Marco McCullough (born 22 November 1989) is a Northern Irish former super-featherweight boxer. [1] His career ran a total of 9 years, from 2011 to 2019 after his debut on 25 June 2011. [2] In 2013, he defeated Willie Casey for the Boxing Union of Ireland featherweight title. [3] McCullough defeated former world champion Dimitri Kirilov for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) European featherweight title. [4] He has also won the intercontinental title for the World Boxing Organization (WBO). [5] He lost to Isaac Lowe for the Commonwealth featherweight title. [6]
McCullough lost to Ryan Walsh for the British featherweight title due to a technical knockout (TKO). [7] [8] Since his defeat to Ryan Wash, McCullough moved up to super-featherweight where he has won the IBO International Title and the IBF European Title, defeating Ruddy Encarnacion and Declan Geraghty respectively. McCullough's final official pro-boxing event was a victory against Declan Geraghty on 17 May 2019 via TKO for the Super Feather Title. [9]
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