http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8570502.stm
:D
The World Chempion is some boy and deserves a thread all of his own and some proper adulation!
All the single ladies...
The Packet Racket ::)....what a guy!!
Name now changed by deed poll to'Wayne Packet Racket McCullough' :D
I met him at the World Amateurs in the Odessey about 20001, I think.
Seems a good guy, very friendly and down to earth. Wierd accent tho, mix of east Belfast and USA.
Time travelling fox?
I'm still curious about what makes up the rest of the '....mainly protestant shankill road' :D
Hes always came across as a decent guy imo
Quote from: haranguerer on March 22, 2010, 01:10:33 PM
Time travelling fox?
I'm still curious about what makes up the rest of the '....mainly protestant shankill road' :D
Hes always came across as a decent guy imo
:'( ... youse miss nothing on this board!
He was a better 'baxer', than he is a dancer. Fair play to him though.
What next - UUP westminster candidate for west belfast?
Quote from: Orior on March 22, 2010, 10:34:14 PM
He was a better 'baxer', than he is a dancer. Fair play to him though.
What next - UUP westminster candidate for west belfast?
Hey! Despite all the sniping probably in the top three of Irish boxers of all time! Fair play to him.
Id say he would argue with the Irish bit of that statement Hurler ;)
I think an Appreciation Thread would also have to pay significant homage to Cheryl (i think thats her name) . She got rid of the original management team and single handedly is responsible for taking him to the very top.
Remarkable woman.
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44273000/jpg/_44273978_pgcheryl.jpg)
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 22, 2010, 01:00:57 PM
I met him at the World Amateurs in the Odessey about 20001, I think.
Seems a good guy, very friendly and down to earth. Wierd accent tho, mix of east Belfast and USA.
The American twang is probably because he lives in Las Vegas.
Quote from: NAG1 on March 23, 2010, 09:11:01 AM
Id say he would argue with the Irish bit of that statement Hurler ;)
Why would he do that? I've never heard him deny his Irishness. He won an Olympic silver medal for Ireland. What did you do?
Quote from: Hardy on March 23, 2010, 01:05:19 PM
Quote from: NAG1 on March 23, 2010, 09:11:01 AM
Id say he would argue with the Irish bit of that statement Hurler ;)
Why would he do that? I've never heard him deny his Irishness. He won an Olympic silver medal for Ireland. What did you do?
He also carried the flag at the opening ceremony if memory serves right
QuoteEven though he was a Protestant from the notorious Shankill area of Belfast, McCullough had no reservations about carrying the Irish Tricolour when representing Ireland at the 1988 Olympics.
"I was fighting for Ireland first and foremost," says the silver medalist from the 1992 Games. "And the way I saw it was 'if I fight under the flag I should be happy to carry it.' If I was to say 'no' what kind of coverage would I have gotten? I am a sportsman, not a politician."
http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/5528/pocket-rocket-mccullough-still-fired/
Quote from: saffron sam2 on March 23, 2010, 11:10:23 AM
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 22, 2010, 01:00:57 PM
I met him at the World Amateurs in the Odessey about 20001, I think.
Seems a good guy, very friendly and down to earth. Wierd accent tho, mix of east Belfast and USA.
The American twang is probably because he lives in Las Vegas.
...and he's not from East Belfast...
Quote from: A Quinn Martin Production on March 23, 2010, 01:08:48 PM
Quote from: saffron sam2 on March 23, 2010, 11:10:23 AM
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 22, 2010, 01:00:57 PM
I met him at the World Amateurs in the Odessey about 20001, I think.
Seems a good guy, very friendly and down to earth. Wierd accent tho, mix of east Belfast and USA.
The American twang is probably because he lives in Las Vegas.
...and he's not from East Belfast...
Yes, that was my point. I could easily explain the USA bit but was at a loss as to east Belfast.
Quote from: Hardy on March 23, 2010, 01:05:19 PM
Quote from: NAG1 on March 23, 2010, 09:11:01 AM
Id say he would argue with the Irish bit of that statement Hurler ;)
Why would he do that? I've never heard him deny his Irishness. He won an Olympic silver medal for Ireland. What did you do?
Hardy catch a grip will you, tongue firmly in cheek!
Its only a bit of craic on here but I am warning you all now if anyone says anything remotely slanderous about Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough - to give him his full name - then his wife Chair-il will come and sort you all out.
Her and Iris would call round and sort you out!