Boxing: SCOTT HAS STOMACH FOR FIGHT.Byline: By FRASER ROBBSCOTT HARRISON Scott Harrison (born August 19 1977) was the first Scottish boxer to regain the World Boxing Organisation featherweight championship. Life Scott Harrison was born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, but lived most of his life in Cambuslang. is staying close to home in his bid to reclaim the world featherweight crown in Glasgow on Saturday. The former WBO WBO World Boxing Organization WBO Western Buddhist Order WBO Wehrbeschwerdeordnung WBO World Bamboo Organization (formerly International Bamboo Association) WBO Won by One (Malibu, California; a cappella group) champion has abandoned his normal practice of shutting himself away in a hotel before a big fight after a stomach bug cost him his title last July. Harrison reckons the problem was caused by a dodgy dodgy - Synonym with flaky. Preferred outside the US meal just two days before his showdown with mean Mexican Manuel Medina. And the 26-year-old from Cambuslang insisted: ``I'm not taking any chances this time. I'll stay at home the night before the fight in complete isolation. ``Last time I began feeling unwell after a meal and was sick for two days. I just didn't feel right during the fight. ``Losing to Medina opened my eyes to a lot of things and I decided to change the way I prepare.'' Uddingston's Lawrence Murphy will be the main support on the Braehead under card against Wayne Elcock. KILMARNOCK super middleweightAllan Foster last night failed in his bid to take the vacant British title at Belfast's King's Hall. The 29-year-old could not match the sharp punching of Liverpool's Tony Dodson and was stopped in the 11th round. It was the first defeat for Foster but manager Tommy Gilmour said: ``It was inexperience more than anything that cost Allan but he can feel proud at the way he battled and kept going.'' Foster will now have a couple of warmup fights before a fresh crack at the title. He said: ``I didn't let myself down and fitness wasn't a problem despite the fact I hadn't been beyond six rounds.'' Another of Gilmour's stable, Darren ``Dazzo'' Williams , surprisingly took the British featherweight title from defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Roy Rutherford by a single point, 115-114. Referee Paul Thomas' verdict was booed by the crowd. SCOTTISH ROCKS new boy Ross Campbell will forget his medical studies today and concentrate on getting full marks against British Basketball League table toppers Sheffield Sharks. But the Scotland international knows he faces a hard choice next summer. Campbell said: ``I might think about having a year's sabbatical to keep playing.'' GREAT BRITAIN crashed 2-1 to New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. in the first hockey Test in Auckland. SCOTLAND'S Kathy Butler ensured an emotional return to Edinburgh next month when she booked an automatic place for the European Cross Country Championships by finishing third in the UK Trials at Liverpool. DUNDEE Texols' Stars' John Downes is under the spotlight against Newcastle Vipers in the British National Ice Hockey League tonight after an outstanding display against Edinburgh Capitals. STIRLING University triathlon international Catriona Morrison beat British orienteering orienteering Cross-country footrace in which each participant uses a map and compass to navigate between checkpoints along an unfamiliar course. Introduced in Sweden in 1918, it later spread throughout Europe. World championships have been held since 1966. star Hannah Wootton by one second in yesterday's Braid Hills cross country race in Edinburgh. |
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