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Frank Warren has secured home advantage for his charge WBO World Featherweight Champion Scott Harrison for his defence against Juan Manuel Marquez.
Purse bids were opened today at the WBO headquarters in Puerto Rico and Warren's bid of $748,000USD saw off the $715,000USD bid submitted by Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter of Marquez.
Mexican Marquez became the Interim Champion following his seventh round stoppage of Terdsak Jandaeng last month in Nevada after Harrison was granted an extension by the WBO on his mandatory defence due to medical reasons.
Warren said, "I'm delighted that I have secured my man the home advantage for his world title defence against Marquez. It will be a tough fight and every advantage we can get will count in Scott's favour."
A date and venue for the contest will be announced shortly.
Harrison, 29, hasn't boxed since November last year after a series of problems kept him out of the ring.
But he has been back in training in Belfast, and fully focused on successfully defending his title against Marquez.
The 33-year-old Mexican, a former IBF and WBA champion, has an impressive 45-3-1 record and is widely regarded as one of the best fighters in the world.
Harrison, 25-2-2, holds wins over Manuel Medina, Wayne McCullough and Julio Pablo Chacon and has won nine world championship fights.
Purse bids were opened today at the WBO headquarters in Puerto Rico and Warren's bid of $748,000USD saw off the $715,000USD bid submitted by Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter of Marquez.
Mexican Marquez became the Interim Champion following his seventh round stoppage of Terdsak Jandaeng last month in Nevada after Harrison was granted an extension by the WBO on his mandatory defence due to medical reasons.
Warren said, "I'm delighted that I have secured my man the home advantage for his world title defence against Marquez. It will be a tough fight and every advantage we can get will count in Scott's favour."
A date and venue for the contest will be announced shortly.
Harrison, 29, hasn't boxed since November last year after a series of problems kept him out of the ring.
But he has been back in training in Belfast, and fully focused on successfully defending his title against Marquez.
The 33-year-old Mexican, a former IBF and WBA champion, has an impressive 45-3-1 record and is widely regarded as one of the best fighters in the world.
Harrison, 25-2-2, holds wins over Manuel Medina, Wayne McCullough and Julio Pablo Chacon and has won nine world championship fights.
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