Unbeaten Tim Tszyu is scheduled to face fellow 154-pound contender Tony Harrison on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) in Sydney.
TIM TSZYU (21-0, 15 KOS) VS. TONY HARRISON (29-3-1, 21 KOS)
- Date: Saturday, March 11 (March 12 in Australia)
- Time: 10:45 p.m. ET / 7:45 p.m. PT (foremost occasion later in present)
- The place: Qudos Financial institution Enviornment, Sydney, Australia
- TV/Stream: Showtime
- Division: Junior middleweight (154 kilos)
- At stake: No main titles
- Pound-for-pound rating: None
- Odds: Tszyu 2½-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
- Additionally on the cardboard: Sam Goodman vs. TJ Doheny, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Koen Mazoudier vs. Ben Mahoney, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Paulo Aokuso vs. Yunieski Gonzalez, 10 rounds, gentle heavyweights; Issac Hardman vs. Rohan Murdock, 10 rounds, tremendous middleweights
- Prediction : Tszyu KO 9
- Background: Tszyu was scheduled to problem undisputed 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo on Jan. 28 in Las Vegas however Charlo had to pull out due to a damaged hand. Enter Harrison, who doesn’t have the all-around skill of Charlo however is a slick, skilled boxer. Tszyu, the son of Corridor of Famer Kostya Tszyu, is coming off crucial victory of his profession. The Aussie survived a first-round knockdown to defeat respected Terrell Gausha by a transparent unanimous choice in March of final yr in Minneapolis, his solely struggle within the U.S. Tszyu isn’t a particular technician and doesn’t have uncommon energy however he has glorious all-around abilities and is hard. Nobody questions Harrison’s technical skill however he has had an up-and-down profession. He was knocked out by then-154-pound titleholder Jarrett Hurd in 2017 however shocked the boxing world by outpointing Charlo 4 fights later to seize his solely world title the next yr. He was stopped by Charlo in 11 rounds within the rematch in 2019 after which drew with Bryant Perrella after a 16-month break in 2021. He final fought in April of final yr, when he simply outpointed Sergio Garcia on the Sebastian Fundora-Erickson Lubin card in Las Vegas. The Tszyu-Harrison struggle is for the WBO’s “interim” title, which Boxing Junkie doesn’t acknowledge. The winner is predicted to problem for Charlo’s titles. Saturday’s struggle is scheduled to happen round midday in Australia so it may be showcased in prime time within the U.S.
