Tony Harrison (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBC light middleweight title from 2018 to 2019 and challenged once for the IBF light middleweight title in 2017. As of May 2022, Harrison is ranked as the world's fifth best active light middleweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and sixth by The Ring.
Professional career Harrison made his professional debut on July 2, 2011, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) over Uwe Tritschler at the Imtech-Arena in Hamburg, Germany.
After compiling a record of 24–1 with 20 knockouts (KO) – his only defeat coming against Willie Nelson via ninth-round TKO in June 2015 – Harrison faced Jarrett Hurd (19-0, 13 KOs) on February 25, 2017, at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, with the bout being televised on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on FOX. The fight was supposed to be an IBF title eliminator for the right to fight Jermall Charlo, 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 Jermell Charlo for the WBC light middleweight title on December 22 on PBC on Fox and Fox Deportes at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Harrison won by unanimous decision 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. Harrison 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
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes36Win31–4–1Brian Damian ChavesKO4 (10), Dec 20, 202535Win 30–4–1Edward Uloa Diaz UD10Jul 25, 202534Loss29–4–1Tim TszyuTKO9 (12), Mar 12, 202333Win29–3–1Sergio GarcíaUD10Apr 9, 202232Draw28–3–1Bryant Perrella12Apr 17, 202131Loss28–3Jermell CharloTKO11 (12), Dec 21, 201930Win28–2Jermell CharloUD12Dec 22, 201829Win27–2Ishe Smith10May 11, 201828Win26–2George SosaTKO5 (6), Feb 17, 201827Win25–2Paul Valenzuela JrUD8Oct 14, 201726Loss24–2Jarrett HurdTKO9 (12), Feb 25, 201725Win24–1Sergey RabchenkoTKO9 (12), Jul 30, 201624Win23–1Fernando GuerreroTKO6 (10), Mar 5, 201623Win22–1Cecil McCallaUD10 Oct 31, 201522Loss21–1Willie NelsonTKO9 (10), Jul 11, 201521Win21–0Pablo MunguiaTKO3 (10), Apr 17, 201520Win20–0Antwone SmithTKO2 (10), Mar 6, 201519Win19–0Tyrone BrunsonTKO1 (8), Dec 20, 201418Win18–0Bronco McKartTKO1 (10), May 30, 201417Win17–0Grady BrewerTKO2 (8), Feb 7, 201416Win16–0Donald WardTKO2 (8), Nov 27, 201315Win15–0Marcos PrimeraRTD3 (6), Sep 13, 201314Win14–0Gilbert Alex SanchezTKO2 (6), Aug 3, 201313Win13–0Ruben GalvanKO1 (6), May 10, 201312Win12–0Thomas AmaroKO1 (6), Mar 7, 201311Win11–0Daniel UrbanskiUD6Nov 10, 201210Win10–0Marqus JacksonUD6Oct 12, 20129Win9–0Calvin Odom8Jul 27, 20128Win8–0Flavio TurelliTKO1 (6), Jul 7, 20127Win7–0Ishwar AmadorTKO2 (6), May 11, 20126Win6–0Alfred HallTKO2 (6), Mar 10, 20125Win5–0Harun Akcabelen3 (6), Mar 3, 20124Win4–0Dorian HatcherTKO1 (4), Oct 6, 20113Win3–0Aloric Carson1 (4), Jul 30, 20112Win2–0Tony HerveyTKO1 (4), Jul 15, 20111Win1–0Uwe Tritschler1 (4), Jul 2, 2011
See also List of light-middleweight boxing champions
References
External links
Tony Harrison - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live