Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) will face Tim Tszyu (22-0, 16 KOs) in July at a boxing evening organized in the USA. The fight will become a mandatory defense of the World Boxing Organization championship belt for the American.
"He won't stand my blows," I'm sure Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs), undisputed middleweight champion. On Saturday night Tim Tszyu (22-0, 16 KOs) won ahead of schedule Tony Harrison and won a temporary WBO belt.
Tim Tszyu after an early victory over Tony Harrison by technical knockout in the ninth round on Sunday in Sydney, said he expects undisputed middleweight champion Jermell Charlo to be his next opponent. “You know what's next. You know who's next. I'm going. I'm going to Las Vegas, I'm going to America!" - said Tim Tszyu after winning the interim WBO title.
Tim Tszyu (22-0, 16 KOs) scored an early victory in the ninth round over the former world champion Tony Harrison (29-4-1, 21 KOs) and won the vacant "interim" WBO junior middleweight title in the main event of the evening at the Kudos Bank Arena in Sydney.
Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) and Tony Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) met the second welterweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony before their fight in Sydney. At stake in the fight will be an interim WBO world title. Tszyu's weight was 69.7 kg, Harrison - 69.6 kg.