Scott Harrison

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