WBO #1 Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) and former champion Toney Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) both made weight for their WBO interim junior middleweight title clash on Sunday morning (Saturday night USA time) at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. Both fighters weighed 153.5 pounds.
The referee will be Danrex Tapdasan. Judges are Zoltan Enyedi (Hungary), Katsuhiko Nakamura (Japan), Benoit Roussel (Canada).
The winner of Tszyu-Harrison will become the mandatory challenger to undisputed super welterweight king Jermell Charlo.
Tszyu is a 2½:1 favorite.
The fight will air on Showtime at 10:45 p.m. ET/7:45 p.m. PT.
Countdown to Tszyu vs Charlo
No so fast.
That’s probably never gonna happen, Charlo had to fake an injury to get out of this fight with Tszyu. Both Charlo brothers are afraid of big fight fighters..
NOT SURE IF U EVER BROKE A HAND XRAYS SHOW AND HE EVEN LIVE STREAMED WHEN HE GOT THE CAST PUT ON HIM AND DISPLAYED IT ALL THESE MONTHS ON INSTA WHY WOULD HE FAKE A INJURY TSZYU LOOKS SCARED TO FIGHT HARRISON …LOL CHARLO WOULD KO HIS ASS JUST LIKE HE DID HARRISON
Looking forward to this; REAL boxing.
Looking Forward to this also….Fight news should have a live stream where we can comment on the fight in realtime….
Harrison’s best chance, stick and move and have his defense good, stay off the ropes. Maybe he could cut Tszyu or get a flash knockdown. He’d have to win 7 rounds clearly, w/ a flash knockdown round, to win if a 12 round distance fight.
Tszyu’s bodypunches are good.
agreed harrison must hit and move this fight is on tszyu home grounds he may need 2 knockdowns
Harrison easy while Tszyu melts down..should be classic
I see this fight going one of three ways:
(1) Tszyu catches Harrison with a big shot early and flattens him for the KO (ala Tszyu Senior and Judah). Somewhere between the second and fifth round.
(2) Tszyu issues a systematic beatdown over the course of 6 to 8 rounds where the referee stops it with Harrison still on his feet or mercy stoppage (white towel thrown in) or in-between rounds by the corner. It could also come while being analyzed by the ringside doctor during the eighth round for swelling around the eyes.
(3) Tszyu hurts Harrison early, maybe scoring a knockdown. Harrison goes into survival mode and loses a wide decision.
While option 2 seems like a strong possibility, I am going with option 1. Around the fourth or fifth round.
Kazoo looks just like his dad, we’ll see if Harrison is Zab Judah or Vince Phillips.
“Cool” Vince Phillips
Got my money on Harrison