McCullough takes up UFC role

Boxing:  Former world boxing champion Wayne McCullough has become an official spokesman for the Ultimate Fighting Championship…

Boxing: Former world boxing champion Wayne McCullough has become an official spokesman for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

The veteran Belfast fighter is not expected to call time on his own boxing career but insisted a move to the UFC was too big an opportunity to turn down.

McCullough said: "The UFC are doing everything right what boxing has been doing wrong.  I love both sports.  They are both about courage, fitness and excitement but they are different at the same time.

"I don't see why fight fans have to choose between the two, but I think a lot of boxing promoters are very worried when they see the UFC getting the young audience which just isn't interested in boxing and hasn't been for a while now."

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