How good was Mike McCallum?

[Bobthepen]

A beast of a fighter. Never really got his dues because he missed out on the fab four. He'd have beaten Hearns and Duran for me, and Hagler could have been fight of the decade.

[roberto duran legend]

Well Its all about primes, and weight divisions really,I loved watching McCallum
but he wouldnt beat Hagler, or a lightweight Duran you cheeky bugger

[ICB]

I heard McCallum used to be able to counter Hearns's jab in sparring with those famous body shots, he also beat a poor man's Hearns in Milton McCrory. I think he'd be too tough for Hearns in the end, i also think he'd beat Duran who was too up and down above Lightweight.

Hagler/McCallum would be a close one too hard for me to call, i think Leonard would beat McCallum though. And my reason's are because a prime McCallum lost handily to Sumbu Kalmabay who used movement and a good jab to beat him, i think Leonard has similar qualties and does those things a bit better than Kalambay.

[donnydarkoIRL]

He was old by the time he was fighting light heavy - light middle and middle weight was his prime.

Very, I think the additional body mass was an effect of age as opposed to physical development.
You know I think you're point has a lot of validity. I think anything over 160lbs and MccCallum wasn't himself. That may sound like a cop out for a fighter I am admittedly very fond of, but I actually believe it too

[roberto duran legend]

I heard McCallum used to be able to counter Hearns's jab in sparring with those famous body shots, he also beat a poor man's Hearns in Milton McCrory. I think he'd be too tough for Hearns in the end, i also think he'd beat Duran who was too up and down above Lightweight.

Hagler/McCallum would be a close one too hard for me to call, i think Leonard would beat McCallum though. And my reason's are because a prime McCallum lost handily to Sumbu Kalmabay who used movement and a good jab to beat him, i think Leonard has similar qualties and does those things a bit better than Kalambay.

Leonard done things a bit better than Kalambay, are you fucking serious

[ICB]

I heard McCallum used to be able to counter Hearns's jab in sparring with those famous body shots, he also beat a poor man's Hearns in Milton McCrory. I think he'd be too tough for Hearns in the end, i also think he'd beat Duran who was too up and down above Lightweight.

Hagler/McCallum would be a close one too hard for me to call, i think Leonard would beat McCallum though. And my reason's are because a prime McCallum lost handily to Sumbu Kalmabay who used movement and a good jab to beat him, i think Leonard has similar qualties and does those things a bit better than Kalambay.

Leonard done things a bit better than Kalambay, are you fucking serious

Why wouldn't i be serious ?

[Master]

I heard McCallum used to be able to counter Hearns's jab in sparring with those famous body shots, he also beat a poor man's Hearns in Milton McCrory. I think he'd be too tough for Hearns in the end, i also think he'd beat Duran who was too up and down above Lightweight.

Hagler/McCallum would be a close one too hard for me to call, i think Leonard would beat McCallum though. And my reason's are because a prime McCallum lost handily to Sumbu Kalmabay who used movement and a good jab to beat him, i think Leonard has similar qualties and does those things a bit better than Kalambay.

Leonard done things a bit better than Kalambay, are you fucking serious

Why wouldn't i be serious ?

Leonard was not that great at middleweight, no way would he have lived with decent middleweights at the time, Hagler screwed his fight up with Leonard. There was a reason Leonard never fought Nunn and the others at the time, because they would have beaten him.

[johnsebastianmiran]

How good was Mike? Roy Jones upped his percentage of body punches after they met and said he knew why then why he was called,"The body snatcher!"

[Master]

Well Its all about primes, and weight divisions really,I loved watching McCallum
but he wouldnt beat Hagler, or a lightweight Duran you cheeky bugger

Mike would beat Duran at light middle and middleweight.
I think he would have beaten Leonard at middlewight too.