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WAs mulling this over thought I would share it.

Its plain to see he kills himself to make 126. I dont think he's looked his best in a while, he's too static with limited movement, no head movement and his skills have been shockingly bad. He's never going to be a Pernell Whittaker but he was a lot more fluid in his earlier fights.

I think they should get him a non title fight at 130, 10 rounder or something and see if he looks any better. It could well be the weightmaking thats made him look so bad in the last year.

Even in defeat last night I don't think he looked much good at all. In rounds 2 and 3 especially he looked laboured and Brodie was easily outboxing him.

Anyone else agree with that?

Maybe even fight Anchondo at 130. He'd still have his 126lbs title to come back to if unsuccessful.

Let's face it, Scott will never be a sure thing at featherweight from this point in - unless he's fighting the likes of Samuel Kebede, etc. I haven't watched his early fights in an age, but I don't remember him looking as bad as usually does now (saying that, wasn't he losing to Eric Odumase before he found that peach of a left hook?). I'm sure he used to measure and control his attacks better.

I might try and shift out the tapes of Harrison and see what happened and when. I've got a feeling it might have been the McCullough fight that we saw the last of the 'old' Scott Harrison. This one dimensional slugger that's been turning up since relies purely 100% on trying to out-punch everyone. The strength factor seems to have made him realise an added arrogance to his game. Maybe a go at super-feather against a big (but safe) opponent would bring his feet back down to the ground, and make him realise what got him that nice collection of titles in the first place.

Even if he lost it wouldn't jeopardise his title (or would it?), and let's face it, at feather he's treading on thin ice they way he's fighting at the mo. Fights at super-feather could be the best warm-up to a shot at a proper 126 crown.

He was exceptional against McCullough. Since then he's simply tried to walk through everyone.

I think 130 would be good for him. He's 27 now, it must be a lot harder making 126 than it was at 25 back when he was looking good.

Good theory Nick.

Could also be a mental thing though, started believing he was a big bad strong monster who can outmuscle everyone, this would seem to bear out in the pubs of Glasgow too.

In other words he might just be an arrogant arsehole who doesn't do that much listening anymore, a bit like our last world class Featherweight when he became a one trick pony.

Fair play to Harrison though he admitted last night he hasnt been training right and he went back to training in the mountains as he did for the second Medina fight. So he knows what works.

Yes but we didn't really see that he looked that much better last night, in all likeliness Brodie was totally shot and still ran rings around Frankenstein for 6 minutes last night.