By Keith Idec

NEW YORK – Upon thanking his hosts at Barclays Center, FOX and promoter Tom Brown, Jermell Charlo voiced one complaint during a post-fight press conference late Saturday night.

“Just choose different judges,” Charlo suggested.

The judges for his next fight, probably an immediate rematch with Tony Harrison, obviously won’t the same as those assigned to their 12-round fight Saturday night. Whichever judges draw those assignments, Charlo’s close loss Saturday night made him realize he should take a more active role in examining the pools of judges that commissions offer to fighters’ camps prior to making those decisions.

Managers, promoters and the fighters themselves have the right to take issue with particular judges once commissions inform them which judges are under consideration to work particular fights. Commissions aren’t required to comply if a boxer objects to a judge, but often times will avoid assigning that judge to help ensure that there isn’t a conflict come fight night.

Charlo did not take an active role in studying judges before the New York State Athletic Commission assigned Julie Lederman, Ron McNair and Robin Taylor to score his WBC super welterweight title defense versus Harrison. Charlo’s company, Lions Only Promotions, was a co-promoter of the eight-bout card Saturday night in Brooklyn.

Lederman (115-113), McNair (115-113) and Taylor (116-112) all scored their fight for Detroit’s Harrison, who was regularly listed as an 8-1 underdog by Internet sports books.

“Definitely, now I’ve gotta look at it,” said Charlo, who lost for the first time as a pro (31-1, 15 KOs). “Because I should’ve learned that from the Trout fight, knowing that they tried to give me a majority decision on that fight, knowing that I won that fight. I dropped him twice in that fight, hurt this kid a lot tonight and they still let this be what it is.”

Judges Tom Carusone (118-108) and Edward Hernandez Sr. (115-111) both scored Charlo the winner over Trout on June 9 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The third judge, Fernando Villareal, scored that bout for Trout, but he had it even after 12 rounds, 113-113, because Charlo knocked down the former WBA super welterweight champion twice, once apiece in the third and ninth rounds.

Carusone scored 10 of those 12 rounds for Charlo, who won seven rounds, according to Hernandez. Villareal scored seven rounds for Trout (31-5, 17 KOs), of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Versus Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs), Taylor scored eight rounds for Harrison, while Lederman and McNair each scored seven rounds for the new champion.

According to unofficial CompuBox statistics, Charlo out-landed Harrison by 32 overall punches (160-to-128). CompuBox counted more power punches for Charlo (108-to-71), but more jabs for Harrison (57-to-52).

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