WAYNE-MCCULLOUGH

Wayne McCullough has said that he wants to train the US boxing team at the next Olympics.

The granite chinned Belfast native felt Olympic success for himself in Barcelona twenty years ago when he scooped a silver medal for Ireland.

However, he has been based in America ever since and feels he is the ideal man to revive the country's flagging amateur boxing set-up.

Team USA is well established in Olympic boxing history but the men's squad failed to win a single medal at London 2012.

McCullough said: "Now that the Olympics are over I am putting my name out there to let everyone know I would love to train Team USA.

"They have some very talented boxers and I know the decisions didn't always go the right way but I believe I can help them achieve success next time around at Rio 2016."

29/08/2012 23:03:51