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Tim Tszyu vs. Tony Harrison: date, time, how to watch, background

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 (main event later in show)
Where: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
TV/Stream: Showtime
Division: Junior middleweight (154 pounds)
At stake: No major titles
Pound-for-pound ranking: None
Odds: Tszyu 2½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
Also on the card: 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, light heavyweights; Issac Hardman vs. Rohan Murdock, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Prediction : Tszyu KO 9
Background: Tszyu was scheduled to challenge undisputed 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo on Jan. 28 in Las Vegas but Charlo had to pull out because of a broken hand. Enter Harrison, who doesn’t have the all-around ability of Charlo but is a slick, experienced boxer. Tszyu, the son of Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu, is coming off the most important victory of his career. The Aussie survived a first-round knockdown to defeat respected Terrell Gausha by a clear unanimous decision in March of last year in Minneapolis, his only fight in the U.S. Tszyu isn’t a special technician and doesn’t have unusual power but he has excellent all-around skills and is tough. No one questions Harrison’s technical ability but he has had an up-and-down career. He was knocked out by then-154-pound titleholder Jarrett Hurd in 2017 but stunned the boxing world by outpointing Charlo four fights later to capture his only world title the following year. He was stopped by Charlo in 11 rounds in the rematch in 2019 and then drew with Bryant Perrella after a 16-month break in 2021. He last fought in April of last year, when he easily outpointed Sergio Garcia on the Sebastian Fundora-Erickson Lubin card in Las Vegas. The Tszyu-Harrison fight is for the WBO’s “interim” title, which Boxing Junkie doesn’t recognize. The winner is expected to challenge for Charlo’s titles. Saturday’s fight is scheduled to take place around noon in Australia so it can be showcased in prime time in the U.S.

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Tim Tszyu vs. Tony Harrison: date, time, how to watch, background

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 (main event later in show)
Where: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
TV/Stream: Showtime
Division: Junior middleweight (154 pounds)
At stake: No major titles
Pound-for-pound ranking: None
Odds: Tszyu 2½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
Also on the card: 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, light heavyweights; Issac Hardman vs. Rohan Murdock, 10 rounds, super middleweights
Prediction : Tszyu KO 9
Background: Tszyu was scheduled to challenge undisputed 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo on Jan. 28 in Las Vegas but Charlo had to pull out because of a broken hand. Enter Harrison, who doesn’t have the all-around ability of Charlo but is a slick, experienced boxer. Tszyu, the son of Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu, is coming off the most important victory of his career. The Aussie survived a first-round knockdown to defeat respected Terrell Gausha by a clear unanimous decision in March of last year in Minneapolis, his only fight in the U.S. Tszyu isn’t a special technician and doesn’t have unusual power but he has excellent all-around skills and is tough. No one questions Harrison’s technical ability but he has had an up-and-down career. He was knocked out by then-154-pound titleholder Jarrett Hurd in 2017 but stunned the boxing world by outpointing Charlo four fights later to capture his only world title the following year. He was stopped by Charlo in 11 rounds in the rematch in 2019 and then drew with Bryant Perrella after a 16-month break in 2021. He last fought in April of last year, when he easily outpointed Sergio Garcia on the Sebastian Fundora-Erickson Lubin card in Las Vegas. The Tszyu-Harrison fight is for the WBO’s “interim” title, which Boxing Junkie doesn’t recognize. The winner is expected to challenge for Charlo’s titles. Saturday’s fight is scheduled to take place around noon in Australia so it can be showcased in prime time in the U.S.

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Tony Harrison primed for bout with ‘tough’ Tim Tszyu, eyes third fight with Jermell Charlo

Tony Harrison has respect for “tough” opponent Tim Tszyu but has an eye on a third fight with 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo.

Tony Harrison respects opponent Tim Tszyu’s fighting spirit even if he doesn’t think much of his skill set or resume.

Harrison, who faces his fellow 154-pound contender on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) in Sydney, was impressed with Tszyu’s ability to get up from a first-round knockdown to defeat Terrell Gausha by a clear decision in March of last year.

That kind of resilience, the veteran from Detroit said, can take a fighter a long way even if he’s not a polished technician.

Harrison described Tszyu as “just a tough guy.”

“I can’t really grade him on nothing else but being tough because I think that’s the only thing he brings to the table, being tough,” he said. “I think he’s a guy who prides himself on being tough, prides himself on being in shape, which is two good attributes to be successful in any fight. I don’t grade him as a guy I have to outthink.

“I think he showed championship grit to get up off the ground, off the mat [against Gausha]. For him to get off the mat and be successful, I think that says a lot about who he is as a fighter.”

Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) has a much deeper resume than Tszyu. That includes two meetings with current undisputed champion Jermell Charlo, who he outpointed to win the WBC title in 2018 and then lost it by knockout in a rematch the following year.

He believes the Gausha fight was his opponent’s only significant test. He has even questioned whether he earned a meeting with Charlo, who he was set to fight in January. Charlo had to pull out when he broke his hand in training, which opened the door for the fight in Sydney.

“That was his first test ever in fighting,” Harrision said of the Gausha bout. “I think we got to gauge at least his contendership that he brings to the table because other than Terrell I don’t think he ever fought anyone notable enough to say, ‘You’re the next champion, you’re the next world champion, you’re the next undisputed champion.'”

Of course, a victory over Harrison would bolster Tszyu’s resume and his championship credentials. The winner of the fight, for the WBC’s “interim” title, is expected to challenge Charlo next.

Harrison plans to spoil the Aussie’s plans. He expects to become the mandatory challenger by handing Tszyu his first setback and getting his a rubber match with his rival, another “tough” fighter for whom he has tremendous respect.

He has his own place in boxing and legacy to think about.

“Tough and all I just think that’s literally where I need to be,” he said of a potential third fight with Charlo. “I need to do that again. The people need to see it again, I need to do it again, we need to do it again. … My whole game plan is betting on myself. I just know I’m better than half of these guys when it comes to skill.

“You can be stronger, you can be tougher, you can be faster, but I just feel I’m better skilled than all of them. I gotta get that back. My whole motivation to myself is, ‘I gotta get that back.’ I know [Charlo] wouldn’t do it voluntarily so I gotta do it involuntarily.”

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Tony Harrison primed for bout with ‘tough’ Tim Tszyu, eyes third fight with Jermell Charlo

Tony Harrison has respect for “tough” opponent Tim Tszyu but has an eye on a third fight with 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo.

Tony Harrison respects opponent Tim Tszyu’s fighting spirit even if he doesn’t think much of his skill set or resume.

That kind of resilience, the veteran from Detroit said, can take a fighter a long way even if he’s not a polished technician.

Harrison described Tszyu as “just a tough guy.”

“I think he showed championship grit to get up off the ground, off the mat [against Gausha]. For him to get off the mat and be successful, I think that says a lot about who he is as a fighter.”

Of course, a victory over Harrison would bolster Tszyu’s resume and his championship credentials. The winner of the fight, for the WBC’s “interim” title, is expected to challenge Charlo next.

He has his own place in boxing and legacy to think about.

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Tim Tszyu on meeting with Tony Harrison: ‘It was the next big fight to make’

Tim Tszyu on his meeting with Tony Harrison on Saturday in Australia: “It was the next big fight to make.”

Tim Tszyu wasn’t going to wait and see what Jermell Charlo’s next move was.

The 154-pound contender is in his prime. He wants to fight. So when his Jan. 28 bout with the undisputed champion was shelved because Charlo broke his hand in training, which Tszyu admitted “gutted” him, the Aussie looked elsewhere.

He found a tough challenge in former beltholder Tony Harrison, his opponent Saturday (Sunday in Australia) at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (Showtime).

The winner is expected to fight Charlo next, although, as Tszyu said, there are no guarantees.

“I don’t want to rely on no one,” he told Boxing Junkie, referring to Charlo. “When you’re presented with an opportunity to fight a guy like Tony Harrison, I’m going to jump at it. It’s a big fight to make. I’m not relying on Jermell’s career, on what he decides to do, how long he wants to take off.

“I’m 28 years old, I’m at the peak of my career, and I’m taking each fight as presented.”

Charlo and Harrison, who are 1-1 head-to-head, have similar accomplishments but different styles.

Charlo is a boxer-puncher, a good technician with the ability to end any fight in an instant because of his punching power. Harrison learned that the hard way in their 2019 rematch, in which he was stopped in the 11^th round.

Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) is a polished technician, which is why he was able to outpoint Charlo in their first fight.

Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) understands the difficult task at hand even though Harrison is only 1-1-1 in his last three fights. The product of Detroit last fought in April of last year, when he easily outpointed Spaniard Sergio Garcia.

“He’s got all the tools,” Tszyu said of Harrison. “He comes from a great pedigree. It will be a tremendous challenge. I never shy away from challenges.”

Did Tszyu see anything in Harrison’s knockout loss to Charlo and his draw with Bryant Perrella in his next fight that he can exploit?

“Harrison switches on and switches off at times,” he said. “He’s like this, up an down. The times during a fight when he’s switched on, he does well. The times he’s switched off … I have to take advantage of those switched-off moments.”

One bonus of fighting Harrison – assuming he wins – is that he’ll gain more experience, which can be particularly valuable against a veteran opponent.

Tszyu delivered a breakthrough victory when he got up from a first-round knockdown to defeat capable Terrell Gausha by a clear decision in his most recent fight, in March of last year. Otherwise, his opposition has been no better than solid.

He’ll be better prepared to face Charlo if he gets past Harrison, who most observers – including Tszyu – would say is a step up from Gausha.

“100 percent,” Tszyu said. “Each fight you progress, each fight there’s plenty of growth. It’s a good little step up before fighting Charlo.”

Tszyu is excited about Saturday and whatever might lie ahead, whether Charlo is in the picture or not.

“In all honesty it was the next big fight to make,” he said of Harrison. “Everyone is interested in the fight. I’m all about bringing big fights when we can and to be participating in those big fights.

“This is no different.”

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Tim Tszyu on meeting with Tony Harrison: ‘It was the next big fight to make’

Tim Tszyu on his meeting with Tony Harrison on Saturday in Australia: “It was the next big fight to make.”