Pound for pound: Tim Tszyu one victory away from joining best in business

It’s not fairly time to present Tim Tszyu pound-for-pound consideration however that might come the subsequent time he fights.

Tszyu (22-0, 16 KOs) delivered an attention-grabbing ninth-round knockout of veteran Tony Harrison in a scheduled 12-round 154-pound bout over the weekend in Sydney, Australia, Tszyu’s hometown.

That units up the chance of his profession, a shot at No. 9-ranked Jermell Charlo’s undisputed championship within the subsequent combat for each males, as early as summertime.

Tszyu has already knocked out former 147-pound titleholder Jeff Horn, outpointed succesful Terrell Gausha and stopped one other former beltholder in Harrison.

Nevertheless, a victory over a pound-for-pounder on the rise like Charlo would permit Tszyu to observe within the footsteps of his well-known father — Corridor of Famer Kostya Tszyu — and declare a spot among the many greatest handful of boxers on the planet.

After all, defeating Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) can be no simple job, however most would give Tszyu a greater likelihood after watching him disassemble Harrison (the one man to beat Charlo) than they’d’ve beforehand.

Let’s hope negotiations go easily.

Subsequent pound-for-pounder up: Honorable Point out David Benavidez, who fights Caleb Plant on March 25 in Las Vegas.

Right here’s what the listing seems like for the time being:

BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford – Ordered by the WBO to defend his 147-pound title towards Alexis Rocha however no settlement is in place. Additionally reportedly speaking to No. 4 Errol Spence Jr. a couple of title-unification showdown.
2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to problem 122-pound titleholder and Honorable Point out Stephen Fulton Jr. on Could 7 in Japan.
3. Oleksandr Usyok – Reportedly close to a deal to face No. 6 Tyson Fury in a heavyweight title-unification bout however no settlement is in place.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – Unified 147-pound titleholder reportedly set to face Keith Thurman at 154 kilos in April however no official announcement has been made. Additionally reportedly speaking to No. 1 Terence Crawford a couple of title-unification showdown.
5. Dmitry Bivol – Reportedly in talks to face No. 12 Artur Beterbiev in a 175-pound title-unification combat as early as June however no settlement is in place.
6. Tyson Fury – Reportedly is close to a deal to face No. 3 Oleksandr Usyk in a heavyweight title-unification bout however no settlement is in place.
7. Juan Francisco Estrada – No combat scheduled.
8. Canelo Alvarez– Reportedly has agreed to defend his undisputed 168-pound championship towards John Ryder on Could 6 in Mexico however no announcement has been made.
9. Jermell Charlo – No combat scheduled.
10. Gervonta Davis – Scheduled to face Ryan Garcia in a 136-pound bout on April 15 in Las Vegas.
11. Vasiliy Lomachenko – Reportedly in talks to problem undisputed light-weight champion Devin Haney however no official announcement has been made.
12. Artur Beterbiev – Reportedly in talks to face No. 5 Dmitry Bivol in a 175-pound title-unification combat as early as June however no settlement is in place.
13. Shakur Stevenson – Scheduled to face Shuichiro Yoshino in a 135-pound bout on April 8 in Newark, New Jersey.
14. Roman Gonzalez – No combat scheduled.
15. Devin Haney – Reportedly has agreed to defend his undisputed light-weight championship towards Vasiliy Lomachenko on Could 20 however no official announcement has been made..

Honorable point out (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (scheduled to combat Caleb Plant on March 25); Jermall Charlo (no combat scheduled); Stephen Fulton Jr. (scheduled to defend his 122-pound title towards No. 2 Naoya Inoue on Could 7 in Japan.); Kazuto Ioka (reportedly scheduled to problem 115-pound titleholder Joshua Franco in June in Japan however no announcement has been made); Josh Taylor (reportedly will defend his WBO 140-pound title towards Teofimo Lopez on June 10 in New York however no announcement has been made).