Background
McCrory was born in Annfield Plain, County Durham, England.
McCrory was born in Annfield Plain, County Durham, England.
He has worked as a Sky commentator and pundit since 1989. He made his professional debut in February 1984, scoring a 1st round knock out against Barry Ellis. Over the next 15 months he fought a further 12 times, winning on each occasion before suffering his first defeat against John Westgarth in September 1985.
The defeat was to be the first in a series of losses for McCrory as he went on to lose a further four fights out of his next five.
In November 1986 this run came to an end when a visit to Louisville, Kentucky saw him get back to winning ways against the inexperienced Joe Adams. A further defence of both titles occurred in April 1988 when he returned to Gateshead to defeat challenger Lou Gent.
He made one defence of the belt against Siza Makathini in October 1989 before losing it to American Jeff Lampkin in March 1990. Since retirement, McCrory has become a television commentator and occasional actor, employed by Sky Television as the long time sidekick of Ian Darke.
Following his retirement from the sport, McCrory gained a professional trainers license and opened a gym in the Newbiggin area.
Wider ambitions for the gym include McCrory"s wish for it to be used as a possible training camp for the Team Great Britain boxers before the next Olympics in 2012.