McCullough out of Point bout due to ‘opponent uncertainty’

WAYNE McCULLOUGH has withdrawn from the undercard of European champion Bernard Dunne’s title defence against Reidar Walstad at the Point Depot a week from tomorrow night.

The former world champion and 1992 Olympic silver medallist had hoped the bout would re-launch his career. He has not boxed since losing to Mexican Oscar Larios in a WBC super bantamweight title fight in Las Vegas in 2005.

Promoter Brian Peters had been working hard to find an opponent for McCullough’s return to The Point but it was reported yesterday that the “Pocket Rocket” had decided to stay in Las Vegas amid what was described as “uncertainty about the arrangement of a suitable opponent.”