Boxing: McCullough rewarded with World Ranking

Wayne McCullough's quick fire return win last month has seen him rewarded with top ten ranking by the WBC. The Mexican organisation has released it's October rankings and McCullough is a new entry at number ten in the featherweight division. That makes him eligible as a possible opponent for reigning champion In Jin Chi of South Korea.

The "Pocket Rocket" returned from eighteen frustrating months of inactivity to record a second round knockout win over Mike Juarez in California last month and will have been further buoyed by this news from the WBC. While his preferred route to a second World title would be at super bantamweight the Las Vegas based Belfast man has instructed new promoter Dan Goosen to keep all options open for the time being.