Career Capsule: "The Bodysnatcher" Mike McCallum
Mike McCallum
Date of Birth: December 7, 1956
Hailed from: Kingston, Jamaica
Record: 49-5-1, 36 KO
Lineal Championships
None
Additional Titles
WBA Super Welterweight (1984-88, 6 Defenses)
WBA Middleweight (1989-91, 3 Defenses)
WBC Light Heavyweight (1994-95, 1 Defense)
Record in Title Fights: 13-2-1, 8 KO (14-3-1, 9 KO including interim title fights)
Ranked Opponents (Ring Magazine/Boxing Illustrated/KO/Boxing Digest; Lineal Champions in Bold)*
11/13/1982: RTD7 Ayub Kalule (Ring #6, Cover Date: 12/82; KO #4, CD: 02/83 - 154)
07/28/1985: TKO8 David Braxton (Ring #6, CD: 09/85; KO #5, CD: 11/85 - 154)
08/23/1986: TKO2 Julian Jackson (Ring #6, CD: 10/86; KO #10, CD: 12/86 - 154)
04/19/1987: TKO10 Milton McCrory (Ring #9, CD: 06/87; KO #7, CD: 08/87 - 160; KO #7, CD: 08/87 - 154)
07/18/1987: KO5 Donald Curry (Ring #7, CD: 10/87 - 160; KO #4, CD: 11/87 - 154)
03/05/1988: L12 Sumbu Kalambay (Ring #4, CD: 06/88; KO #7, CD: 06/88 - 160)
05/10/1989: SD12 Herol Graham (Ring #6, CD: 05/89; BI #6, CD: 08/89; KO #6, CD: 08/89 - 160)
02/03/1990: UD12 Steve Collins (Ring #8, CD: 05/90; BI #8, CD: 04/90 - 160)
04/14/1990: KO11 Michael Watson (Ring #6, CD: 07/90; BI #3, CD: 07/90 - 160)
04/01/1991: SD12 Sumbu Kalambay (Ring #3, CD: 07/91; BI #6, CD: 07/91 - 160)
12/13/1991: D12 James Toney (World Middleweight Champion)
08/29/1992: L12 James Toney (World Middleweight Champion)
03/04/1994: TKO5 Randall Yonker (BI #10, CD: 04/94 - 175)
07/23/1994: UD12 Jeff Harding (Ring #6, CD: 11/94; BI #3, CD: 09/94 - 175)
06/16/1995: L12 Fabrice Tiozzo (Ring #6, CD: 10/95; BI #8, CD: 07/95 - 175)
11/22/1996: L12 Roy Jones Jr. (Ring #1, CD: 02/97; BD #1, CD: 01/97 - 168)
02/22/1997: L12 James Toney (Ring #5, CD: 05/97; BD #6, CD: 03/97 - 175)
Unranked Reigning/Former/Future Titlists/Champions Faced
None
Honorarium
Olympic Welterweight - 1976
KO Magazine Best Junior Middleweights of the 1980s #1 - 1989
Boxing Illustrated 1987 Knockout of the Year - 1990
Boxing Illustrated Fight of the Year - 1991 (v. Toney)
Ring Magazine Greatest Jr. Middleweights All-Time #2 - 1994
Ring Magazine Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years #49 - 1996
KO Magazine Best Middleweights of the 1990s #6 - 1999
KO Magazine Best Light Heavyweights of the 1990s #9 - 1999
Ring Magazine 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years #79 - 2002
Ring Magazine 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time #87 - 2003
International Boxing Hall of Fame - 2003
BoxingScene Top 20 Jr. Middleweights of All-Time #3 - 2009
International Boxing Research Organization Greatest Jr. Middleweights of All-Time #2 - 2019
Ring Magazine Top 100 Boxers in the History of the Ring Rankings #93 - 2022
Ring Magazine 100 Greatest Punchers of the Last 100 Years #91 - 2022
*Boxing Illustrated used the Ring Ratings during the early part of the 1980s and ceased publication for a period from 1983-88. Ring Magazine did not publish Jr. Middleweight ratings for a period between 1987-89. In late 1989, KO and Ring Magazine came under the same editorial control.