Who won Harrison vs Valenzuela Jr?

Tony Harrison beat Paul Valenzuela Jr by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 14th October 2017 at Barclays Center in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 80-71, 78-73, 78-73 in favor of winner Tony Harrison.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Harrison vs Valenzuela Jr stats

Tony Harrison stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Paul Valenzuela Jr made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Harrison had advantage in power over Valenzuela Jr, with a 83% knock out percentage over Valenzuela Jr's 70%.

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

Harrison had a height advantage of 3 inches over Valenzuela Jr. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Both Tony Harrison & Paul Valenzuela Jr fought out of an orthodox stance.

Harrison was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year earlier than Valenzuela Jr, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 170 to Valenzuela Jr's 173.

Harrison vs Valenzuela Jr form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated 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 defeated 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 beat George Sosa on 17th February 2018 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Don Haskins Center, Texas.

Before that, he had won against 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.

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