Wayne McCullough
Wayne McCullough was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 7th, 1970 and is the Boxer. At the age of 53, Wayne McCullough biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008.
He competed six times for world championships in super-bantamweight and featherweight from 1995 to 1997, and then again for world titles in super-bantamweight and featherweight.
McCullough, an amateur, represented Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a bantamweight silver medal.
He also competed for gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland. In addition to McCullough's dogged, tenacious fighting style, he was known for his tenacious chin, having defeated two of boxing's top punchers in Naseem Hamed and Érik Morales, and going the full distance with both of them.
"If you look in the dictionary, under 'The Real Man,' you'll find a picture of Wayne McCullough," HBO commentator Larry Merchant joked during his 1999 odyise.
McCullough was never knocked down in his work.
He also stopped Arturo Gatti as an amateur.
Personal life
In the early 1990s, McCullough married Cheryl Rennie, who hails from Belfast.
McCullough changed his name by deed vote in May 2004.
Amateur career
McCullough had a fruitful amateur career, winning a total of 319 games and 11 losses, with over 100 wins coming by way of knockout. He was chosen by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association to represent Ireland's 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, as the youngest member of the team (aged 18). At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he went on to win a silver medal for Ireland.
He wowed a gold medal and carried the Northern Ireland flag in the closing ceremony while representing Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Northern Ireland. An unusual occurrence marked his Commonwealth medal ceremony. Because of a technical glitch with the public address system, it was impossible to participate in the performance of "Danny Boy," which was used instead of an anthem for medalists from Northern Ireland. Bob Gibson, the New Zealand official in charge of the sound, took the microphone and performed the song unaccompanied. McCullough won Bronze for Ireland at the Boxing World Cup in Mumbai, India, in 1990.
Professional career
McCullough, who wanted to train him after seeing him at the Olympics, moved to Las Vegas in 1993. McCullough used neutral colours throughout his fights and did not have national anthems performed; his supporters in Northern Ireland included Protestants and Catholics; He had won the North American Boxing Federation championship within a year of turning pro.
He won the WBC championship in Nagoya, Japan, defeating champion Yasuei Yakushiji for his first WBC world champion. He was the first fighter from Ireland or the United Kingdom to fly to Japan and win a belt. He defended his title twice before vacating the belt and lifting weight to face WBC super bantamweight champion Daniel Zaragoza, but he lost via a split decision in the WBC "Fight of the Year" competition. After this war, his wife Cheryl and Stuart Campbell began to work when his old boss, Mat Tinley, became a boxing promoter.
McCullough and Erik Morales were unsuccessfully challenged champions Naseem Hamed in 1998 and 1999. He ended his opponent's long line of KO victories by going all the distance in any of the exciting "Fight of the Year" contests. Hamed had knocked out 18 opponents straight before McCullough and was 30-0 at the time, with 28 knockouts to his credit. Morales had knocked out 9 of his previous 9 opponents and was 34–0 at the time, with 28 knockouts. According to Ring magazine, McCullough gave him one of his best three fights of his career and almost pulled on his stool after the 9th round.
McCullough was scheduled to return to Belfast in October 2000 for a homecoming fight. He was told he had a cyst on his brain two days before the fight was set to begin, he could not fight again, and that one more blow to the head could kill him. McCullough returned to Las Vegas and was urged by the Nevada Commission to investigate UCLA's neurosurgery unit for a more comprehensive probe. Within a few weeks, UCLA doctor Neil Martin said he had spoken to some of the top neurosurgeons in the United States, and that the cyst was not on his brain but in a space between the brain and the skull, which was referred to as the arachnoid mater, and that he had no reason for him to abandon his boxing career.
Nevertheless, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBC) continued to refuse to provide him with a licence. In January 2002, he was relicensed in Nevada and fighting in January 2002. The BBBC could no longer refuse him a licence, and under the Frank Warren Promotions banner, McCullough stepped back into a British ring. He had mixed success in the first five fights but lost to Scott Harrison and Mexico's champion scar Larios on two occasions. The result of his first encounter with Larios is also disputed.
McCullough was appointed the first WBC World Ambassador for Peace and Goodwill in Sports on August 17th. McCullough became a United States citizen in September 2005. McCullough's autobiography, Pocket Rocket: Don't Quit, was published in the United Kingdom and Ireland in November 2005. He went on a publicity tour to market the book, which debuted at number two on the best sellers list.
McCullough, a public relations intern, helped promote Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 2007. IHOW is a boxing and MMA fighter who is also instructing fighters.
McCullough accepted the European super bantamweight title in 2007 after defeating Bernard Dunne at the Point Depot in Dublin. McCullough and Martnez' duel between McCullough and Martnez was supposed to take place at Belfast's Kings Hall on December 1st.
McCullough had not fought for more than two years, and the Kings Hall venue had been sold out for the fight. At 8 st 12 lb mark, it was decided that the non-title fight would take place. However, during the weigh-in, there was a riot on the day before the fight, and the BBBC called the show off in the midst of tumultuous scenes.
McCullough had already signed up to fight at 2 lb because of his 8 st 10 lb championship weight, and he weighed in at 8 st 9 lb. Martnez, on the other hand, failed to meet the stipulated weight and was 1.75 lb over the agreed weight.
Martnez was given a few hours to shed the excess weight, but a BBBC official did not come back to weigh in again, and the scales were closed by a BBBC official. "I couldn't believe it," a frightful McCullough said. He comes in and complains over the weight, but then after being asked to take it off, he just sits there and does nothing. I can't believe what's happened. I was up to fight and determined to win, but he was not able to win because he was overweight."
McCullough defeated Juan Ruiz in the Cayman Islands on June 20th, his first fight in three years. He failed in six rounds and resigned on his stool. Despite being in lead on two of three judges' scores after six rounds, he told his side that he could not continue because of an injury he suffered in preparation. The Belfast boxer took the microphone and revealed that this could be his swansong. "I think this will be my last war, and I want to thank you all for coming." I'm dissatisfied with the way things turned out, but I couldn't wait to continue."