McCullogh prepares for return to the ring

WAYNE McCULLOUGH was relishing his return from the boxing wilderness last night as he prepared for his first fight on British soil in seven years.

Belfast’s “Pocket Rocket” won his battle with the British Boxing Board of Control to regain his licence after initially being refused over a controversial brain scan.

McCullough is now signed with Frank Warren’s Sports Network and takes on South African Johannes Maisa in what would normally be termed a low-key, 10-rounder at York Hall in Bethnal Green.