Scott Harrison Jailed in Spain!!

[abzmanc]

Former boxing champion Scott Harrison has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison by a court in Spain.
Harrison was detained by officers from the country's National Police when he landed at Malaga Airport on Thursday.
The 31-year-old was found guilty of attempting to steal a car and assaulting two men in the vehicle as well as a policeman in October 2006.
He spent five weeks in a maximum security Spanish jail after his initial arrest near Malaga.
Harrison had a glittering career in boxing, becoming WBO featherweight champion in 2002 and subsequently defending it successfully.
But he has faced problems with alcohol, drugs and depression, and in 2006 he was declared bankrupt, stripped of both his WBO title and his licence to box for bringing the sport into disrepute.
He was jailed in Scotland last year after admitting drink driving, assault and breaching bail conditions.
Harrison was released from Glasgow's Barlinnie prison in December, after serving four months of a eight-month sentence.
A judge in Spain issued an international arrest warrant after he failed to attend court last September, when he was serving time in Barlinnie.
Harrison, who is battling to get his boxing licence back, was found guilty of the attempted robbery and assaulted, after a drinking binge with his late uncle in October 2006.


[Only registered and activated users can see links]

[brown bomber]

Gutted.

The end- seriously what a shame.

[fg2227]

I actually feel really bad for him now.

[Darni187]

The guy is MR BAD LUCK

[widdy]

he not mr bad luck,he a man with a full bag of chips on his shoulder,the boy acts like a thug.
a real waste of talent ,he was a great boxer,could of been a class act one of the best

[JIM KELLY]

damn..a shame!!

[brown bomber]

Yep he could have gone down as one of Scotlands best ever instead he might be consigned to the coulda, woulda, shoulda bin.

Of the feathers i've seen I have him here.....

1. Hamed
2. McGuigan
3. Harrison
4. Ingle
5. Robinson
6. Mcmillan
7. Mckenzie
8. Brodie
9. Hardy
10. Irwin

[mrbassie]

The guy is MR BAD LUCK

mr bad behaviour more like.

[BigEars]

I feel sorry for his fans, and I feel sorry for him(in a way), he probably deserves the punishment but I feel sorry for him from the point of view of him being who he is. I doubt anyone would want their life to be so destructive.

At 31, and up at Lightweight presumely(although there was word he could make Super-Featherweight :shock:) I would have given him a chance to still do something domestically, be able to live a decent life from boxing and perhaps(if just for the few years his career continued) turn his life around.

He'll be 34 years old when he gets out, and if he still wants to pursue a boxing career then I don't envisage much success.

[achillesthegreat]

Outside of the ring he appears to be scum so good riddance. Inside the ring he was geuinely a top British fighter, not ****** made like Cook or Arthur. Those guys are good but Harrison was proven well beyond those guys.

[MIK1000]

it's a shame, like achilles said he was genuine world class which is rare in Britain and he got there from pure hard work, he was not a world class talent so anyone who said he wasted his talent is wrong because Scott dedicated his childhood, teenage years and adult years purely to boxing, with his dad being his coach and eventually it cought up with him and he went off the rails. I don't think he's scum like said above but he's a troubled individual and lost his way after achieving something great which most people can not say they have done.

[xoborp]

Good riddance to the man, the sport does not need people like him in it, it always gets a bad press from the anti boxing brigade enough without people like him bringing it down even further, he was a good fighter but he only has himself to blame for his own downfall, because he lacks self discioline, something that boxing did teach him but he lost it somewhere, i would not go as far as saying it is a shame because it isnt, he got his breaks which is more than most people in the game can say, and with the state of the country and youngsters in this day and age he is hardly a role model to any young talented and as piring hopefills now is he, so good riddance to the man.:happy

[SouthpawSlayer]

thats the drink for ya

[zico2010]

A real shame it turned out like it did for Scott Harrison. Hope he can get his life back together when he comes out.

[xoborp]

A real shame it turned out like it did for Scott Harrison. Hope he can get his life back together when he comes out.
I do not think it is a shame as he only has himself to blame, but i bet when he is sat in his cell and thinking of what he had or could have been, he will be full of regret for what he has done, now can you ask yourself a question, if he had that done to YOU and got locked up would you be the forgiving type and still say oh what a shame, or would you say you got what you deserved pal??? personally i feel he deserves what he got and it is a great shame that the victims of his crimes are totally forhotten in sympathy for scott harrison. The man deserves all he got.

[punchdrunkgench]

unfortantly this maybe what he needs to sort himself out it wont be easy time in there but he maybe able to sober up and refocus, his boxing career is over but it has been for several years now as it was clear in the build up to the nicky cook he didnt have
he should be given alot of credit for what he achieved in the ring but not for what he did out of it

[doylexxx]

why did the fool go back

[Mr T.]

thats what i was wondering.. Should have stuck to scotland...Cetrainly aint the Real Mccoy anymore is he..............

[BigEars]

why did the fool go back

The BBBofC wasn't going to give him a license until this was sorted, and Harrison's life had been centred around getting his license back, so he did what he had to do. Unfortunately for him he probably got much worse than he was expecting.

[GPater11093]

it's a shame, like achilles said he was genuine world class which is rare in Britain and he got there from pure hard work, he was not a world class talent so anyone who said he wasted his talent is wrong because Scott dedicated his childhood, teenage years and adult years purely to boxing, with his dad being his coach and eventually it cought up with him and he went off the rails. I don't think he's scum like said above but he's a troubled individual and lost his way after achieving something great which most people can not say they have done.

great fighter with pure hard work great post btw its a shame he went off the rails imagine if he was still fighting he might have fought the bigger names at his weight and who knows

thats the drink for ya

been the down fall of many scottish boxers

[doylexxx]

The BBBofC wasn't going to give him a license until this was sorted, and Harrison's life had been centred around getting his license back, so he did what he had to do. Unfortunately for him he probably got much worse than he was expecting.

he mustve been drunk again, facing that shit in spain was crazy . jail fucking sucks there so im told, he was in already he shouldve known better

2 months or 3 yrs fuk that

[phonk]

What an absolute waste.

His old man in this mornings Daily Record was still proclaiming that when Harrison gets out he'll be trying to get his boxing licence back in order to resume his career.

[Dibbs]

Scott really had it all, he was a decent boxer, near to his peak, could have made alot of money, and yet he threw it all away. Such a waste.

[BremnerBomber]

If you can't do the time ... don't do the crime

I have no sympathy for the guy, there are thousands of honest british youngsters who would love to have his amount of talent.

[BremnerBomber]

And getting done for trying to steal a car , assaulting two members of the public and a police man is not BAD LUCK..... It's called being a criminal thug

[Boxing Gloves]

He has no one to blame but himself, he is truely disappointing.

[achillesthegreat]

it's a shame, like achilles said he was genuine world class which is rare in Britain and he got there from pure hard work, he was not a world class talent so anyone who said he wasted his talent is wrong because Scott dedicated his childhood, teenage years and adult years purely to boxing, with his dad being his coach and eventually it cought up with him and he went off the rails. I don't think he's scum like said above but he's a troubled individual and lost his way after achieving something great which most people can not say they have done.

You'd be calling him scum if it was you or a family member that he'd punched etc

I can change my comments on him being scum if I'm missing something i.e. a trouble child hood. I consider Tyson's antics scum like BUT I can understand that he was hardly given a good start with the sort of upbringing and parenting he had.

[fatcity]

Dude's an asshole and street thug,thinking he was above the law.He got what he deserved.

[TheUzi]

Actually thought Harrison was massively overrated anyway and void of real class. If he fought on he would've likely gotten severely outclassed by any decent boxer.

[HairyHighlander]

Actually thought Harrison was massively overrated anyway and void of real class. If he fought on he would've likely gotten severely outclassed by any decent boxer.


Pls hush

He fought everyone in front of him, he wasnt carried. Simple !

He was strong, and very straight forward .......and what he did, he did it well.

Whats real class ? Sure there was Barrera and all sorts at the time, i reckon we would of seen a Pac fight before a Barrera fight regarding getting into the elite/fold/groove.


Armchairfan here, searching for ma eazy-recliner :nut

[HairyHighlander]

Dude's an asshole and street thug,thinking he was above the law.He got what he deserved.


Stupid "tuff-guy" response...........


" Im above the law, ama do this ! ! ! "


:hi:

[sam1222]

it is a shame but its his own fault.
but after 4 months in Bar L he'll piss a spanish jail

[HairyHighlander]

it is a shame but its his own fault.
but after 4 months in Bar L he'll piss a spanish jail

He should but it seems he was "told" it be 4 but others say he will be doing at least a year.....

It did mention, he told them he WOULD teach the lags boxing............naturally thats a good thing regarding everything, but a bad vinegar tits on a bad day govenor might not like this, depending on the "students" attitude.

All the best to him sincerely :good

[JonOli]

This has to be the end of any remote chance of a comeback.