Juan Manuel Marquez lining up Paul McCloskey for title opportunity?

The WBO interim
light welterweight champion takes over Cowboys Stadium that night and the
four-weight king has been linked with a fight with “Dudey” after his promoter
suggested his preference for a southpaw opponent.

McCloskey faces the
former WBO champ “Chop Chop” Corley on May 5 at the King’s Hall in Belfast in a
huge night for boxing for the city, with the all-Irish middleweight Betfair
Prizefighter, Martin Lindsay and Jamie Conlan all in action, and now
McCloskey’s promoter Eddie Hearn says the show has taken on even greater
significance with the former unbeaten European champion in the running for a
shot at the pound-for-pound Mexican great.

“Paul’s name has
been mentioned by JMM’s team in the last week and I reached out to Top Rank
yesterday to let them know that we’d love the fight,” said Hearn. “I think we
are in with a decent chance but a convincing win against Corley in front of a
packed King’s Hall crowd would strengthen our case for a July clash with
Marquez.”

McCloskey added:
“It’s an honour to be linked with a showdown with Juan Manuel and it’s a dream
fight for me. May 5 has always been a pivotal night for me as I aim to get back
into World title contention, and this news has made a huge occasion even
bigger.” 

Tickets priced at
£30 (unreserved), £40 (reserved balcony or unreserved floor), £60
(outer-ringside) and £100 (ringside) are available from Ticketmaster on 0844 277 4455 – UK/Northern Ireland customers, 0818 719
300 – Republic of Ireland customers and at www.ticketmaster.ie 

VIP packages priced
£150 are available from Matchroom Sport on 01277 359900 and at www.matchroomboxing.com 

Paul McCloskey’s
fans can also buy their tickets at the prices above from Eurospar Dungiven and
any EuroXchange outlet.