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Young middleweight contender Tim Tszyu will face Carlos Ocampo on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) with Jermell Charlo coming up.
TIM TSZYU (22-0, 16 KOs) VS. CARLOS OCAMPO (35-2, 23 KOs)
- Day: Saturday, June 17 (Sunday in Australia)
- Time: 10pm ET / 7pm PT (12pm AEST) (main event follows)
- Where: Gold Coast Convention Center, Broadbeach, Australia
- television/stream: Showtime
- Assignment: Junior middleweight (154 pounds)
- threatened: No main title
- the odds: Favorite Tszyu 6½-1 (average of many stores)
- Also on the card: Ra’eese Aleem vs Sam Goodman, junior featherweight; Justin Frost vs Hassan Hamdan, junior weight class
- Guess: Tszyu KO 9
- Background: Tszyu hasn’t had the best period of his career. First, his January 28 bout against undisputed 154-pound owner Jermell Charlo was postponed after Charlo broke his arm during a match. And, second, he was bitten by a dog on his right foreman a few weeks ago, requiring surgery to repair and threatening his meeting with Campo. However, everything seems to be fine. Tszyu is confident that the fight with Charlo will take place in the fall. And he was allowed to join the Ocampo fight. Hall of Famer’s son Kostya Tszyu is about to have impressive consecutive victories over talented Americans, pointed out Terrell Gausha in March of last year and stop former champion Tony Harrison in nine rounds this past March. Ocampo is a tough, well-educated veteran. However, the Mexicans failed in their two biggest battles. He was stopped by a body blow against owner Errol Spence Jr. in the first round in 2018. Boxer Ensenada then won 12 straight fights (all but two in Mexico) to secure a meeting with top contender Sebastian Fundora losing only one. broad decision last October. He last fought on March 25 at Guadalajara, stopping Mauricio Gutierrez Castor after five innings.
