Jermall Charlo, left, punches Russia’s Matt Korobov during the 12th round of a WBC middleweight boxing match Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in New York. Charlo won the fight. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The first card of the new “Premier Boxing Champions on Fox” series, which debuted Saturday from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, was designed to push the Charlo brothers toward stardom.
It turned out to be disastrous, however.
Tony Harrison handed Jermell Charlo the first defeat of his career, and took his WBC super welterweight title with a controversial unanimous decision in which the judges preferred his accurate punches to Charlo’s seemingly harder shots.
Judges Julie Lederman and Ron McNair had it 115-113 each for Harrison, while Robin Taylor had it 116-112 for the new champion. Yahoo Sports had it 116-112 for Jermell Charlo.
In the main event, Charlo’s twin brother, Jermall Charlo, retained the interim WBC middleweight championship with a unanimous decision over late-replacement Matt Korobov. Korobov got the fight about a week earlier when Willie Monroe failed an anti-doping test because of elevated levels of testosterone.
Jermall Charlo won by scores of 116-112 twice and 119-108 in a bout which Korobov made competitive, even if he lost the majority of the rounds.
Jermall was able to keep a belt in the family, but it was his brother’s fight that stole the show.
Jermell was hoping to use the exposure to set up a big 2019 unification bout with IBF-WBA super welterweight champion Jarret Hurd. Harrison, though, had other ideas.
Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs), who had been knocked out in the ninth in each of his two losses, did a lot more than survive. He showed a sturdy chin when Jermell connected and did a good job keeping his distance. Jermell outlanded Harrison, 160-128, but Harrison connected at 34 percent to 29 percent for Charlo.
According to CompuBox statistics, Charlo outlanded Harrison in nine of the 12 rounds. Charlo thought he was robbed and the crowd agreed with him, booing lustily.
“They took that fight from me,” he said.”I was pressing the action. He didn’t win that fight. I’m going to get my belts back. I still want Jarret Hurd. I know my brother [Jermall] knows I won that fight. I might have given away a few rounds, but I won that fight.”
Charlo appeared to land the harder punches, and seemed to have Harrison hurt a few times.
But Harrison never panicked and landed a number of good shots to the head. His corner pleaded with him to go to the body, which he never did with any regularity, but he never had a doubt that he had done enough despite the reaction of the audience.
The first card of the new “Premier Boxing Champions on Fox” series, which debuted Saturday from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, was designed to push the Charlo brothers toward stardom.
It turned out to be disastrous, however.
Tony Harrison handed Jermell Charlo the first defeat of his career, and took his WBC super welterweight title with a controversial unanimous decision in which the judges preferred his accurate punches to Charlo’s seemingly harder shots.
Judges Julie Lederman and Ron McNair had it 115-113 each for Harrison, while Robin Taylor had it 116-112 for the new champion. Yahoo Sports had it 116-112 for Jermell Charlo.
In the main event, Charlo’s twin brother, Jermall Charlo, retained the interim WBC middleweight championship with a unanimous decision over late-replacement Matt Korobov. Korobov got the fight about a week earlier when Willie Monroe failed an anti-doping test because of elevated levels of testosterone.
Jermall Charlo won by scores of 116-112 twice and 119-108 in a bout which Korobov made competitive, even if he lost the majority of the rounds.
Jermall was able to keep a belt in the family, but it was his brother’s fight that stole the show.
Jermell was hoping to use the exposure to set up a big 2019 unification bout with IBF-WBA super welterweight champion Jarret Hurd. Harrison, though, had other ideas.
Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs), who had been knocked out in the ninth in each of his two losses, did a lot more than survive. He showed a sturdy chin when Jermell connected and did a good job keeping his distance. Jermell outlanded Harrison, 160-128, but Harrison connected at 34 percent to 29 percent for Charlo.
According to CompuBox statistics, Charlo outlanded Harrison in nine of the 12 rounds. Charlo thought he was robbed and the crowd agreed with him, booing lustily.
“They took that fight from me,” he said.”I was pressing the action. He didn’t win that fight. I’m going to get my belts back. I still want Jarret Hurd. I know my brother [Jermall] knows I won that fight. I might have given away a few rounds, but I won that fight.”
Charlo appeared to land the harder punches, and seemed to have Harrison hurt a few times.
But Harrison never panicked and landed a number of good shots to the head. His corner pleaded with him to go to the body, which he never did with any regularity, but he never had a doubt that he had done enough despite the reaction of the audience.
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