By Keith Idec

NEW YORK – Jermell Charlo could take some solace Saturday night at least in the knowledge that he is guaranteed a rematch with Tony Harrison.

Charlo confirmed during their post-fight press conference at Barclays Center that Harrison is contractually obligated to grant him a chance to win back his title. Harrison upset Charlo by unanimous decision in their 12-round fight for Charlo’s WBC super welterweight title.

“There’s a rematch clause,” Charlo said. “We’ll be fighting within four months.”

While a Harrison-Charlo rematch will be the next fight for both boxers, the timing of it will depend on available television dates either on FOX or Showtime. FOX aired their fight Saturday night as part of a tripleheader from Brooklyn.

Several Internet sports books had Houston’s Charlo (31-1, 15 KOs) installed as a 12-1 favorite over Detroit’s Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs). Harrison boxed well at times, particularly when working off his jab, and absorbed Charlo’s hardest power shots without going down.

All three judges – Julie Lederman (115-113), Ron McNair (115-113) and Robin Taylor (116-112) – scored what was a very competitive fight for Harrison.

“I definitely feel like I won that fight,” Charlo said. “I pulled out way more rounds than he did. But like I said, it’ll be a rematch and I promise you, like I’m gonna train harder, I’m gonna try to train different. I did a great job in training camp. I can’t take nothing away from what me, [trainer] Derrick [James] and everybody else game plan was. It was amazing. I’m hard on myself right now, but …”

Charlo became emotional before he could finish that sentence. After wiping away tears and composing himself, he added, “I ain’t no loser. You know what I mean? I don’t f*cking take losses easy. I don’t even play video games because I don’t like losing. Straight up.”

When asked what he’d do differently to make sure he wins their immediate rematch, Charlo didn’t specifically speak about strategy.

“I hit hard. You know what I mean?,” Charlo said. “I use my power. A lot of people use their skills and use their – I have skills, I have power, I have speed. So just going back in there, regroup and just replaying the fight in my mind, I tried my best to, you know, land that right shot, you know, and just get the night over with. You know what I mean? The check don’t change, so I know how to fight and I’ve done it before and I believe in my power, I still believe in myself. So it’s gonna take just another chance, you know, me getting out there, developing. I’m young. I’m 28 years old. So, me getting out there again and developing as a fighter, and just growing and learning from that.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.