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The undefeated Tim Tszyu is scheduled to take on 154-pounder Tony Harrison on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) in Sydney.
TIM TSZYU (21-0, 15 KOS) VS. TONY HARRISON (March 29, 21 KOS)
- Day: Saturday, March 11 (March 12 in Australia)
- Time: 10:45 p.m. ET / 7:45 p.m. PT (main event later on in the show)
- Where: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
- television/stream: Showtime
- Assignment: Junior middleweight (154 pounds)
- threatened: No main title
- Pound-for-pound ratings: Do not have
- the odds: Favorite Tszyu 2½-1 (average of many stores)
- Also on the card: Sam Goodman vs TJ Doheny, 10 rounds, junior featherweight; Koen Mazoudier vs Ben Mahoney, 10 rounds, junior middleweight; Paulo Aokuso vs Yunieski Gonzalez, 10 rounds, lightweight; Isaac Hardman vs Rohan Murdock, 10 rounds, super middleweight
- Guess : Tszyu KO 9
- Background: Tszyu was scheduled to challenge undisputed 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo on January 28 in Las Vegas but Charlo had to pull out for broken arm. Enter Harrison, who doesn’t have the same all-around abilities as Charlo but is a seasoned, experienced boxer. Tszyu, son of Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu, is about to have the most important victory of his career. The Australian survived the knockdown in the first round beat the venerable Terrell Gausha by a clear unanimous decision last March in Minneapolis, his only game in the US Tszyu is not a special technician and does not have extraordinary strength but he has all-round skill excellent and very resilient. No one questioned Harrison’s technical abilities but he’s had a career up and down. He was knocked out by then-154-pound defending champion Jarrett Hurd in 2017 but stunned the boxing world by beating Charlo four fights later to claim his only world title. him next year. He was stopped by Charlo in 11 rounds in the rematch in 2019 and beyond painted with Bryant Perrella after a 16-month break in 2021. He last played last April, when he easily outscored Sergio Garcia on Sebastian Fundora-Erickson Lubin in Las Vegas. The fight between Tszyu-Harrison is for the WBO “temporary” title, which Boxing Junkie doesn’t realize. The winner is supposed to challenge Charlo’s titles. Saturday’s match is scheduled to take place around noon in Australia so it can be shown in prime time in the US
