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Boxing: Viva Las Vegas in Harrison title bid.(Sport) - Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison will have a unification fight in Las Vegas next year and Marco Antonio Barrera is his No.1 target.

The Cambuslang fighter was ringside at the MGM Grand on Saturday and witnessed new WBC super-featherweight champion Barrera outpoint fellow Mexican Erik Morales.

Harrison, however, wants his next visit to boxing's capital to be strictly business and he is ready to put his WBO belt on the line.

His father and trainer Peter said: 'The visit to Las Vegas was worthwhile just to experience the atmosphere of a big fight there.

'Having tasted it, Scott's now desperate to have a piece of it and even after watching that great bout at the weekend close up, Scott reckons he has the beating of both of them. And so do I. Scott doesn't fear anyone.

'Scott's manager Frank Maloney was working behind the scenes, using his contacts in an attempt to arrange fights with Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez or Injun Chi over there.'

Harrison is particularly anxious to take on Marquez, the reigning WBA and IBF champion, as beating him will provide a short cut to unifying the division.

Peter added: 'I'm hoping we'll be back before Easter. Scott has been a world champion for two-and-a-half years now and it's time to jump up again.'

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