Spence says he wants Jarrett Hurd or Tony Harrison

By Chris Williams

Boxingnews24.com

Errol Spence Jr. says he would move up to junior middleweight to face WBC 154 pound champion Tony Harrison or IBF/WBA champion Jarrett Hurd if the two of them face each other in the future. Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs) defeated Spence sparring mate Jermell Charlo (31-1, 15 KOs) by a close 12 round unanimous last Saturday night to take his World Boxing Council junior middleweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

It was a fight that could have gone either way. Harrison looked better much of the time using his jab, and he was able to hold onto his early lead to earn a narrow decision.

Spence said he thought Charlo won, but he didn’t have say in the scoring for the fight unfortunately The judges scored it for Harrison by the scores 115-113, 115-113, and 116-112. Charlo, 28, is already saying that he’s going to force a rematch with Harrison by using his rematch clause that he had in the contact. There’s no certainty that Charlo will be Harrison in the rematch. Harrison did a good job of using his jab to control the rounds. He did well with the slow pace that Charlo fought at

“I thought Charlo won it, but Harrison fought a good fight,” Spence said. “I like the way Harrison fought. He fought at a pace he can fight to, and I feel like Jermell should have turned it up a little bit more. But I felt like Jermell won that. They’re going to give him a rematch. I like Tony. Tony’s has got a great jab. If Tony and Jarrett Hurd fight, I’ll fight the winner out of the two,” Spence said.

Spence vs. Hurd would be an outstanding fight. But if it’s going to be made, it needs to happen before Hurd (23-0 16 KOs) moves up to middleweight. He doesn’t plan on staying at 154 for too much longer.READ Tony Harrison defeats Jermell Charlo – RESULTS

The worst thing that could happen for Spence is if Jermell defeats Harrison in the rematch, and then beats Hurd in a unification fight. Spence isn’t going to fight Jermell due to them being friends.