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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” OK, so Frank Sinatra might not have been referring to Brooklyn when he belted out his ode to New York, but for Jermell Charlo the city’s most populous borough has been quite the proving ground. The WBC’s 154-pound kingpin made the first defense of his...
Tony Harrison’s pair of ninth-round TKO losses to Willie Nelson and Jarrett Hurd were eerily similar – both resulting from brutal right hands to the jaw. On each occasion, “Superbad” went down only to rise on rubbery legs as the referee waved an end to the bout.
Once-beaten 154-pound title challenger Julian Williams of Philadelphia could face undefeated IBF/WBA/IBO champion Jarrett Hurd “sometime in the spring” after having earned his fourth straight victory and second stoppage during that time by second-round KO over Mexico’s Francisco Javier Castro on the December 1 undercard of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s draw with lineal champion Tyson Fury at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.
WBC 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo and challenger Tony Harrison will try to knock each other senseless when “The Iron Man” pursues his fourth defense and third stoppage during that time against "Superbad" on December 22 at Barclays Center on FOX at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
WBC 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo’s 6-0 with five knockouts and a combined seven knockdowns against southpaws over the past nearly seven years. “The Iron Man” flattened Chris Chatman to his back in March 2012 with a straight right for a one-punch, third-round TKO, Denis Doughlin was dropped and stopped in the fifth round in June 2012, and Jose Angel Rodriguez never fought again after Charlo battered him in October 2013 over the course of a 10th-round TKO victory.
Detroit-native and super welterweight contender Tony Harrison spent this past Saturday spreading holiday cheer and giving back to his hometown as he hosted a Holiday Toy and Grocery Giveaway for the third year in a row to serve the Detroit community.
Tony Harrison watched from his home in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday night as IBF/IBO/WBA 154-pound champion Jarrett Hurd stopped of Jason Welborn in the fourth round at The Staples Center in Los Angeles before WBC counterpart Jermell Charlo entered the ring and disrupted “Swift’s” post-fight interview by challenging him to a Spring unification bout.
When 28-year-old identical twin siblings Jermell and Jermall Charlo defend their 154- and 160-pound WBC and WBC interim crowns against Tony Harrison and southpaw Willie Monroe on December 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, it will be the first time the Houston, Texas-born tandem will have fought on the same card, back-to-back, since their history-making night in May 2016.
Danny Garcia, Figueroa-Molina Photos Gallery - FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions announced eight televised world title fights today in Los Angeles and laid out their upcoming fight schedule through April. The lineup includes five world-class boxing fight nights live on FOX and FOX Deportes, four more on FS1 and FOX Deportes, and the first FOX PBC Pay-Per-View in March.
IBO/IBF/WBA 154-pound champion Jarrett Hurd’s hopes to emulate heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, who twice made bold, public appeals for desired fights. “The Bronze Bomber” disrupted Cuban southpaw Luis Ortiz’s post-fight in-the-ring interview in December 2017 following his second-round knockout of Daniel Martz, challenging him to and winning a fight by three-knockdown 10th-round stoppage in March.