Scott Harrison
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Name: Scott Harrison
Alias: The Real McCoy
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Bellshill, Scotland, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 170cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
- Trainer: Peter Harrison
- Manager: Frank Maloney
- Promoter: Frank Warren
Amateur Career
- 1996 European Amateur Championships Bronze medalist in Vejle, Denmark (57kg):
- Defeated Toni Naskovski (Macedonia) RSC 3
- Defeated Janos Nagy (Hungary) 13:2
- Defeated Evgeniy Shestakov (Ukraine) 6:4
- Lost to Ramazi Paliani (Russia) 1:7
Regional & Minor Titles
- International Boxing Organization Inter-Continental featherweight title
- Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title
- BBBoC British featherweight title
- interim WBO World featherweight title
Career Factoids
- Has a record of 8-1-1 (5 KO's) in world title fights.
- Has a record of 6-1-0 (2 KO's) against former world champions.
- Won against Tracy Harris Patterson, Tom Johnson, Steve Robinson, Julio Pablo Chacon, Wayne McCullough & Manuel Medina.
- Lost against Manuel Medina
Notes
- Son of Peter Harrison, former Scottish Lightweight Champion.
- Withdrew from a bout with Gairy St. Clair in May of 2006 to enter a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse and depression, following two arrests for incidents in Glasgow pubs.
- Was arrested for five weeks in Spain on assault charges, released on November 13th, 2006.
- Pulled out of his mandatory defence against Nicky Cook scheduled for December 9th, 2006 for being too far over the Featherweight limit and vacated his belt.
Preceded by: Julio Pablo Chacon |
WBO Featherweight Champion 2002 Oct 19 – 2003 Jul 12 |
Succeeded by: Manuel Medina |
Preceded by: Manuel Medina |
WBO Featherweight Champion 2003 Nov 29 – 2006 Jun Vacated |
Succeeded by: Juan Manuel Marquez |