Wayne McCullough boxer

Wayne McCullough boxer
bouts
34
won
27
lost
7
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
bantamweight
Debut
1993-02-23
Height
5′ 7″/170cm
Reach
66″/168cm
Age
-
Born
1970-07-07
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, and 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, 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.McCullough had a very successful amateur career, amassing a record of 319 wins and 11 defeats, with over 100 wins coming by way of knockout. As an amateur living in the staunchly loyalist Shankill Road area of Belfast, he was selected by the island-wide Irish Amateur Boxing Association to participate in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and asked to carry the Irish flag as the youngest member of the team (aged 18). He went on to win a silver medal for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Representing Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland, he won a gold medal and carried the Northern Ireland flag in the closing ceremony. The medal ceremony for his Commonwealth title was marked by an unusual incident. A technical problem with the public address system made it impossible to play the recording of the song "Danny Boy", used instead of an anthem for medalists from Northern Ireland. The New Zealand official in charge of the sound, Bob Gibson, promptly took the microphone and sang the song unaccompanied. In 1990, McCullough also won Bronze for Ireland at the Boxing World Cup in Mumbai, India.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2008-06-20 Juan Ruiz WWWLLL Royal Watler Cruise Terminal, Georgetown LOST
Corner retirement
2005-07-16 Oscar Larios WWWWWW MGM Grand, Las Vegas LOST
Corner retirement
2005-02-10 Oscar Larios WWWWWW Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore LOST
Unanimous decision
2004-09-23 Mike Juarez DLLLLL Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula WIN
Technical knockout
2003-03-22 Scott Harrison WWWWWW Braehead Arena, Glasgow LOST
Unanimous decision
2002-11-02 Nikolay Eremeev WLWLLW Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
2002-09-14 Johannes Maisa WLWLLW York Hall, Bethnal Green WIN
Technical knockout
2002-01-12 Alvin Brown WLWWL Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas WIN
KO
1999-10-22 Erik Morales WWWWWW Joe Louis Arena, Detroit LOST
Unanimous decision
1999-08-30 Len Martinez WLWWLW Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1998-10-31 Naseem Hamed WWWWWW Convention Center, Atlantic City LOST
Unanimous decision
1998-05-19 Juan Polo Perez LWWLDW Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi WIN
Split-decision
1998-04-17 Antonio Oscar Salas WWWWLW Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville WIN
Unanimous decision
1997-01-11 Daniel Zaragoza WWDWWW Hynes Convention Center, Boston LOST
Split-decision
1996-07-13 Julio Cesar Cardona WWLWLL Mammoth Events Center, Denver WIN
Unanimous decision
1996-03-30 Jose Luis Bueno WLLWWW The Point, Dublin WIN
Split-decision
1995-12-02 Johnny Bredahl WWWWWW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
1995-07-30 Yasuei Yakushiji WWWWWW Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya WIN
Split-decision
1995-03-14 Geronimo Cardoz DLWWLW Pontchartrain Center, Kenner WIN
Corner retirement
1994-11-12 Fabrice Benichou LLWLWW The Point, Dublin WIN
Points
1994-09-15 Andres Cazares LWWWLL Silver Nugget, North Las Vegas WIN
KO
1994-06-17 Victor Rabanales WWWLLW Taj Mahal´s Mark G Etess Arena, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-03-19 Mark Hargreaves WLLLWL Millwall Football Stadium, Millwall WIN
Technical knockout
1994-01-18 Javier Medina WWWWWD Civic Auditorium, Omaha WIN
Technical knockout
1993-11-30 Jerome Coffee LWLLLL Civic Center, Pensacola WIN
Corner retirement
1993-11-09 Andres Gonzalez LLL Fargodome, Fargo WIN
KO
1993-09-24 Boualem Belkif LLLDLL National Basketball Arena, Dublin WIN
Technical knockout
1993-06-18 Conn McMullen WWWLWD Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast WIN
Technical knockout
1993-06-01 Luis Rosario LLLWLL Blue Horizon, Philadelphia WIN
Technical knockout
1993-05-04 Manuel Ramirez WLWLWW McNichols Sports Arena, Denver WIN
Technical knockout
1993-04-16 Oscar Lopez debut Cyclorama Building, Boston WIN
Corner retirement
1993-03-26 Oscar Zamora debut Country Club, Reseda WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-03-18 Sergio Ramirez debut Paramount Theatre, New York WIN
KO
1993-02-23 Alfonso Zamora LW Country Club, Reseda WIN
Technical knockout