McCullough eyeing Martinez upset

WAYNE McCullough says he is ready to shock European champion Kiko Martinez and then go on to fight for the world super-bantamweight title in 2008.

The 37-year-old former world bantamweight champion has not boxed in two years but insists that he does not need a warm-up before facing Spaniard Martinez in a non-title ten-rounder at the King’s Hall in Belfast on December 1.

Speaking from his adopted home of Las Vegas, Belfast-born McCullough said: “I’m always in great shape, I haven’t stopped training twice a day for two years so I know that I’ll be ready for Martinez.