Opinions on Mike McCallum?

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Hall of Famer who is/was the best fighter to ever come out of Jamaica, a country that has produced a disproportionate number of great fighters. Knew his way around the ring and could work the body to break down his opponents. Very difficult to manage as he was his own man, but who can argue with his success.

Ted can't help it but ask who do you see following Mike at the #2 position of Jamaican fighters?

I see it this way:
Mike McCallum
O'Neil Bell
Simon Brown
Glen Johnson
Otis Grant

Richard "Shrimpy" Clarke

Trevor Berbick

Glenn Johnson

Simon Brown

Lloyd Honeyghan


A series of five monster upsets all by tough Jamaican fighters astounded me. Trevor Berbick’s 1980 ambush KO of Big John Tate in Montreal set the stage for four more shockers. The Welterweight champion Lloyd Honeyghan nicknamed "Ragamuffin" due to his Jamaican roots defeated heavily favored Donald Curry in 1986. In an equally stunning upset, welterweight Kirkland Laing, 43-12-1, beat Roberto Duran in 1982. Then Michael Bentt knocked out heavily favored Tommy Morrison in 1993 in an incredible first round upset. Morrison’s camp had done a terrible job of researching Bentt’s amateur record. Finally, who could forget the great Simon "Mantequilla" Brown, WBC and IBF Welterweight title holder, who KO’d Terry Norris in 1993 for the WBC Light Middleweight Title in Ring Magazine's "Upset of the Year?" All were by Jamaican fighters.