Who won Harrison vs Sosa?

Tony Harrison beat George Sosa by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 17th February 2018 at Don Haskins Center in Texas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 6 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Harrison vs Sosa stats

Tony Harrison stepped into the ring with a record of 25 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

George Sosa made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 11 loses and 1 draw, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Sosa had advantage in power over Harrison, with a 100% knock out percentage over Harrison's 80%.

Tony Harrison was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Harrison had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sosa. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Tony Harrison & George Sosa fought out of an orthodox stance.

Harrison was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 months later than Sosa, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 62 more professional rounds, 170 to Sosa's 108.

Harrison vs Sosa form

Harrison had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Jermell Charlo on 22nd December 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Ishe Smith on 11th May 2018 by split decision in their 10 round contest at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had won against George Sosa on 17th February 2018 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Don Haskins Center, Texas.

Before that, he had beat Paul Valenzuela Jr on 14th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

He had been beaten by Jarrett Hurd on 25th February 2017 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their IBF World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Legacy Arena, Birmingham.

Activity check

Harrison's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Harrison vs Sosa?

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