In the sport of boxing, anything can happen, and we saw that on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. What was meant as a showcase for the Charlo Brothers, turned into a coming out party for Tony Harrison. The Detroit native would beat Jermell Charlo by unanimous decision to capture the WBC junior middleweight title.
After unified junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd defeated Jason Welborn on the Wilder-Fury undercard, Jermell Charlo went into the ring and called out Hurd, but for Charlo to get Hurd, he had to beat Harrison, and that did not happen. In reality, maybe Charlo overlooked Harrison, which Harrison thinks was the case.
Now that he is a champion, Harrison would love to fight in his hometown of Detroit, but they may have to wait. According to Jermell Charlo, there was a rematch clause in the contract for this fight. Therefore, Harrison may have to give Charlo a rematch before he could get that hometown fight or possibly a unification fight against Hurd, who stopped Harrison back in 2017.
After the fight, Harrison discussed being overlooked by Charlo and his desire for a hometown fight.
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