Boxing-Harrison thanks Tszyu for waking him from 'the dead' for title fight

FILE PHOTO: Bowyn Morgan (L) of New Zealand goes down after a punch from Tim Tszyu of Australia in their World-Title elimination bout during the Sydney Super Fight boxing event at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former world champion Tony Harrison thanked Tim Tszyu for accepting his challenge for the interim WBO super welterwight title fight in Sydney next month, saying the Australian had woken him "up out of the dead".

The American takes on Tszyu on March 12 after the Sydney boxer's original opponent Jermell Charlo, who holds the WBO, WBC, IBF and WBA belts, broke his hand in training in December.