Champion's response to Tszyu's obliteration

Tim Tszyu has sent an ominous connection to unified satellite champ Jermell Charlo aft defeating Tony Harrison via a ninth circular stoppage.

The 28-year-old knocked Harrison to the canvas with respective uppercuts with the referee stepping successful soon aft to springiness Tszyu a TKO triumph successful the ninth round.

The combat started dilatory for Tszyu who tried to enactment retired his hostile aboriginal and it didn't instrumentality long.

Harrison described Tszyu arsenic a consecutive up combatant successful the pb up and helium couldn't grip his benignant arsenic Tszyu stalked the American from the opening bell.

Tim Tszyu acceptable up a immense bout with Jermell Charlo (Getty Images)

Harrison landed his just stock of punches but astir of them were jabs arsenic opposed to Tszyu who landed respective powerfulness shots.

Tszyu rocked Harrison with a close hook successful the 3rd circular and continued his dominance done to the ninth, wherever helium rattled Harrison with a bevy of shots that ended with countless uppercuts to nonstop him crashing to the canvas.

The referee called called it astatine 2 minutes and 33 seconds into the ninth round.

Harrison showed sportsmanship aft the fight.

"The amended antheral won tonight," Harrison said.

"Tim, congratulations my boy."

Tszyu rocks Harrison successful circular 3

Harrison is the lone antheral to ever bushed Charlo, and Tszyu had a connection for the satellite champ.

"What's my motherf---ing name?," Tszyu exclaimed successful the ring.

"I conscionable bushed the antheral who bushed the man. What does that marque me?"

Asked to nonstop a connection to Charlo and his doubters, Tszyu replied: "The connection was sent clearly. You cognize what's up. You cognize what's next. I'm coming to America. Australia already knew, present the world. What's my motherf--- name? Say my motherf---' name."

Charlo, who watched the combat arsenic a impermanent of Showtime, gave the Aussie immoderate credit.

"He was impressive, helium did what helium had to bash astatine home," Charlo said from the Showtime Studios.

"But my movement, my style, my powerfulness volition marque him person to bash antithetic things."

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