Prime Scott Harrison vs Ricky Burns

Trust me when I say this- Pep would have Harrison punching air :deal

 

Exactly. At that time You had multiple weight champions like Manny Pacquiao, Marco A. Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Robert Guerrero and Joan Guzman and you still have guys at featherweight today from back then like Orlando Salido and Chris John.
That era at featherweight was stacked with great fighters.

 

And Scott Harrison wasn't one of them.

 

Why do you even bother? :-(

 

What? Harrison was well, well short of being anywhere near as good as guys like Morales, Berrera and Marquez and if he had fought any of those he would have been totally outclassed, completely different levels of fighters compared to Harrison. This is not just my opinion, it is a clear observable fact for anyone with even the most basic of boxing knowledge, it's no different to saying in football Aberdeen are not as good as Barcelona.

 

Well McCullough was in with Naz cant remember everyone going on hes to small for FW? But when Scott beat him a lot easier he suddenly was, McCullough said Harrison was better than Moralas and Naz and beat him easier. Same with Brodie he was world class 1 year when fighting Chi, next year when he fights Scott and Scott hammers him with ease hes not a full FW or World Class, nonsense.

 

By the age of 26 Scott had beat fighters who have won 11 major world titles, I bet not many British fighters can say that especially at such a young age. Ricky has properly beat guys with a total of 3 world titles between them

 

truth bomber!!

i always liked Harrison, hard as nails but would have fell short in that company in a similar way Hatton did...its no disgrace

 

Scott had more skills than Hatton eg shot selection, combos and better footwork and a harder chin

 

this thread is an embarrassment for a few posters.

 

I never said he would beat Barrera, Morales or Marquez. I only said he was in a stacked division with guys who went onto win multiple titles at different weights.

What you need to remember is Scott Harrison went off the rails at 26 when he was coming into his prime and i have absolutely no doubt he would have went on to win another world title at super-feather weight were he would have have held his own at least, especially when he was young and coming into his prime.

The fan with the most basic of boxing knowledge will only just have to look at some of the fighters who have won world titles at Super feather and Lightweight in the last six or seven years to see that Harrison would have had similar success if not better, even more than we realised.
But we will never know though and that's the sad thing about it.