This Saturday night, a new Interim WBO World Super Welterweight Champion will be declared. Both Tim Tszyu and Tony Harrison are vying to be that man, but only one can prevail in Sydney over the weekend.
With the Australian fight scene continuing to grow, unbeaten super welterweight Tim Tszyu will look to continue this progress against his American opposition. Tszyu is the younger of the two fighters and comes into this clash in stronger form as well. But beware the experience and guile of Tony Harrison, who has fought in well over 30 professional fights across his career and may have a trick or two up his sleeve.
We break down the best bets to make on this super welterweight title fight with odds from bookmaker William Hill.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: March 9th, 9:00 P.M. (GMT)
Australia’s Tim Tszyu is the strong favourite in this fight with odds of 1.40 for the outright win. This is a reasonable distance from the 3.00 that William Hill is paying for Tony Harrison to win.
The real story in the build up to this fight is why it’s happening at all. Tim Tszyu had a fight against the unified super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo already contracted until Charlo hurt his hand recently. With Tszyu taking this fight against Tony Harrison instead, he now risks losing his shot at the unified champion should he fail to beat Harrison this weekend.
Despite the fact that Tony Harrison is the only man to ever defeat Jermell Charlo, Tszyu will be confident he can succeed in this fight. By all means, it’s the biggest clash of his career, but he’s younger by four years and comes into this fight with much better form. Harrison is 1-1-1 is his last three fights, while Tszyu has yet to lose in his career. The boxing skill-set of Tszyu combined with his youth should mean that the Australian can stay on the outside and out-box Harrison. If he is able to do so, he’ll set a unification bout against Charlo in fine form; fail to, and he’ll be kicking himself the rest of his career.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: March 9th, 9:00 P.M. (GMT)
We say this match will go the distance with Tszyu winning on points. The 28-year-old will want the experience of fighting Harrison but also won’t want to take any unnecessary risks. Expect him to box intelligently, take this one the distance and be awarded the interim belt by the judges. This approach is exactly how Tszyu has boxed his past two fights and there’s no reason to expect he’ll diverge from what’s been working so well recently.
Back Tim Tszyu to defeat Tony Harrison by decision for a 3.25 return on Saturday night.
