Tony Harrison (born September 6, 1990) is an American

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. He held the WBC

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title from 2018 to 2019 and challenged once for the

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light middleweight title in 2017. As of May 2022, Harrison is ranked as the world's fifth best active light middleweight by the

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and sixth by '' The Ring''.

Professional career

Harrison made his professional debut on July 2, 2011, scoring a first-round

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(TKO) over Uwe Tritschler at the Imtech-Arena in

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, Germany. After compiling a record of 24–1 with 20

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s (KO) – his only defeat coming against

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via ninth-round TKO in June 2015 – Harrison faced

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(19-0, 13 KOs) on February 25, 2017, at the

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, with the bout being televised on

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(PBC) on

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. The fight was supposed to be an

title eliminator for the right to fight

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, but when Charlo vacated the title the fight was elevated to be for the vacant title. In the ninth round, Harrison was knocked down by a right hook from Hurd, which resulted in the referee waving off the fight.

Harrison vs. Charlo

On October 23, 2018, it was announced that Tony Harrison would face

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for the WBC light middleweight title on December 22 on PBC on Fox and

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at the

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. Harrison won by

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with two judges scoring the bout 115–113, while the third scored it 116–112.

Harrison vs. Charlo II

The rematch was a highly competitive bout, in which Charlo managed to regain the WBC light middleweight title. Charlo managed to drop Harrison in the second round, but Harrison managed to recover well. In the eleventh round, Charlo dropped Harrison twice and had him stuck on the ropes when the referee decided to end the fight.

Harrison vs. Garcia

On April 9, 2022, Harrison faced Sergio Garcia, ranked #4 by the WBC at super welterweight. Harisson won the bout convincingly on the scorecards, 100–90, 100-90 and 98–92.

Harrison vs. Tszyu

On the 22nd January 2023 it was announced Tony Harrison will be taking on Tim Tszyu for the interim WBO junior middleweight title on March 12 in Australia. He lost the bout by 9th round TKO.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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