McCullough lines up lucrative Harrison bout

Plans were today announced to bring Wayne McCullough and Scott Harrison and together in a clash of British featherwights.

Plans were today announced to bring Wayne McCullough and Scott Harrison and together in a clash of British featherwights.

The lucrative bout, set for December or January, is dependant on Belfast's McCullough beating Ghana's Johannes Maisa on Saturday and Harrison overcoming WBO world champion Julio Pablo Chacon of Argentina on October 19th.

Promoter Frank Warren is confident the two fighters will come through to set up a mouth-watering showdown in Glasgow.

Warren explained: "I'm sure Wayne will come through that fight okay and after that he'll probably have a fight next up in Glasgow in another 10 rounder on October 19th at the Braehead Arena.

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"It will be on the under card of the WBO featherweight title fight between Julio Pablo Chacon of Argentina, who is the champion, and he will be challenged by Glasgow's own Scott Harrison.

"Whoever wins that fight between Scott and Chacon, which is a tough contest, will be facing Wayne probably sometime in December or January, at least that is what we are looking to do."

It is all part of Warren's ambitious plans to discover who is the king of the super-bantamweight and super-featherweight divisions.

He believes that Erik Morales is the best in the business at the moment, but he wants to bring the winner of the Harrison and McCullough fight together with the best from Central America.

Warren continued: "We are trying to prove to the world that we are trying to put the best in with the best.

"I've spoken to Morales' promoter Bob Arum and I'm flying out to meet him next week in the States to put up the winner of our fights to face the winner of the fights he's putting on.

"We are building up to find who is pound for pound the best super-bantamweight/super-featherweight in the world. That's the plan and I believe we will succeed in doing that."

Belfast's McCullough, who got his licence back after a two-year fight with the British Boxing Board of Control, is excited at the prospect of facing Harrison and a possible unification battle.

The former WBC world champion said: "He (Harrison) is a good fighter and is strong. He will have a difficult task against Chacon, but hopefully he will come through that.

"I'm going to have two or three fights first. This will prove who is the true champion and it would be good to have this."