In a back-and-forth title showdown, Detroit’s Tony Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs) pulled off the upset to win a narrow unanimous decision over Jermell Charlo (31-1, 15 KOs) and capture the WBC Super Welterweight Championship at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night.
All three judges scored the fight for Harrison, by scores of 116-112 and 115-113 twice. Per CompuBox, Harrison connected on 34 percent of his punches throughout the fight to Charlo’s 29 percent clip, while Charlo out landed Harrison 160 to 128, plus a 108 to 71 advantage in power punches landed.
This fight was going to set up a possible unification fight with Jarrett Hurd sometime in 2019, but now that is out the door, for now.
After the fight, Hurd stated that he thought Charlo won the contest.
Charlo responded to Hurd’s thoughts at the post-fight press conference.
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