Boxing: Scott: I need to face some real tough guys.Byline: By EWING GRAHAME SCOTT 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. demanded more dangerous opponents after retaining his 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) featherweight title by beating - and retiring - Aussie Nedal Hussein at Braehead on Saturday. The champ wasn't at his best - but claims that going in against fighters he thinks can beat him will inspire him to new heights. "I need to face guys who threaten me," he said. "I like to read that someone has a chance of beating me rather than it'll be a formality. "A 50-50 fight gives me more of a buzz and that will lift me to a different level." Despite putting his opponent over with a flash knockdown in the fifth, Harrison failed to provide the stoppage he'd predicted and seemed to run out of steam. A dangerous mandatory defence against Joan Guzman from the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. looms early in the New Year. Greenock's John Simpson was outpointed by England's Andy Morris for the British featherweight title. CAPTION(S): HARRISON: Still champion |
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