Tim Tszyu and Tony Harrison have comfortably made weight for his or her much-anticipated world-title combat in Sydney.
Tszyu, the home-town favourite striving to comply with his legendary father Kostya as a world champion, hit the scales at 69.68kg at Saturday’s weigh-in for Sunday’s super-welterweight showdown at Qudos Financial institution Area.
Simply six grams separated the pair, with the taller, leaner Harrison weighing 69.62kg, effectively beneath the 69.9kg restrict.
Promising to monster Harrison and hopefully knock the American out, Tszyu anticipated to pack on one other eight kilograms earlier than coming into the ring for his date with future.
The reward for Sunday’s victor is a wealthy one: a winner-takes-all blockbuster later this 12 months within the US with undisputed divisional champion Jermell Charlo.
Harrison (29-3-1, 21KO) is the one man to have defeated Charlo, briefly relieving his countryman of the WBC strap in 2018.
The supremely assured Tszyu (21-0, 15KO) was purported to combat Charlo in Las Vegas in January earlier than the champion broke two bones in his left hand in coaching.
Now he doubts their match-up will ever materialize as soon as the Texan sees what he does to Harrison.
“I would not be shocked if he decides to maneuver up (a division) after this,” Tsyzu stated.
“Charlo vacates and strikes up. The headlines on Monday.”
