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Hernandez-Harrison, Dallas fight to split draw
- Updated: May 14, 2016
12:58 AM ET
WASHINGTON — Welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison prepared for his fight with Michael Dallas Jr. on Friday night as one of middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s main sparring partners, but the work he got didn’t quite pay off, as Hernandez-Harrison and Dallas fought to a split draw in the main event of Roc Nation Sports’ BET-televised “throne boxing” card at the DC Armory.
Hernandez-Harrison, fighting before a hometown crowd of 2,663, his first fight in Washington since 2014, and Dallas exchanged knockdowns in a fast-paced and exciting fight that was close all the way. Dallas dropped Hernandez-Harrison in the fifth round, and he returned the favor, albeit in controversial fashion, in the eighth round.
In the end, one judge scored the fight 95-94 for Hernandez-Harrison, one had it 96-92 for Dallas and one had it 94-94. ESPN.com also had the fight 94-94.
“I thought I finished it great,” Hernandez-Harrison said. “I finished it way too strong with that knockdown [not to get the decision]. I feel I pulled it out with that late knockdown.”
Said Dallas: “In my opinion, we won in his hometown convincingly.”
Hernandez-Harrison, 21, taking on by far his most notable opponent, spent five weeks at Alvarez’s training camp in San Diego and sparred about 50 rounds with him as he was preparing to defend his title against Amir Khan last week in Las Vegas. Hernandez-Harrison, of course, was preparing for Dallas, who embraced the idea of fighting Hernandez-Harrison in his hometown, where he almost pulled off the upset.
Hernandez-Harrison was working with trainer Barry Hunter, one of boxing’s best, for the first time, and Hunter was not too happy with his fighter’s performance.
“We didn’t really capitalize on the right moments,” Hunter said. “Dusty needed to jab more. That would have taken the fight. If it wasn’t for that early knockdown, we would have won.”
By the fourth round, Hernandez-Harrison’s face was showing marks from the boatload of punches the more active Dallas was throwing.
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