Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg: Isaac Lowe relishing facing Marco McCullough

By Isaac Robinson

Monday 22 February 2016 13:56, UK

Isaac Lowe is determined to make his mark on the Carl Frampton v Scott Quigg card by blasting Marco McCullough aside and clinching the vacant Commonwealth title.

The Lancastrian featherweight (11-0-1-KO4) will have plenty of local support at the Manchester Arena on February 27 and is unfazed by the prospect of the travelling Northern Irish fans creating a hostile atmosphere.

The 22-year-old said: "They keep saying about all the Irish fans that will be here but there will be a lot of English in too.

"I'm a North West boxer and I hope the North West fans will get behind me. I might get a few boos when I get in to the ring from the Belfast fans but I've been brought up getting called bad names and getting booed so it's just going to inspire me even more to go in there and prove them all wrong.

"When the fight has finished they will be clapping for me at the end of the night, so I'm looking forward to it and looking forward to proving so many people wrong."

Belfast visitor McCullough (14-2-KO9) has been stopped just once in his professional career - by Zoltan Kovacs in July 2015 - but Lowe is confident he will have too much for his opponent and can move on to world level.

Lowe added: "After winning this there will be so many big fights ahead of me and so many good boxers wanting to fight me. I can develop into the weight division and I'll be even better in a couple of years' time when I start peaking at my weight. At 24 or 25 years old I could be contesting world titles, which is what my aim is. But first I have to get through [Saturday night] and develop into my weight division properly.

"It has been a roller coaster journey, the last 12 months for me. From fighting in front of 600 people on a small hall show I got my English title shot on the big show in Leeds. It's thanks to Steve Wood and Eddie Hearn for getting me on these massive shows.

"I never thought in my wildest dreams that at the age of 22 I would be fighting on such big shows as Anthony Crolla's world title and Josh Warrington's European title fight. Now I am on one of the biggest shows we have seen in Britain with Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg fighting and I am looking forward to it so much."

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