Tszyu, 20, was cut under the left eye in the second round by a right hook, but landed more crisp and accurate shots through the course of the ten round fight at The Star to win comfortably on Wednesday night.

Two judges scored it 99-91 to Tszyu and their colleague had the challenger winning 98-92

Tszyu's former undisputed light welterweight world champion father Kostya never fought for an Australian title.

Tszyu ((13-0, 11 KOs) was watched at ringside by former WBO welterweight champion and mooted future opponent Jeff Horn ,who was commentating on the fight.

''You've got my manager's number, call me call me when you're ready," Tszyu said.

In the ring afterwards, Horn said the fight was a possibility.

Asked if he thought Tszyu was ready to fight him Horn said: "I don't think so."

Tszyu was taken ten rounds for just the second time in his career.

"I learnt more in this fight than in my whole career," Tszyu said.

"He was tough."

While an agile Camilleri (17-6-1, 8 KOs) landed some shots, he was outworked by the challenger.

"Tim is slick, a very smart fighter,'" Camilleri said.

Tszyu, ranked 15th by both the IBF and WBA, walked into the ring to the Queen anthem Another One Bites the Dust.

The highlight of the undercard was a breathtaking all-action ten-round draw for the vacant WBA Oceania welterweight title between Jack Brubaker and Ty Telford.

World-ranked cruiserweight Jai Opetaia improved his unbeaten professional record to 17-0 with 14 KOs after an eight-round stoppage of tough New Zealander Navosa Ioata.

The slick southpaw Opetaia, who is rated No.8 by the WBO and 11 by the IBF, wore down his opponent, who took a standing count in the seventh.

Opetaia added the WBA interim cruiserweight title to the IBF and WBO regional titles he already held.

Former UFC fighter Ross Pearson also made a successful boxing debut at super middleweight with a second round stoppage of Iranian Salar King.

Australian Associated Press