Pocket Rocket

Download or read book Pocket Rocket written by Wayne McCullough and published by Mainstream Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When, in 2000, following an annual MRI scan, Wayne McCullough was diagnosed as having a cyst on his brain and told he might never box again, he began the longest struggle of his controversial career. The BBBC withheld his licence to fight in the UK, then, just when it seemed he would never box in Britain again, the decision was reversed. He returned to his beloved Belfast in 2002 to defeat Russian Nikolai Eremeev in a dramatic fourth-round victory. rom his early life on the Shankill Road to training with the great Eddie Futch in Las Vegas, Pocket Rocket- Don t Quit! details the ups and downs of McCullough s life as a world champion boxer and as an ambassador for his sport and his country. Raised during Northern Ireland s Troubles in one of Belfast s toughest areas, McCullough chose to use his fists in the ring. In 1995 he finally achieved his dream when he was crowned WBC bantamweight world champion, beating Yasuei Yakushiji in Nagoya, Japan. ringing a gentleness to an often gruesome sport, Pocket Rocket- Don t Quit! is an honest account of Wayne McCullough s life in his own words. He writes about Mat Tinley, the TV executive who took him to the States to embark on his boxing c