Tony Harrison’s fight against Sergio Garcia unfolded exactly how Harrison expected.

The former WBC super welterweight champion completely out-classed Spain’s Garcia during a 10-round junior middleweight match Showtime aired earlier this month from Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Harrison quickly adjusted to Garcia’s aggression in the early rounds and regularly landed right hands on an opponent that pushed Sebastian Fundora in Garcia’s prior appearance four months earlier.

“I expected exactly what I saw from him fighting Fundora,” Harrison told BoxingScene.com. “He comes straight forward. You know what I mean? So, mobility, side to side, was gonna kill him. I knew he was slower than me. He had 30-something fights, with 14 knockouts. I knew he wasn’t like the super biggest puncher.”

Detroit’s Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) attributed his superb performance against Garcia (33-2, 14 KOs) to the work he got in sparring from four young, unbeaten boxers – Charles Conwell, Marlon Harrington, Joe Hicks and Isaiah Steen.

“The sparring just prepared me as much I could be,” Harrison said. “Them guys got me ready, man, so from there everything was good.”

The 31-year-old Harrison bounced back from a forgettable performance in his previous bout, a 12-round split draw with left-handed underdog Bryant Perrella last April 17 at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Perrella (17-3-2, 14 KOs) fought to another split draw in the opener of Showtime’s tripleheader Saturday night, this time in a 10-rounder with Mexican prospect Kevin Salgado (14-0-1, 9 KOs).

Before Saturday night, Harrison hadn’t won a fight since he upset Jermell Charlo (34-1-1, 18 KOs) to win in the WBC 154-pound championship in December 2018 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Charlo knocked him out in the 11th round of their rematch almost exactly a year later, which led to a 15-month layoff that ended when he opposed Perrella.

“I’m just glad to be back on the winning side of the bracket,” Harrison said. “You know what I mean? It’s all worth it. I don’t care how much time it takes, just get on the winning side of the bracket and I’m happy.”

Harrison hopes to return to the ring in approximately five months against another top junior middleweight.

“Everything is trickling down,” Harrison said. “You got top junior middleweights fighting top junior middleweights, and everything’s trickling down. People are falling off. The tree is shaking, and right now I’m at the top of the tree. So, I’m just seeing what’s next for me and making preparation good again, and just piggybacking off of that is gonna be good for me.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.