Tim Tszyu fully plans on emulating his legendary father after the venue for his super-welterweight world title fight with Jermell Charlo was finally revealed.
Showtime has announced Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas will stage the blockbuster unification bout when Tsyzu attempts to strip Charlo of his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts on January 28 (January 29 AEDT).
"It's a long time in the making. Finally got that venue locked in and now it's time to go," Tszyu said.
"It's in Vegas, that's all I wanted - the big bright lights.
"I know the venue very well. It's actually the only hotel in Vegas I stay at so there's no surprises there. It's like my second home.
"Dad fought there for a couple of world titles and won. I'll be doing the same on January 28th."
Kostya Tsyzu first unified the light-welterweight division at Mandalay Bay with victory over American Sharmba Mitchell in 2001.
He then successfully defended his undisputed titles against Ghana's Ben Tackie in his only fight the following year.
In a twist of fate that has 28-year-old Tim Tsyzu convinced is an omen, Kostya's undefeated super-welterweight son will take on Charlo on the 28th anniversary of his father first becoming world champion by knocking out Jake Rodriguez at the neighbouring MGM Grand Casino.
After an intense five-week training camp in LA, Tszyu will relocate to Vegas in early January.
He also recently spent a month running up mountains and training in the tropical heat of Thailand to ensure he's in peak physical condition for the fight of his life.
"The base I definitely built, I feel much stronger. My fitness, my gas tank is much bigger," Tszyu said.
"The main thing is I get excited and I just want to go hard, hard, hard but you've got to be smart in this business.
"The thing is we're so far away but so close as well (to the fight). So the main thing for me is to just be able to not burn out.
"We're taking it day by day."
While Charlo (35-1-1,19KO) has been super low key, apart from taking to social media to declare he'll stop the Australian early, his challenger has been actively promoting the high-stakes fight.
Tszyu (21-0, 15KO) on Thursday night lapped up all the hype and excitement of watching reigning Super Bowl champions the Los Angeles Rams host the Las Vegas Raiders at the immense SoFi Stadium, where LA won the NFL's greatest prize in February.
"Unreal, honestly it looks like a photo. I thought it was a drawing, it's unreal," he said.
"Fingers crossed, one day I'll fight here. That is probably the ultimate. But baby steps, one day."
Tszyu also traded sporting words of wisdom and jumpers with injured Rams superstar Cooper Kupp.
"It was cool, he had this good energy about him. We spoke and related as fellow athletes and he was really supportive.
"He's on the sideline and I know that same feeling when you're on the sideline watching a boxing fight."
Asked what he thought about Charlo not doing his bit to promote their looming world title bout, Tszyu shrugged: "Oh he'll know when to hype it up. He'll know. He knows I'm here.
"So I guess we'll have a press conference soon and that's when we'll have our first eye to eye."
Darren Walton travelled to Los Angeles as a guest of No Limit Boxing.
