'Disgusted' star rips Tszyu's Kostya comparison

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The customary insults person begun successful the pb up to Tim Tszyu's March 12 interim rubric bout against Tony Harrison successful Sydney, with the American again questioning the Sydney fighter's credentials.

Tszyu's comparative soundlessness successful the pb up to the interim WBO ace welterweight title combat has been met with changeless chatter from his American rival, who has again thrown shadiness astatine Tszyu's travel to the interim title bout.

The American endured immoderate irregularity with the aboriginal portion of his mentation with Fox Sports reporting his older member and caput coach's accomplishment was delayed owed to a household emergency, with the Detroit autochthonal keen to nexus up with his sibling erstwhile helium lands successful Sydney connected Friday.

Harrison, the lone antheral to decision countryman Jermell Charlo, who holds each 4 belts successful the super-welterweight division, said Tszyu is successful implicit his caput taking this fight.

"The opponents you've faced person been s---y. We conscionable justice you connected the guys that you've fought; the feline you fought to get to the No.1 spot is f----g disgusting.

"You saw maine container and locomotion towards Jermell [Charlo] the 2nd time, truthful expect the unexpected," said Harrison

"I bash spot a batch of atrocious things that helium does that's not championship-level s--t."

He besides seized connected rumours Kostya won't beryllium attending the combat and dismissed claims Tim is successful the aforesaid people arsenic his iconic father.

"Ten. F----n 10," Harrison said erstwhile asked however galore levels Tszyu volition request to measurement up astatine Qudos Bank Arena.

"Like I americium the lone combatant that was a satellite title combatant that he's fought.

"He hasn't fought a satellite title combatant yet. I americium the archetypal 1 - and I americium astir apt going to beryllium the past due to the fact that he's going to spell backmost to the bottommost and has to rebuild this worldly backmost up.

"He's not a anemic kid but to accidental he's similar Kostya Tszyu, I deliberation we're giving him conscionable a small excessively much," the Detroit combatant said.

"I bash deliberation he's beardown capable to vie astatine the value that he's warring at, but bash I deliberation he's the strongest? Nah.

"Do I deliberation helium hits harder than Jermell (Charlo)? Nah.

"So travel combat night, he's got to beryllium it. He's got to amusement us. All the speech is over."

The victor volition assertion the interim WBO loop and look Charlo aboriginal successful the year. If Tszyu tin get by Harrison and Charlo, he'll beryllium crowned the undisputed satellite champion and would articulation a prime radical of father-son boxers to triumph satellite titles, including Mexican legends Julio Cesar Chavez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Leon and Corey Spinks.

While Harrison (29-3-1, 21KO) has thanked Tszyu for the accidental and has been mostly cordial, adjacent hugging the Aussie during an quality astatine the Creed III premiere successful Sydney. But travel Sunday March 12, Tszyu won't beryllium capable to halt his lightening near jab, says Harrison.

"I don't deliberation cipher successful the satellite has the quality to bash that," helium said.

"What helium tin bash is prime his spots to bash amended and to dilatory it down, but cipher has the wits and accomplishment to halt it.

"He has the dangers that anybody possesses - conscionable toughness. The grit, the precocious activity, the pace.

"The aforesaid worldly that mostly everybody that comes to combat maine possesses erstwhile they travel to combat me.

"But I'm here. Timothy, ohio Timothy, a 24-hour flight. Don't deliberation it's each for thing brother.

"Get your two-hour workouts in, get your two-hour runs in. Be prepared due to the fact that I'm not coming implicit present for nothing."

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