May not be 1 of the top domestic names but just thought I'd post this up. After a poor performance losing to John Watson in a round on Saturday in Prizefighter Dean has decided to call it a day. His mind obviously wasn't right on the night (his new born son Dustin is still in hospital) and he has always struggled at light welterweight. He's had injury problems, has also struggled to get opportunities to fight at decent notice in recent years, and has as mentioned struggled making light welter in recent years, he's still had a very good career and has done Wolverhampton proud giving us some top night around the area. A brief overvirew of his career.... After making his debut in October 2006 wracked up 9 pro wins mostly against journeymen, mostly fighting at home around Wolverhampton/Dudley area. Beat Ramon Guevera in the 5th of a 6 rounder on the pre-Mayweather/Hatton bill in Las Vegas (the day before) that also included Lee Meager, John Murray, Craig McEwan and Martin Gethin. Clocked up a couple of 8 rounder wins over Alex Brew and Gary Reid at home. Was very unlucky losing his unbeaten record by a single point, in his first title fight against Scott Haywood for the English Light welter (shown on Sky). Beat Chris Long (Long retiring at the end of the 8th) for the International Masters Welterweight belt at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. After beating Laszlo Komjathi in a tough but routine 8 rounder just a month before stepped in at very short notice to face Paul McCloskey for his British light welter belt. McCloskey looked very good that night and stopped Dean in four rounds live on Sky. Beat Ali Wyatt in a routine 6 rounder but then lost in an upset to Darren Askew in Stoke in 3 of 6 rounds. Aswell as training with Errol Johnson and Bob Plant, Harrison also trained with Lee Beard (he'd spent a lot of time with the Hatton's in the past) and also spent time at the Wildcard gym. Bounced back from the Askew loss to stop Ben Lawler in 1 round winning his Midland Area light welter title at Wolverhampton civic hall (the bill was also live on the net via the Hatton's website) Again challenged unsuccesfully for the English light welter belt losing a competitive close one to Nigel Wright (put Wright down in the 7th) up in the North East. Went over to Las Vegas getting stopped by US hot prospect Mike Alvarado in 4 of 8 on the Donaire/Montiel undercard. Lost a shock 4 rounder in London to William Warburton, with Errol Johnson protesting it should of atleast been a draw. Lost in the first round of Prizefighter Light welterweights, getting stopped by John Watson in the first round infront of his hometown fans, sad way to end a very good career. He may not have been a big star and was a bit of a nearly man when it came to big domestic honours but as I said he suffered some terrible luck at times. He was Wolverhampton's flagship fighter for the last few years and gave the city some great fights. All the best to him and his family especially his new born son. More info http://midlandsboxing.blogspot.com/2012/02/brave-crowd-pleaser-harrison-calls-it.html http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/boxing/2012/02/13/dean-harrison-retires-from-boxing/
All the best to the lad. Hope his son recovers and he finds a decent living outside (or inside) the sport
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra0PMMEKRD8[/ame] this is a nice little KO what was he like as an amateur?
Good luck to him, i think he was matched to heavy after the Haywood loss. Fighting McCloskey shattered his career and he never seemed same since. Decent fighter who needed maybe a bit more care.
I'd agree there, never seemed the same after the McCloskey loss. Also most his big fights he took away from home at very short notice, add to that the fact he struggled at times making light welter then he could have never been at his best condition going into those big fights. Still had a great career though.
Yep just watching the Lawler KO, Dean looks sharp and strong there. Against McCloskey he looked nowhere near that strong, Plus fighting a guy like Paul is hard enough with 8 weeks camp let alone a few days. As you say good career, all best to the lad.
Cheers mate. Was a great KO that, he'd not long been with Lee Beard then remember thinking after that he was gonna get back on track and aim for top domestic honours, he lost a decent one to Nigel Wright away from home which theres no shame in, but he struggled with other issues (illness etc), getting decent opportunities etc.
From what I understand his son should be fine - just has to stay in hospital for a while as he was born premature. So fingers crossed he will be fine, all the best to them.
