Two-time WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison has said he is ready to seek another title in another weight division providing he gets by Victor Polo later this month. The rock-hard Scot defends his belt against the contender on January 28 at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow and, assuming he wins, wants to then move up to super-featherweight and chase the likes of mega-star Marco Antonio Barrera.
Last time out Harrison left the same arena to the sounds of jeers and cat-calls after almost decapitating someone called Samuel Kebede, a fighter as inept as he was obscure, in 59 abject seconds. However, the 27-year-old is keen to put that behind him, starting with the bout with three-time title challenger Polo (who twice pushed Derrick Gainer very close) and then moving on to bigger and better things in the higher division.
Harrison told the press Tuesday: “I am ready for the big fights now and do not want any easy options. 2005 is going to be a big year for Scott Harrison and after I went to Vegas for Barrera-Morales III it proved to me this is the class of fight I want every fight in my career moving forward. I can box, fight and have a punch and really do want to mix it with the other boxing champions. Hopefully Frank (Maloney, manager) and Sports Network can make this fight for me.”
Despite his merits – Harrison is a real world class fighter – he may be a tough sell to American TV, who haven’t seen much of him at all.
The newly invigorated Barrera, also, has bigger fish to fry. In addition to a fourth fight with hated rival Morales, the Baby-Faced Assassin is keen on getting revenge on 2003 conqueror Manny Pacquiao or even Juan Manuel Marquez. Harrison, though, insists he wants the toughest opponents available and despite the Kebede farce the Scot has a history of doing just that.
