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Total Fights | 55 |
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Wins | 49 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 10 |
Title-Fight KOs | 8 |
KO Wins | 36 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and one month, Mike McCallum fought 55 times with 49 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.
McCallum retired from professional boxing with a record of 49-5-1, which included three world-title wins and 10 successful title defense fights at three weight classes — super-welterweight, middleweight, and light-heavyweight. He had a 65.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 36 of his total 55 fights being knockout wins, eight of which were in title fights. McCallum never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to James Toney on February 22, 1997.
Some of McCallum's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Donald Curry and Julian Jackson), Herol Graham, Steve Collins, Sumbu Kalambay, Ayub Kalule, and Michael Watson.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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55 | Feb 22, 1997 | 41 | James Toney | Loss | UD |
54 | Nov 22, 1996 | 40 | Roy Jones Jr. | Loss | UD |
53 | Jun 22, 1996 | 40 | Ali Saidi | Win | UD |
52 | Jun 16, 1995 | 39 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Loss * | UD |
51 | Feb 25, 1995 | 39 | Carl Jones | Win * | TKO7 |
50 | Jul 23, 1994 | 38 | Jeff Harding | Win * | UD |
49 | Mar 4, 1994 | 38 | Randall Yonker | Win | TKO5 |
48 | Aug 14, 1993 | 37 | Glenn Thomas | Win | PTS |
47 | Mar 25, 1993 | 37 | Ramzi Hassan | Win | UD |
46 | Aug 29, 1992 | 36 | James Toney | Loss * | MD |
45 | May 21, 1992 | 36 | Fermin Chirino | Win | UD |
44 | Dec 13, 1991 | 36 | James Toney | Draw * | SD |
43 | Oct 10, 1991 | 35 | Nicky Walker | Win | RTD5 |
42 | Aug 29, 1991 | 35 | Carlos Cruzat | Win | UD |
41 | Apr 1, 1991 | 35 | Sumbu Kalambay | Win * | SD |
40 | Feb 19, 1991 | 35 | Frank Minton | Win | TKO4 |
39 | Apr 14, 1990 | 34 | Michael Watson | Win * | KO11 |
38 | Feb 3, 1990 | 34 | Steve Collins | Win * | UD |
37 | May 10, 1989 | 33 | Herol Graham | Win * | SD |
36 | Jan 9, 1989 | 33 | Ralph Moncrief | Win | TKO5 |
35 | Dec 22, 1988 | 33 | Randy Smith | Win | UD |
34 | Jun 27, 1988 | 32 | David McCluskey | Win | TKO2 |
33 | Mar 5, 1988 | 32 | Sumbu Kalambay | Loss * | UD |
32 | Jul 18, 1987 | 31 | Donald Curry | Win * | KO5 |
31 | Apr 19, 1987 | 31 | Milton McCrory | Win * | TKO10 |
30 | Mar 21, 1987 | 31 | Leroy Hester | Win | KO1 |
29 | Oct 25, 1986 | 30 | Said Skouma | Win * | TKO9 |
28 | Sep 15, 1986 | 30 | Irving Hines | Win | TKO4 |
27 | Aug 23, 1986 | 30 | Julian Jackson | Win * | TKO2 |
26 | May 2, 1986 | 30 | Jimmy Shavers | Win | TKO6 |
25 | Jul 28, 1985 | 29 | David Braxton | Win * | TKO8 |
24 | Jun 15, 1985 | 29 | Marcos Martinez | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Dec 1, 1984 | 28 | Luigi Minchillo | Win * | TKO13 |
22 | Oct 19, 1984 | 28 | Sean Mannion | Win * | UD |
21 | Mar 10, 1984 | 28 | Hasim Razzaq | Win | KO1 |
20 | Oct 25, 1983 | 27 | Manuel Jiminez | Win | UD |
19 | Aug 31, 1983 | 27 | Jose Vallejo | Win | TKO6 |
18 | Apr 26, 1983 | 27 | Tony Suero | Win | TKO3 |
17 | Nov 13, 1982 | 26 | Ayub Kalule | Win | RTD7 |
16 | Oct 22, 1982 | 26 | Carlos Betancourt | Win | TKO3 |
15 | Jun 11, 1982 | 26 | Kevin Perry | Win | UD |
14 | Apr 30, 1982 | 26 | Reggie Ford | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Mar 26, 1982 | 26 | Gilberto Almonte | Win | KO1 |
12 | Jan 22, 1982 | 26 | Greg Young | Win | TKO5 |
11 | Oct 8, 1981 | 25 | Jimmy Heair | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Sep 8, 1981 | 25 | Ed Harris | Win | KO1 |
9 | Aug 27, 1981 | 25 | Tirso Roque | Win | KO3 |
8 | Jul 19, 1981 | 25 | Bruce Strauss | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Jun 10, 1981 | 25 | Freddie Creech | Win | KO3 |
6 | Apr 30, 1981 | 25 | Charles Smith | Win | KO3 |
5 | Apr 24, 1981 | 25 | Danny Chapman | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Apr 2, 1981 | 25 | Shelby Wilkerson | Win | KO5 |
3 | Mar 19, 1981 | 25 | Ricky Sheppard | Win | KO5 |
2 | Mar 3, 1981 | 25 | Rocky Fabrizio | Win | KO1 |
1 | Jan 14, 1981 | 25 | Rigoberto Lopez | Win | KO4 |
* World-title fight
Mike McCallum (The Bodysnatcher) is a 68-year old retired Jamaican professional boxer. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica on December 7, 1955. He is a former three-weight-class world champion. McCallum was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2003. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1981 to 1997.
McCallum made his professional boxing debut against Rigoberto Lopez at the age of 25 on January 14, 1981, defeating Lopez via 4th round KO. He went on to win 31 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 28 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on October 19, 1984 after 21 professional fights, against Sean Mannion for the super-welterweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Mannion via 15 round unanimous decision to become the super-welterweight champion of the world.
McCallum has won three world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about McCallum's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
McCallum had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against American boxer James Toney on February 22, 1997. McCallum lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 27 years, 2 months, and 3 days since this fight.
McCallum had a total of 17 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and 10 successful title defenses. He won 13 of these fights, lost three, and drew in one.
Mike McCallum fought for world titles in six fights and won three of these fights. In total, he won three belts across three weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 23, 1994 | Jeff Harding | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
May 10, 1989 | Herol Graham | Middleweight | WBA* | SD |
Oct 19, 1984 | Sean Mannion | Super-welterweight | WBA* | UD |
Mike McCallum had 11 world-title defense fights across three weight classes — super-welterweight (x6), middleweight (x3), and light-heavyweight (x2). He won 10 of them and lost only once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 25, 1995 | Carl Jones | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Apr 1, 1991 | Sumbu Kalambay | Middleweight | WBA | SD |
Apr 14, 1990 | Michael Watson | Middleweight | WBA | KO |
Feb 3, 1990 | Steve Collins | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Jul 18, 1987 | Donald Curry | Super-welterweight | WBA | KO |
Apr 19, 1987 | Milton McCrory | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Oct 25, 1986 | Said Skouma | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Aug 23, 1986 | Julian Jackson | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Jul 28, 1985 | David Braxton | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Dec 1, 1984 | Luigi Minchillo | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Mike McCallum lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 16, 1995 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
McCallum fought a total of 55 times during his professional career, which includes 17 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
November 13, 1982: Mike McCallum puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Ayub Kalule via 7th round RTD.
October 19, 1984: McCallum wins his first world title by defeating Sean Mannion via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA super-welterweight world champion.
August 23, 1986: McCallum successfully defends the WBA super-welterweight title against Julian Jackson, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
July 18, 1987: McCallum successfully defends the WBA super-welterweight title against Donald Curry, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
May 10, 1989: McCallum wins the WBA middleweight title from Herol Graham, by beating Graham via 12 round split decision.
February 3, 1990: McCallum successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Steve Collins, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 14, 1990: McCallum successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Michael Watson, winning the fight via 11th round KO.
April 1, 1991: McCallum successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Sumbu Kalambay, winning the fight via 12 round split decision.
McCallum knocked out 36 of his 55 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 65.5%. Of his total 49 wins, 36 of them were via KO (73.5%).
McCallum's first world-title win was the WBA (vacant) belt at super-welterweight. He defeated Sean Mannion via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
McCallum won three world titles at three weight classes.
McCallum had a total of 11 title defense fights. He was successful 10 times and lost one time.