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Scott Harrison's defence of his WBO featherweight title remains in doubt after mixed reports about his fitness.
Harrison's lawyer Massimo Franchi said the Scot had passed a British Boxing Board of Control-approved medical and will fight Nicky Cook on 9 December.

But Harrison's manager Barry Hughes told Five Live that while the signs are good he is waiting on official results.

Harrison, 29, returned to Scotland for the medical after spending five weeks in a Spanish prison on assault charges.

However, Hughes says the medical results alone will not determine whether the Scot can get back in the ring.

He said the British Board of Boxing Control and the WBO would consider the results then make a decision on whether Harrison could defend his title.

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

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

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His 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.