Months of toil pay off for Harrison

Scott Harrison was today sent on a wellearned holiday knowing he will have to move another mountain if he is to retain his world featherweight title.

After losing the WBO belt to Mexican Manuel Medina five months ago, Harrison prepared for the rematch in Glasgow by spending nine weeks running up and down the slopes of Ben Nevis.

But the Scot's tough training regime paid off when he stopped Medina in the 11th round at the Braehead Arena to become the first British boxer to regain a world featherweight championship.

Harrison must next make a mandatory defence of his belt against California-based Armenian William Abelyan.

Meanwhile, Daniel Geale, winner of the Commonwealth Games welterweight gold medal last year, heads a strong Australian team to face England in an amateur international at Wembley Conference Centre tonight.

Geale takes on Sam Webb of the Fisher Club and Justin Whitehead meets 6ft 9in superheavyweight prospect David Price.