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McCullough pondering
IA/AYNE McCULLOUGH may have to review his options now
VV Rafael Guerrero, manager of WBO super-bantamweight
champion Joan Guzman, has dampened any ideas of the
Dominican defending his title in Belfast or England.
Promoter Frank Warren had offered McCullough a straight
choice between Guzman or WBO featherweight king Scott
Harrison, but the super-bantamweight champion is poised to
make a voluntary defence in his home country next month,
then face former title-holder Agapito Sanchez, who vacated
the belt in the summer because of eye trouble and has been
promised a direct shot at the crown.
Should McCullough opt for Harrison, I would be most
surprised if the match finished up in Belfast. Warren had hoped
to promote McCullough at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast in
February with British welterweight champion Neil Sinclair
challenging for a 'world' title on the same card.
This could, I suppose, still happen if Warren maybe targets
the WBU crowns instead.
But the match of greatest interest is Harrison-McCullough.
Scott is sure to be a sell out in Glasgow alongside new British
super-feather champ and stablemate Alex Arthur when he
next performs, and it is doubtful he will concede home
advantage either.

Rahman-Tua poser
HASIM RAHMAN, former world heavyweight champion who
for a long time has contested the validity of David Tua's
stoppage win over him in 1998, is now in a position to set the
record straight.
He and Tua have been nominated by the IBF to box in an
eliminator to face the Holyfield-Byrd winner, but Kevin Barry,
manager of squat and in-form Tua, said Rahman's promoter
Don King is stalling negotiations.
For instance, Barry claims King is demanding options on Tua
even though the match is a mandated eliminator. "We will split
the [purse] money 50-50 [if it goes to bids]," said Barry.
Should the IBF decide King is not negotiating in good faith,
Rahman, who was stopped by Tua when hit by a punch after
the bell from which he never fully recovered, will lose his
chance and the Kiwi face the next available contender.
With Jameel McCline and Vitali Klitschko likely to decline
because they have other commitments, it would probably leave
Tua to face Fres Oquendo, whom he has already beaten (by
stoppage) and is promoted by - you guessed it - King.

Pacquiao wants Barrera
IF Marco Antonio Barrera is wondering from where his next
challenger may originate he need only look at IBF superbantamweight
champion Manny Pacquiao, the aggressive
southpaw puncher from the Philippines.
Apparently Pacquiao, who is trained by Freddie Roach (in
Johnny Tapia's corner earlier this month), called Rod Nazario,
his manager, during the Barrera fight on November 2 to say he
can take care of the Mexican.

Salim's reward
SALIM MEDJKOUNE, fresh from his WBA super-bantam title
win in Japan last month, is likely to be rewarded with a
job in his hometown of Clermont-Ferrand.
The French southpaw has been unemployed since January,
when the municipality let him go from his post as a sports
instructor for kids. (In France, it is common practice for a town
council to employ a local sports hero in such a capacity).
But a few days after pulling off his shock win over Osumu
Sato in Tokyo, Salim met the Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand,
Serge Godard, who promised him a job in the next few weeks.

Little comeback crash
 THE comeback after six years out of former super-middle contender TIM LITTLES went
disastrously wrong as he was stopped in two rounds by IBF No. 6 light-heavy DERRICK
HARMON on the Griffin-Jones bill.
The end came at 1 -59 of round two after Littles went down for the third time. Harmon is now 23-3 (11)
while the loser fell to 27-3 (18). Both were southpaws.
In a good lightweight eight-rounder, Steve Quinonez of Desert Hot Springs, California unanimously
outpointed Australian-based South African Lovemore N'Dou. Quinonez, now 29-6-1 (11), suffered a flash
knockdown in the first but gernerally dominated with his movement and body shots.