Harrison tipped for swift return
Manager Frank Maloney is confident that WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison can salvage his career.
Last week, the fighter checked into Glasgow's Priory clinic for treatment for depression and alcohol problems.

But Maloney said: "I feel better for meeting with him and I am not worried now. He wants to defend his title as soon as possible.

"He is facing up to the problems and I am just pleased that everything is okay and we can look forward with optimism."

The 28-year-old boxer has had a troubled few months and pulled out of his planned defence against against Gairy St Clair in Belfast on Saturday.

And, if the Scot does not make a hasty return to the ring, he risks being stripped of his belt.

Harrison, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, was recently arrested following an alleged incident in a nightclub in Balloch, Dunbartonshire.

In April, he was bailed on a charge of breach of the peace, refusing to leave a licensed premises, resisting arrest and police assault. Trial was fixed for September.


Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/spo...ng/5005216.stm

Published: 2006/05/22 12:53:29 GMT

© BBC MMVI