The great Mike McCallum!

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McCallum-Jackson was awesome.

[donnydarkoIRL]

What about Joe Galzaghe v Mike McCallum, prime for prime?

That'd be Light Mid vs. Super Middle wouldn't it?

P4P?

In that case McCallum.

He had big power and skills.

Not really sure when Joe's prime was?

[rjj tszyu]

If you could somehow make a boxing league and have Benn, Eubank, Watson, Collins, Calzaghe and McCallum in their primes against each other at a fair catch weight I think that Mike would be the only one to beat every other fighter. I think one of the others at least would beat Calzaghe in their primes, probably Collins and Eubank and maybe even Watson too although I do think he'd easily beat Benn but McCallum would beat all 5 of the others IMO.

[donnydarkoIRL]

If you could somehow make a boxing league and have Benn, Eubank, Watson, Collins, Calzaghe and McCallum in their primes against each other at a fair catch weight I think that Mike would be the only one to beat every other fighter. I think one of the others at least would beat Calzaghe in their primes, probably Collins and Eubank and maybe even Watson too although I do think he'd easily beat Benn but McCallum would beat all 5 of the others IMO.

I think you're right.

McCallum destroyed Jackson who hit harder than Nigel although perhaps wasn't intense.
Collins wasn't a very good fighter, decent at best.
Eubank was tricky, but Mike had a great fast jab.
Watson....well you know.

Calzaghe.....there are question marks.
Pound for pound I think Mike betters him, but with Joe being bigger.........

[rjj tszyu]

If you could somehow make a boxing league and have Benn, Eubank, Watson, Collins, Calzaghe and McCallum in their primes against each other at a fair catch weight I think that Mike would be the only one to beat every other fighter. I think one of the others at least would beat Calzaghe in their primes, probably Collins and Eubank and maybe even Watson too although I do think he'd easily beat Benn but McCallum would beat all 5 of the others IMO.

I think you're right.

McCallum destroyed Jackson who hit harder than Nigel although perhaps wasn't intense.
Collins wasn't a very good fighter, decent at best.
Eubank was tricky, but Mike had a great fast jab.
Watson....well you know.

Calzaghe.....there are question marks.
Pound for pound I think Mike betters him, but with Joe being bigger.........

True but I think Mike added weight better than Calzaghe did in his last fight. He still gave a decent account of himself against 2 great fighters in RJJ and Toney at LHW as an old man!

[donnydarkoIRL]

If you could somehow make a boxing league and have Benn, Eubank, Watson, Collins, Calzaghe and McCallum in their primes against each other at a fair catch weight I think that Mike would be the only one to beat every other fighter. I think one of the others at least would beat Calzaghe in their primes, probably Collins and Eubank and maybe even Watson too although I do think he'd easily beat Benn but McCallum would beat all 5 of the others IMO.

I think you're right.

McCallum destroyed Jackson who hit harder than Nigel although perhaps wasn't intense.
Collins wasn't a very good fighter, decent at best.
Eubank was tricky, but Mike had a great fast jab.
Watson....well you know.

Calzaghe.....there are question marks.
Pound for pound I think Mike betters him, but with Joe being bigger.........

True but I think Mike added weight better than Calzaghe did in his last fight. He still gave a decent account of himself against 2 great fighters in RJJ and Toney at LHW as an old man!

That is true, but he was a shadow of himself.

Mike at Light Middle, what a force!

[rjj tszyu]

I think you're right.

McCallum destroyed Jackson who hit harder than Nigel although perhaps wasn't intense.
Collins wasn't a very good fighter, decent at best.
Eubank was tricky, but Mike had a great fast jab.
Watson....well you know.

Calzaghe.....there are question marks.
Pound for pound I think Mike betters him, but with Joe being bigger.........

True but I think Mike added weight better than Calzaghe did in his last fight. He still gave a decent account of himself against 2 great fighters in RJJ and Toney at LHW as an old man!

That is true, but he was a shadow of himself.

Mike at Light Middle, what a force!

Oh without doubt! Kind of reminds me of Winky Wright. Not stylewise but story wise, it took Winky a long time and a lot of countries to get the recognition he deserved and also the fights he deserved. That is actually a fight I'd like to see also Winky v McCallum prime v prime. A defensive master in Winky against a super skilled punishing body puncher like McCallum!