Harrison must wait over medical

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Scott Harrison's world title defence against Nicky Cook remains in doubt as he will have to wait until next week to learn the result of a medical.
The WBO featherweight champion returned to Scotland this week after five weeks in a Spanish prison on assault charges.

Harrison's lawyer said on Thursday that the Scot had passed a medical, meaning the 9 December fight could go ahead.

But Five Live reports that the British Boxing Board of Control does not expect the test results until next week.

Harrison was arrested on 6 October after several alleged offences, including an assault on a police officer.

He faces another hearing in Spain on a date which is still to be set.

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Harrison's imprisonment was the latest in a series of troubled episodes for the fighter.

He pulled out of his last fight in Belfast in May because of depression and alcohol issues.

And in September police charged him with six offences, including three of assault and one of fraud, following several incidents in south Lanarkshire earlier this summer.

Harrison had faced being stripped of his world title if he failed to defend it next month.