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Wayne McCullough
McCullough (centre) in 2008
Born
Wayne William McCullough
(1970-07-07) 7 July 1970 (age 53)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality
Irish
British
American (after 2005)[2]
Other names
Pocket Rocket
Statistics
Weight(s)
Bantamweight
Super-bantamweight
Featherweight
Height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Reach
66 in (168 cm)[1]
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
34
Wins
27
Wins by KO
18
Losses
7
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Olympic Games
Representing Ireland
1992 Barcelona
Bantamweight
Commonwealth Games
Representing Northern Ireland
1990 Auckland
Flyweight
Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970)[3] is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, becoming the first boxer from Northern Ireland to win a WBC championship.
He challenged six times for world titles at super-bantamweight and featherweight. As an amateur, McCullough represented Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a bantamweight silver medal. He also won flyweight gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland.
In addition to McCullough's dogged, relentless attacking style,[4] he was renowned for his durable chin, having fought two of boxing's biggest punchers in Naseem Hamed and Érik Morales, and gone the full distance with both of them. During his bout with Morales in 1999, HBO commentator Larry Merchant joked, "If you look in the dictionary, under 'Tough Irishman', you'll find a picture of Wayne McCullough". McCullough was never once knocked down in his professional career. He also stopped the late Arturo Gatti as an amateur.[5]
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