Dean Harrison's ambitious attempt to snap the undefeated record of touted Mike Alvarado ended in painful defeat on Saturday (February 19).
The 27-year-old Wolverhampton light-welter had been forced to scour the internet for a fight after being knocked back in several attempts to secure contests on British shores, including a rematch with Nigel Wright - who Harrison had decked in an unsuccessful English title challenge last year.
The hours of internet searching proved fruitful, however, and he got the chance to return to an American city (Las Vegas) where he'd been a hit four years ago.
Harrison, then unbeaten in nine, had stopped Ramon Guevara in five rounds at the MGM Grand the night before Floyd Mayweather demolished Ricky Hatton in 2007, and the Black Country boxer found himself a few blocks down the round, at the Mandalay Bay, to tackle Alvarado in 2011.
The mallet-fisted American, who now has a pro tab reading 29-0 (21) after his four-round retirement dismissal of the Midlander, is being maneuvered onto big things by powerful Top Rank, already scalping solid operators like Michael Clark, Cesar Bazan and Manuel Garnica.
And he wasted no time in cutting brave Lee Beard-trained Harrison, now 16-5 (5), down to size with an assortment of well-timed shots to both head and body, cutting the Englishman into the bargain. The one-sided contest was finally brought to a close when the ex-Midland Area champion was retired on his stool at the end of the fourth.
Harrison, who was set to box Frankie Gavin at the end of last year, will be hoping for a job closer to home next time out.
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