Harrison-Cook OFF

Taki... · Post by **Taki...** » 06 Dec 2006, 18:33

kevin wrote:Look again it's on the BBC Sport as breaking news

Oh yeah... what a pisser! Harrison should be strung up by his bollocks for this... wanker.
I really do feel sorry for Cook. Doesn't this mean JMM is now champion?

states · Post by **states** » 06 Dec 2006, 18:38

I presume Marquez must be champion now. Cook must be furious. Didn't he give up a lofty ranking with the WBC for this fight?

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Dec 2006, 18:40

Is the weight thing a smokescreen and he's been out on the lash again? Wouldn't surprise me. After all that conference call where he was giving it the big 'un was only a couple of days ago.

Hagler2002 · Post by **Hagler2002** » 06 Dec 2006, 19:07

nickd wrote:Is the weight thing a smokescreen and he's been out on the lash again? Wouldn't surprise me. After all that conference call where he was giving it the big 'un was only a couple of days ago.

You could be right mate, cause surely if his weight was that much of a issue he would not have of got through the BBBoc medical.....

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 06 Dec 2006, 19:10

What an absolute disgrace. How in the fvck can Harrison string the public along with that conference call knowing that it was doubtful he would make the weight? He needs to be ditched from boxing altogether let alone from FW's promotions (especially with all his previous).

No wonder the fight fan is so cynical at times, and situations like these only alienate them even more.

Hagler2002 · Post by **Hagler2002** » 06 Dec 2006, 19:36

http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/news ... _Snap.html

Kit · Post by **Kit** » 06 Dec 2006, 19:36

My guess is Cook fights Morris for the vacant title as he has a top 15 WBO rating. He is available, in shape and on the bill already.

Marquez will get a few quid to step a side and guarenteed first shot if he wants it...? With the WBO getting a larger sanction fee than usual.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 06 Dec 2006, 19:55

Kit wrote:My guess is Cook fights Morris for the vacant title as he has a top 15 WBO rating. He is available, in shape and on the bill already.

Marquez will get a few quid to step a side and guarenteed first shot if he wants it...? With the WBO getting a larger sanction fee than usual.

I cannot see that happening, with an interim champion already in place. I think the only way Cook can fight and win the WBO title is by fighting Harrison.

Although stranger things have happend, and it will be interesting to see note when Morris was put into the top 15.

rhino222 · Post by **rhino222** » 06 Dec 2006, 20:03

training hard in prison my arse,,,,,,

must have been eating a lot of protein in there.....

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 06 Dec 2006, 20:23

Something very naughty has been going on, or someone is saying a pack of lies.

allegedly's website has articles dated the 5th of December (Tuesday) from BOTH camps hyping this fight.

According to Scott Harrison's father on the BBC site, Frank was informed that Scott couldn't fight on the begining of the week.

The same day as the articles, according to Peter Harrison, Warren was trying to salvage the fight by having at 9 stone 6. Team Harrison stated no straight away to any other suggestions.

Now, who knows if Peter Harrison is saying the truth.... but as a fightfan I am gutted.

steve68 · Post by **steve68** » 06 Dec 2006, 20:36

buckfast drinking, ginger haired, trouble causing, kilt wearing, £50 note burning, I hope the plastic world champ c unt gets banged up in Spain for a long, long time. I do not like Harrison

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Dec 2006, 21:11

If Harrison has vacated as they are saying then Marquez becomes full champ surely. I guess it wouldn't be beyond the WBO to then have an interim title fight involving Cook? I guess all will be revealed in the coming days.

Taki... · Post by **Taki...** » 06 Dec 2006, 21:59

I can't see Cook and Morris fighting for the interim title because they're only rated 9 and 11 (although with the WBO anything is possible).
Maybe they could fight for the #1 spot. I know Luevano is #1 (and NABO champ) at the moment, but he's awful (or at least his resume is).
Personally I think Cook would do better looking to get his WBC ranking back on track, because there is no way he's going to get a fight with JMM anyway.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 07 Dec 2006, 02:03

Harrison could not get any closer than 7 pounds to the featherweight limit and has vacated the title. Marquez is now the WBO featherweight champ.

Farce, can't blame Mr Warren though. As a business man he held out in the hope that the fight would happen, like the rest of us did. Warren must be fuming and I certainly back the calls for Harrison to be ditched.

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 07 Dec 2006, 04:27

Taki... wrote:Is it officially off? Nothing on the BBC, ITV or SN site about it.

You really should be more trusting. 8)

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 07 Dec 2006, 04:30

So we reckon Skelton was out ages ago but SN waited til the last minute before they made it public that Williams was stepping in for a repeat of one of the worst fights of last year and now they wait til now to let us know Harrison can't make the wait, something they must have known weeks ago.

Total ticket scam if you ask me, why would anyone ever buy tickets for one of Frank's shows? ITV and Mr Grade must be pretty pissed, bye bye boxing from terrestrial

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » 07 Dec 2006, 04:33

silkov wrote:Where do people stand with tickets?... can they get refunds?.... its very iffy that the fights been called off only now, am I the only one who thinks that the fight was never going to go ahead and that this has all been done to stop people refunding their tickets earlier???...
very poor show!... no wonder boxing has about 0 credibility in Britain now!... and I'm afraid that I'll be shocked if ITV is still showing boxing this time next year...

ITV boxing was founded (at least this time around) on Khan, and as long as Khan makes interesting and good fights (admittedly a big if) they'll be happy.

As far as this show goes, I'm still going as I have a comped ticket but I was annoyed when Skelton was withdrawn and am mightily pissed off about S. Harrison. The only salvations would be:

1. Williams knocks the crap out of A. Harrison in a couple of rounds
2. Morris-Simpson is a cracker
3. Mitchell is put in against Khan (granted, stretching things again here...)
4. I get pissed
5. The round card girls are half tidy

I'm thinking 2 and 4 are the most likely.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 07 Dec 2006, 04:47

According to reports, Marquez is now the full WBO champion, so that leaves Cook out in the cold.
Also Harrison has been missing for 48hrs, so god knows what he's up to.

Jess Harding is calling for Cook to get his full purse, but i don't know where Cook stands on this from a legal point of view.
Would he stand to get anything?

steve richards · Post by **steve richards** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:24

topper123 wrote:According to reports, Marquez is now the full WBO champion, so that leaves Cook out in the cold.
Also Harrison has been missing for 48hrs, so god knows what he's up to.

Jess Harding is calling for Cook to get his full purse, but i don't know where Cook stands on this from a legal point of view.
Would he stand to get anything?

If Cook would have weighed in he would be entitled to his money, as he has not he will most likely get jack sh1t.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:47

Wow Scott Harrison has fucked over absolutely everybody! And allegedly has allegedly been doing dodgy dealing himself.

I'm not as pessimistic as most about Harrison/Williams II, i actually think it'll be entertaining. And Khan will keep the millions of non-boxing fans happy. Hey ho.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 07 Dec 2006, 05:57

The saddest thing about this, is that Williams -v- Harrison 2: Nightmare at the ExCel (again) will be top of the bill!

emma · Post by **emma** » 07 Dec 2006, 06:01

Syntax Error wrote:The saddest thing about this, is that Williams -v- Harrison 2: Nightmare at the ExCel (again) will be top of the bill!

God help us

. I doubt there will be any coverage on ITV4 now.

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 07 Dec 2006, 06:58

What a disgrace, can't believe Warren hasn't even announced it officially on his website.

don't call it a comeback · Post by **don't call it a comeback** » 07 Dec 2006, 07:42

The least surprising suprise cancellation of the year.

It was always going to happen but the way Harrison has handled this has achieved what I thought was impossible and made my opinion of him even lower.

Scott, Barry Hughes, allegedly: none of them come out of this looking very good but oddly, almost uniquely, SN are probably just as much the victims here. Harrison held them to their contract and committed himself to the fight, with the absurd Hughes as cheerleader, and then basically can't even get within SIX pounds of the contracted weight. What a joker. Peter Harrison has always struck me as a decent bloke but he has some nerve criticising SN for not announcing the cancellation when its his own son he should be looking at in the first instance.

Scott Harrison will be in the ring again at some point but his real career is now sadly almost certainly over. I hope now that he is an ex-champion with more time on his hands and hopefully a dwindling band of hangers-on, he will take advantage of that space to do some of the growing up that he has neglected in his life to date. Because I suspect his biggest fight is only just beginning.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 07 Dec 2006, 07:51

In retrospect very predicatble, a man who weighed 146 in his last feather defense and gets far worse prep.

Why doesn't Harrison just move upto 130 or 135 - a fight with Cook will do pretty much nothing for him anyway.