If Scott Harrison had kept off the booze

he would of showed mitchell a thing or two about a thing or two..too much power i would say an 8th round ko/tko by harrison for sure....any doubters watch the mcculloch fight...................nuff said :yep

 

#Glasgow aint a big place mate as you probably know and with the socialiscing Harrison reportedly did its hardly surprising that some would have bumped into him.

 

good fighter,but he'd have been absolutely hammered by the elite

 

He was a very good fighter but was a champion when the division was absolutely loaded with talent - Pacman, Barrera, Morales and Marquez would all have beaten him imo. He is also a grade A ****.

 

booze can turn people into ****s, its quite sad

hope he stays away form booze when out

 

A lot written here about what a horrible **** he is, but you can only speak as you find.

Early 2006, when Scott Harrison's title defense against Gairy St Clair was looking in doubt and the Scottish press were following his every move, he suddenly disappeared off the radar. I went out for dinner one Saturday night with the family to a little restaurant on Loch Lomond. Walking outside for a ***, I bumped into a guy on his own. I nodded at him and he said "do I know you?" It was Scott Harrison. I said that we had never been introduced but that I was a boxing MC.

He said that was where he knew me from and we talked for over half an hour, so long in fact that my son came out looking for me! He came across as a very down to earth bloke, I think he was happy just to speak to someone that didn't want a story, an autograph or to judge him.

My son, who had thought that he was an arsehole, based only on what he had read in the papers, changed his views on Scott that night.

Don't forget that Glasgow on a night out, like a lot of cities, is full of pissed up dickheads who would go out of their way to bait guys like Harrison or any Old Firm footballer who was out on the town.

I knew that the press were hunting for him and never told anyone in the boxing world that I had seen him that night for months afterwards.

 

Thanks for the story my good man, this post makes a mockery of the made up story brigade here wanting to kick a man when hes down. Scotty Harrison wasnt perfect, but hes nowhere near the kinda bad guy the press or the noobs here making up stories make him out to be.

 

Good point, but harrison was normally one of them.

I agree though take people as they are to you, not what anybody else says

 

Alright Dunkster, hope you're well :good

I've said many times about Harrison, he's not a ****, he's just a **** when he's been drinking and there is a difference. Shame he couldn't control that when he was active but he's not the first sportsman/alchy and he won't be the last either. Like all boxers he terrifies the average person when he's pissed, therefore the reputation for being a **** grows and grows, it's hysteria. I bet George Best threw more drunken punches in his time than Harrison ever did, yet he's got a ****ing airport named after him now :huh

That's not excusing Harrisons actions by the way, he's done some stupid **** and I'm sure he knows it, but he was a very good fighter. Probably too late for any kind of comeback now, he destroyed his own career which is the only reason I'd ever call him a ****...

 

in all the gyms ive been to in my life ive never seen anyone train has hard as scott harrison,in the gym he was a total professional and an excellent man who would talk to prospects and advice them on boxing.

 

I was lucky enough to meet scott harrison at a pro show in edinburgh and one off my sponsorer ask to meet him i introduced him to scott and his girl freind and they ended up out that night haveing a great time next again monday big press release in glasgow harrison drunk and fighting with door staff on sateruday night yet i no for a fact he was with my freind at a private party and he had a great night and he was staying at an edinburgh hotel . so not every story that was printed was true and most that where printed got saved because at the time scott sold paper because the glasgow pulic wanted to no about him the press built him up and also had a lot to do with his down fall . i will finish with one more fact until your in this situtation of the fish bowl you dont no how you would handle it look at the number of footballer that end up the same with regards the drink

 

He had potential and would have caused a few problems for the elite in his weight class. However, he wouldn't have been THE man.

 

IF only Hearns had Haglers chin. Mental flaws are pretty much as bad as physical ones and sometimes cannot be changed.

 

he couldn't even stay out of a trouble away from the fishbowl though could he.

getting himself in trouble in spain. atsch

 

I've been reading this thread since it started and figured I had might as well chip in with my say on the matter.
As for Scott's ability I think he could ahve beaten any of the featherweights on his day, but I do have bias in my opinon as he is my favourite boxer. The first fight I ever went to was the night he beat Chacon and that will stick with me forever as will travelling down to Manchester to see him beat Brodie.
I first met Scott at the weigh-in for the McCullough fight and found him to be very pleasant and more than happy to talk to a couple of fans. I then took time ocassionaly to go and watch him train and over the years have had the extreme pleasure of getting to know his father, Peter. Whenever I have spoken to Scott he has always been polite and a genuinley nice guy. I can't comment on his behaviour with a drink in him, as I have never experienced this, but he's not the only guy to be badly affected by drink and I've heard stories of other pro boxers that are almost as bad if not worse than some of those about Scott (I have no intention of naming names as it is not my place to do so), yet didn't make the press.
The last time I saw Scott was when I was announcing at a show in Paisley last year anmd he seemed really upbeat and was even arranging to spar with Gary Young. I was then deeply saddened to hear that he had been given a prison sentence only a couple of months later.
I would love to see him make a comeback when he is free again, but, whilst my heart says he can rule whichever division he fights in, my head does say that it has been too long and we will never know just what exactly he could have achieved

It is thanks to Scott that I have the passion I do for boxing and thanks to him and his father that I know many of the people in boxing that I do, so I am grateful to them.