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Harrison wins by unanimous decision... the judges had it wider, but I had it 115-112 on my scorecard, although that may be flattering to Hussein.
I put £10 down on this guy after all his "I'll shock everybody" protestations. If only they'd give a wink to the camera and say "I'm only joking really - he's gonna knock the **** out of me" it would save everyone time and money.
The first nine rounds - while having some close ones and two that I gave to Hussein - were pretty much one-way traffic, including a KD in the fifth. Despite Hussein insisting he'd be coming forward to confirm to the judges what was happening instead kept showboating "hurt" signs after Scott landed. It looked good and got inside Harrison's head a little (maybe not in the way Hussein would have liked) but also was a little too convincing, and really did look like Hussein was losing the rounds big. Any round that was close and Nedal did his "comedy wilt" in would have swung it against him.
Harrison was completely one-dimensional, a come-forward, two-fisted fighter who is just waiting to be picked off by someone with a jab and even a modicum of lateral movement - but then we knew all that anyway. Unlike with Victor Polo, while I had this reasonably close, there was no doubt that Harrison won comfortably on the cards.
I felt that Scott should have been docked a point for hitting after a break, but as that was what caused Hussein to badly stun him in the tenth then I suppose it evened out. Harrison appeared to be stunned at various stages of the last three rounds (all three of which I scored to Hussein), but was still firing back and even looked to be about to score a KO in return in the eleventh.
Not a great fight, despite Hussein's rally in the final quarter it was too late, and he failed to capitalise on a man ready to be taken. Maybe next time...
I put £10 down on this guy after all his "I'll shock everybody" protestations. If only they'd give a wink to the camera and say "I'm only joking really - he's gonna knock the **** out of me" it would save everyone time and money.
The first nine rounds - while having some close ones and two that I gave to Hussein - were pretty much one-way traffic, including a KD in the fifth. Despite Hussein insisting he'd be coming forward to confirm to the judges what was happening instead kept showboating "hurt" signs after Scott landed. It looked good and got inside Harrison's head a little (maybe not in the way Hussein would have liked) but also was a little too convincing, and really did look like Hussein was losing the rounds big. Any round that was close and Nedal did his "comedy wilt" in would have swung it against him.
Harrison was completely one-dimensional, a come-forward, two-fisted fighter who is just waiting to be picked off by someone with a jab and even a modicum of lateral movement - but then we knew all that anyway. Unlike with Victor Polo, while I had this reasonably close, there was no doubt that Harrison won comfortably on the cards.
I felt that Scott should have been docked a point for hitting after a break, but as that was what caused Hussein to badly stun him in the tenth then I suppose it evened out. Harrison appeared to be stunned at various stages of the last three rounds (all three of which I scored to Hussein), but was still firing back and even looked to be about to score a KO in return in the eleventh.
Not a great fight, despite Hussein's rally in the final quarter it was too late, and he failed to capitalise on a man ready to be taken. Maybe next time...
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