something that I've just embraced as part of my life.
01:35 I don't see my dad much.
01:39 These days, he lives in Russia, I live in Australia.
01:42 We still talk of course, all the time.
01:44 As soon as I started my professional career,
01:50 I wanted to become my own name, Tim Zou,
01:52 rather than Kostia Zang.
01:55 I'm in this sport and it's me doing the punching.
01:57 It's me doing everything, me doing the training.
02:00 It's no one else.
02:01 We're gonna be here, fighting.
02:03 Pretty unreal, huh?
02:06 I think we've reached to that point
02:07 where people are saying,
02:09 "Oh, you're not Kostia's son, but he is Tim's dad."
02:13 History will be made here.
02:15 History will be made.
02:17 History will be made.
02:19 (soft music)
02:21 (soft music)
02:25 ♪ We don't get tired ♪
02:26 ♪ We get fired up ♪
02:28 ♪ Get fired up ♪