| Tony Harrison | |
| Nickname: | Super Bad |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in[1] |
| Reach: | 76 in |
| Weight: | |
| Birth Date: | September 6, 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 34 |
| Wins: | 29 |
| Ko: | 21 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 1 |
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[2] and sixth by The Ring.[3]
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.
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.[4] [5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Loss | 29–4–1 | Tim Tszyu | TKO | 9 (12), | Mar 12, 2023 | |||
| 33 | Win | 29–3–1 | Sergio García | UD | 10 | Apr 9, 2022 | |||
| 32 | Draw | 28–3–1 | Bryant Perrella | 12 | Apr 17, 2021 | ||||
| 31 | Loss | 28–3 | Jermell Charlo | TKO | 11 (12), | Dec 21, 2019 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–2 | Jermell Charlo | UD | 12 | Dec 22, 2018 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Ishe Smith | 10 | May 11, 2018 | ||||
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | George Sosa | TKO | 5 (6), | Feb 17, 2018 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Paul Valenzuela Jr | UD | 8 | Oct 14, 2017 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 24–2 | Jarrett Hurd | TKO | 9 (12), | Feb 25, 2017 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Sergey Rabchenko | TKO | 9 (12), | Jul 30, 2016 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Fernando Guerrero | TKO | 6 (10), | Mar 5, 2016 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Cecil McCalla | UD | 10 | Oct 31, 2015 | |||
| 22 | Loss | 21–1 | Willie Nelson | TKO | 9 (10), | Jul 11, 2015 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Pablo Munguia | TKO | 3 (10), | Apr 17, 2015 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Antwone Smith | TKO | 2 (10), | Mar 6, 2015 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Tyrone Brunson | TKO | 1 (8), | Dec 20, 2014 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Bronco McKart | TKO | 1 (10), | May 30, 2014 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Grady Brewer | TKO | 2 (8), | Feb 7, 2014 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Donald Ward | TKO | 2 (8), | Nov 27, 2013 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Marcos Primera | RTD | 3 (6), | Sep 13, 2013 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Gilbert Alex Sanchez | TKO | 2 (6), | Aug 3, 2013 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ruben Galvan | KO | 1 (6), | May 10, 2013 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Thomas Amaro | KO | 1 (6), | Mar 7, 2013 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Daniel Urbanski | UD | 6 | Nov 10, 2012 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Marqus Jackson | UD | 6 | Oct 12, 2012 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Calvin Odom | 8 | Jul 27, 2012 | ||||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Flavio Turelli | TKO | 1 (6), | Jul 7, 2012 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ishwar Amador | TKO | 2 (6), | May 11, 2012 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Alfred Hall | TKO | 2 (6), | Mar 10, 2012 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Harun Akcabelen | 3 (6), | Mar 3, 2012 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Dorian Hatcher | TKO | 1 (4), | Oct 6, 2011 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Aloric Carson | 1 (4), | Jul 30, 2011 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Tony Hervey | TKO | 1 (4), | Jul 15, 2011 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Uwe Tritschler | 1 (4), | Jul 2, 2011 |