Khalil Coe couldn’t put away an exhausted, 36-year-old opponent Saturday night.

The mercurial light heavyweight did, however, do enough to defeat Jesse Hart by majority decision in a sloppy 10-round bout DAZN streamed from Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Judges Eric Cheek (96-92) and David Sutherland (95-93) scored it for Coe, while Patricia Morse Jarman had it a draw (94-94).

Referee Thomas Taylor deducted a point apiece from Coe in the third round and Hart in the sixth.

Coe, 29, a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, overcame a blatant foul for body-slamming Hart.

Coe (11-1-1, 8 KOs) officially weighed 182.8 pounds Friday, almost eight above the contracted weight for their 175-pound bout on the Raymond Muratalla-Andy Cruz undercard. The unprofessionalism infuriated Philadelphia's Hart (31-4, 25 KOs), but the two-time super middleweight title challenger went through with it after Coe agreed to pay a penalty.

It seemed as if their competitive contest was up for grabs entering the 10th, though neither fighter performed accordingly during the final three minutes.

A briefly re-energized Hart landed a right hand a little less than 20 seconds into the ninth round. Hart seemed to do enough to win, particularly because Coe wasn’t active in those three minutes.

A straight left by Coe backed up Hart, who appeared to have weary legs, into the ropes with about 1:20 to go in the eighth.

A sweeping left hook by Coe caught Hart early in the seventh round and another one forced him to clinch.

Coe buzzed Hart with a right hand in the sixth, though he didn’t appear to recognize it. Hart held Coe again, which prompted Taylor to deduct a point from him with 39 seconds left after a third warning in as many rounds.

Taylor admonished Hart for excessive holding with just under a minute remaining in the fifth as well. Coe fought from a southpaw stance in the fifth, which proved effective.