Tony Harrison vs. Bryant Perrella: date, time, how to watch, background
FORMER 154-POUND TITLEHOLDER tony harrison IS SCHEDULED TO FACE BRYANT PERRELLA saturday night ON FOX.
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TONY HARRISON (28-3, 21 KOs) VS.
BRYANT PERRELLA (17-3, 14 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, April 17
- Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, Los Angeles
- TV/Stream: Fox
- Division: Junior middleweight
- At stake: No titles
- Pound-for-pound ranking: None
- Odds: NA
- Also on the card: Omar Juarez vs. Jessie Roman, junior welterweights; Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. James Martin, welterweights
- Prediction: Harrison UD
- Background: Harrison and Perrella will both be trying to bounce back from devastating setbacks. Harrison was stopped in the 11th round of his rematch with Jermell Charlo in December 2019, which cost him the 154-pound title he won by outpointing Charlo a year earlier. Perrella suffered a heartbreaking setback against Abel Ramos in February of last year, when he was stopped with one second remaining in a fight he was winning on the cards. Harrison is the more accomplished of the two but both of them are good, experienced boxers with some pop in their punches. One possible advantage for Harrison: Perrella will be fighting for the first time as a full-fledged 154-pounder, although he has said he had a terrible time making the 147-pound limit. Perrella began working with Roy Jones Jr. after the loss to Ramos, which he says has been a tremendous learning experience. He believes fans will see a much improved fighter on Saturday. Meanwhile, Harrison will be working for the first time without his father, Ali Salaam, who died a year ago. He’s now trained by his brother, L.J. Harrison.