JUNIOR welterweight Vivian Harris started his professional career in `Vicious’ fashion and won his first three fights by knockouts.

Harris produced a firs-round knockout on January 17, 1998 when he left Ahmed Lamb in a heap at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was the third fight of his career.
The Guyanese had turned pro one year earlier following an amateur career that brought him 45 victories against five defeats. He was undefeated in 16 fights when he met Ray Oliveira on February 25, 2000 in Rhode Island. The more experienced Oliveira was adjudged the winner by a unanimous decision.
Undaunted, the orthodox Guyanese fighter had six more fights before arriving on the world stage. Harris was crowned WBA and IBA junior welterweight champion on October 19 2002 after a second round Technical Knock Out of champion Diosbelys Hurtado in Houston, Texas.
Harris was 24 years old then, and the victory earned him the right to be labelled the youngest Guyanese to win a world title. He had three successful defences but was then dethroned by little-known Colombian Carlos Maussa via a seventh round knockout in June 2005.
The talented Guyanese secured three victories before unsuccessfully challenging Junior Witter of England for the WBC junior welterweight title.