Garnica all out to upset McCloskey’s plans

PAUL McCLOSKEY has big plans for 2008 but they will all amount to nothing if he can’t get past Mexican dangerman Manuel Garnica at the Ladbrokes.com Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick on February 2 which will be headlined by Andy Lee.

Unbeaten in 14 pro fights McCloskey enjoyed an excellent 2007 racking up six straight wins, picking up the IBF International light welterweight title in the process.

For 2008 the southpaw is setting his sights on European and even world honours but for the moment his only focus is on Garnica. The Guadalajara native is well used to upsetting the apple cart having previously beaten former world champions Carlos Maussa and Gabriel Ruelas. His win over Maussa came just after the Colombian had lost his IBF world title to Ricky Hatton in 2006.