Harrison vies for the English title

The light-welterweight has a second chance at the English belt after Scott Haywood - who defeated Harrison on points for the title in September - vacated the title for a shot at the Commonwealth crown.

Now Harrison must defeat the formidable Lenny Daws at Wigan's Robin Park Centre to get what he believes is rightfully his.

Should he win, not only would the Scotlands hope win the title, he would also become the No 1 contender to the big one - Paul McCloskey's British title.

No pressure then, with the spotlight on Harrison in the ITV4 televised show.

He said: "As far as I am concerned, I never lost to Haywood. He got lucky with a points decision and there's no way in the world he should have. Now I have the chance to see justice is done on Saturday night.

"The chance has come a lot quicker than I expected, but that is fine by me. Lenny will be a far harder opponent than Haywood was. I have trained hard and I will be ready for him.

"He is in my way to get to where I want to be - the British title."

A Harrison title win - and even better if he can later bring the British crown to Wolverhampton - would continue the meteoric rise of the 25-year-old, who has only 14 professional fights under his belt, since making his debut against Joe Mitchell at Dunstall Park Racecourse in October 2006.

Harrison said: "It shows how far I have come in just over two years. I have that one blemish in my record against Haywood that I didn't deserve but I can't dwell on that, I will just do something about it.

"By the time I celebrate three years as a pro in October, I want to be the British champion. That is my goal. If I can get the win on Saturday night, I am one step away from making that a reality. Maybe just sooner than expected.

"It will good for Wolverhampton to have an English champion, and even better if I can become a British champion. I am proud of where I come from and I want to make the city proud.

"Hopefully it will get a few more people interested in boxing."