Tszyu claims interim WBO super welterweight title with knockout victory
abc.net.au/news/boxing-tim-tszyu-vs-tony-harrison-interim-world-title-bout/102086226Australia's Tim Tszyu has beaten American Tony Harrison to claim the interim WBO super welterweight belt and emulate his father Kostya in becoming a world boxing champion.His father Kostya was a multiple world championTszyu dropped Harrison in the ninth round with a series of savage blows to the head and body in front of a boisterous crowd at the Sydney SuperDome in Homebush.
The Tszyus join an elite group of just six father-son boxing world champions, including Julio Cesar Chavez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, and Leon and Corey Spinks. He could have waited for Charlo to recover, but placed his world title dreams on the line by taking on Harrison, the one-time WBC world champion.
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