Tszyu's stinging words for 'fragile' USA rival

Tim Tszyu has declared Tony Harrison a much hard hostile than Jermell Charlo, but labelled him "fragile" and claimed helium "could ace him successful half".

There was plentifulness of laughter, and adjacent playful wrestling, arsenic Tszyu and Harrison had their archetypal face-to-face gathering at the premiere of Creed III successful Sydney connected Tuesday night, but some men besides had spicy words.

The brushwood added to the hype surrounding their bout astatine Sydney Olympic Park connected March 12.

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"If it goes past 4 (rounds) he's going to beryllium successful trouble," Tszyu said.

"My purpose is to drawback him by the cervix and propulsion him down into the water and conscionable fto him sink, drown him.

"It volition commencement from circular 1 and we'll spot erstwhile helium gets immoderate air. He's going to privation to tap, he's going to privation it was UFC.

"He's gangly but my sparring partners are overmuch taller. He looks fragile. You tin conscionable spot it. I've been sparring big, strong, unbreakable blokes and helium looks similar I could ace him successful half."

Tim Tszyu (left) and Tony Harrison had their archetypal face-to-face gathering successful Sydney connected Tuesday night. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Harrison is the lone antheral to person defeated Charlo, but Charlo won a rematch with an 11th-round knockout.

If Tszyu's combat against Charlo successful Las Vegas successful January went ahead, the Australian megastar would person had a changeable astatine grabbing the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF super-welterweight belts.

Charlo broke his near manus successful training, dashing Tszyu's hopes of clinching the belts successful January.

Tszyu is present acceptable to look Harrison successful a contention for the WBO super-welterweight title.

"I deliberation he's got superior skills (than Charlo)," Tszyu said of Harrison.

"He's got a bully jab, bully question and is hard to hit, slick, ever moving. Different benignant of hostile to anyone I've ever faced.

"I'm not underestimating him. This is going to beryllium a pugnacious combat — I cognize that.

"He's got amended skills than Charlo.

There was plentifulness of laughter, and adjacent playful wrestling, arsenic Tim Tszyu (left) and Tony Harrison met connected Tuesday night. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

"He bushed Charlo and was winning his past combat with Charlo (before being knocked out).

"But styles marque fights.

"Just due to the fact that you're (boasting) superior skill, it doesn't mean you're going to triumph each the time.

"There's truthful overmuch successful this boxing game.

"The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Quite simple. Aim for the stars."

Harrison spoke with an aerial of assurance up of his showdown with Tszyu.

"I'm assured anyplace I go. Just springiness maine a ringing and springiness maine a clip and I'm confident," Harrison said.

"I unrecorded for moments similar this. I'm going to bushed his arse. I'm going to marque a abbreviated nighttime of it."

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