Mike McCallum

Career, Record, Stats
Mike McCallum

Mike McCallum (The Bodysnatcher) is a 68-year-old retired Jamaican professional boxer. He is a three-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 1 month, and 8 days, McCallum amassed a record of 49-5-1, which includes 36 wins via KO, 8 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2003.

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LEGEND

Mike McCallum's Boxing Career

Mike McCallum was born in Kingston, Jamaica on December 7, 1955. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on January 14, 1981 against Rigoberto Lopez. McCallum defeated Lopez via 4th round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

McCallum became a world champion at the age of 28 after 21 professional fights. He challenged Sean Mannion for the vacant WBA super-welterweight title and defeated Mannion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully conquer the middleweight (WBA) and light-heavyweight (WBC) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.

McCallum's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to James Toney at age 41, on February 22, 1997.

Some of Mike McCallum's best fights have been against James Toney (HOFer), Herol Graham, Julian Jackson (HOFer), Michael Watson, Sumbu Kalambay, Donald Curry (HOFer), and Steve Collins. For a complete list of McCallum's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Mike McCallum".

McCallum has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Mike McCallum Losses".

Mike McCallum's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
55
Feb 22, 1997 41 James Toney James Toney 28 53-3-2
loss
UD
12
54
Nov 22, 1996 40 Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. 27 33-0
loss
UD
12
53
Jun 22, 1996 40 generic fighter pic Ali Saidi
win
UD
10
52
Jun 16, 1995 39 Fabrice Tiozzo Fabrice Tiozzo 26 31-1
loss
UD
12
51
Feb 25, 1995 39 generic fighter pic Carl Jones
win
TKO
7
50
Jul 23, 1994 38 generic fighter pic Jeff Harding
win
UD
12
49
Mar 04, 1994 38 generic fighter pic Randall Yonker
win
TKO
5
48
Aug 14, 1993 37 generic fighter pic Glenn Thomas
win
PTS
10
47
Mar 25, 1993 37 generic fighter pic Ramzi Hassan
win
UD
10
46
Aug 29, 1992 36 James Toney James Toney 24 31-0-2
loss
MD
12
45
May 21, 1992 36 generic fighter pic Fermin Chirino
win
UD
10
44
Dec 13, 1991 36 James Toney James Toney 23 28-0-1
draw
SD
12
43
Oct 10, 1991 35 generic fighter pic Nicky Walker
win
RTD
5
42
Aug 29, 1991 35 generic fighter pic Carlos Cruzat
win
UD
10
41
Apr 01, 1991 35 Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay 34 51-4-1
win
SD
12
40
Feb 19, 1991 35 generic fighter pic Frank Minton
win
TKO
4
39
Apr 14, 1990 34 Michael Watson Michael Watson 25 22-1-1
win
KO
11
38
Feb 03, 1990 34 Steve Collins Steve Collins 25 16-0
win
UD
12
37
May 10, 1989 33 Herol Graham Herol Graham 29 41-1
win
SD
12
36
Jan 09, 1989 33 generic fighter pic Ralph Moncrief
win
TKO
5
35
Dec 22, 1988 33 generic fighter pic Randy Smith
win
UD
10
34
Jun 27, 1988 32 generic fighter pic David McCluskey
win
TKO
2
33
Mar 05, 1988 32 Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay 31 43-3-1
loss
UD
12
32
Jul 18, 1987 31 Donald Curry Donald Curry 25 27-1
win
KO
5
31
Apr 19, 1987 31 generic fighter pic Milton McCrory
win
TKO
10
30
Mar 21, 1987 31 generic fighter pic Leroy Hester
win
KO
1
29
Oct 25, 1986 30 generic fighter pic Said Skouma
win
TKO
9
28
Sep 15, 1986 30 generic fighter pic Irving Hines
win
TKO
4
27
Aug 23, 1986 30 Julian Jackson Julian Jackson 25 29-0
win
TKO
2
26
May 02, 1986 30 generic fighter pic Jimmy Shavers
win
TKO
6
25
Jul 28, 1985 29 generic fighter pic David Braxton
win
TKO
8
24
Jun 15, 1985 29 generic fighter pic Marcos Martinez
win
TKO
2
23
Dec 01, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Luigi Minchillo
win
TKO
13
22
Oct 19, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Sean Mannion
win
UD
15
21
Mar 10, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Hasim Razzaq
win
KO
1
20
Oct 25, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Manuel Jiminez
win
UD
10
19
Aug 31, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Jose Vallejo
win
TKO
6
18
Apr 26, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Tony Suero
win
TKO
3
17
Nov 13, 1982 26 Ayub Kalule Ayub Kalule 28 40-2
win
RTD
7
16
Oct 22, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Carlos Betancourt
win
TKO
3
15
Jun 11, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Kevin Perry
win
UD
10
14
Apr 30, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Reggie Ford
win
TKO
4
13
Mar 26, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Gilberto Almonte
win
KO
1
12
Jan 22, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Greg Young
win
TKO
5
11
Oct 08, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Jimmy Heair
win
TKO
2
10
Sep 08, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Ed Harris
win
KO
1
9
Aug 27, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Tirso Roque
win
KO
3
8
Jul 19, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Bruce Strauss
win
TKO
3
7
Jun 10, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Freddie Creech
win
KO
3
6
Apr 30, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Charles Smith
win
KO
3
5
Apr 24, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Danny Chapman
win
TKO
4
4
Apr 02, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Shelby Wilkerson
win
KO
5
3
Mar 19, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Ricky Sheppard
win
KO
5
2
Mar 03, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Rocky Fabrizio
win
KO
1
1
Jan 14, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Rigoberto Lopez
win
KO
4
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