Mike McCallum trained at the Kronk gym so must have sparred with Hearns. He left them as he wanted to face Duran and Manny got the fight for Tommy instead. Hagler would not face him so after beating everyone at light middle he picked up the world title at middleweight.

McCallum beat Michael Watson and Herol Graham the best UK middleweights at the time.

Eubanks would not go near him because he would not have survived the body shots. Nigel Benn would have give it a go, but as the body snatcher destroyed Julian Jackson he would have taken out the dark destroyer.

The jab, ring IQ and body shots were weapons that made Mike McCallum one of the greats. He even won a world title at light heavyweight when he was very old.