Scott Harrison: record, next fight and profile →
A former challenger for the world heavyweight title, Alexander Ustinov of Russian, will have his next fight on July 27 in Moscow, according to the boxer's manager Vladimir Hryunov.
Scott Harrison could make his boxing return at a behind-closed-doors event in Aberdeen this summer. The 42-year-old was released from jail in July 2018 after serving four years for assault and has not fought for seven years having seen several scheduled comeback fights fall through.
Scott Harrison will face Ghana’s Tackie Annan in his comeback fight at Glasgow Club Bellahouston on Saturday the 8th of December. Harrison and Annan will contest the vacant Professional Boxing Council International Main lightweight title over ten rounds in what will be former two-time WBO featherweight champion Harrison’s first contest since April 2013.
Scottish Promoter and current WBU/WBF World Champion Lee McAllister today announced that former two-time WBO World Champion Scott Harrison has signed to his rapidly growing Assassin Boxing Promotions & Management stable.
Glasgow’s Scott Harrison (27-3-2, 15 KOs) has gone from knocking people out on a boxing ring’s canvas to knocking out canvas paintings after taking up art during a four-year prison sentence for assault.
On Friday last week, Scott Harrison was extradited to Spain, following appeal judges Lord Carloway, Lady Smith and Lady Clark upholding the decision, made by Sheriff Thomas Welsh QC earlier this year, that Mr. Harrison must return to Spain to serve a four year prison sentence, with regard to a 2012 charge of assault against three people that was heard in his absence, however since his extradition his family have been unable to ascertain where the former WBO World Champion is being imprisoned.
Former two-time WBO featherweight titlist Scott Harrison will box on August 15th under the auspices of the Maltese Boxing Commission and the Glasgow-based former champion believes he will prove that he still has a future in the sport. Harrison (27-3-2, 15 KOs) will appear Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre, his first fight since a loss to Liam Walsh in 2013 (L 10 for the WBO European lightweight title). The 37-year-old is facing extradition charges, he was found guilty of assault following an incident in Spain in 2007 but will have a run out in the meantime under the M.B.C.—the BBBoC suspended his licence following the extradition order.
Former featherweight WBO title-holder Scott Harrison has been told that he must return to Spain to serve the rest of his prison sentence. Harrison, 27-3-2 (15), was convicted of assault in 2012 after attacking three men in a brothel. Sheriff Thomas Welsh QC upheld the European Arrest Warrant issued by the Spanish authorities, a move that incensed Harrison and his father, Peter.
Consequences of a case that dates back to 2007 linger for long-troubled former featherweight titleholder Scott Harrison. He had been found guilty of being part of a group that assaulted three men at a Spanish brothel all those years ago. Harrison was handed a four-year sentence in late 2012. By May 2013, his appeal was denied and newspaper reports said that Harrison had two weeks to report to authorities.
Dennis Hobson has revealed that a potential showdown between Curtis Woodhouse and Scott Harrison could be a reality. Woodhouse – the only man to have played in the Premier League and been a British champion – and former world featherweight king Harrison have been exchanging barbs on Twitter, resulting in the Scot offering to settle the matter in a pub car park! Now, with Curtis recently signing a managerial deal with Hobson after coming out of retirement, and Harrison looking to resurrect his once glittering career, the pair stepping into the ring isn’t beyond comprehension.