Mccallum on the legends hagler hearns leonard duran all ducked me

[therealpugilist]

One of my favorite....anyways, as I am a bit bias on this one, because I am Jamaican. That Curry fight was something, and it brings back a lot of memory. Watching this fight in Jamaica with one TV set on block, the yard, living room, I mean the entire community was probably watching that fight on a 19 inch black and white television set.

My dad still thinks Mike beats them all prime for prime, and thinks he was blackballed because he refused to sign with any of the prominent promoter in King and Arum.

Exactly how I felt as a kid...and today

[Travdog]

Anyone saying that McCallum was not a viable opponent for this four is just boxrecing it. The bodysnatching was well respected and should have been given a shot. He should have been in that round robin but he was not.

[therealpugilist]

Wouldn't expect so a good topic to be ignored

I guess because it kills the theory that the past greats fought everyone and didn't duck anybody

[therealpugilist]

No its not , McCallum was a very dangerous guy that was kept in the background because he was not easy sell marketing , huge huge risk little reward , and its true he used to whip Hearns in sparing .

What really goes on in this sport and what is hyped out to the pubic are 2 different things .

Seems to me you actually followed boxing then...here is a treat for the McCallum fans
Mike McCallum Part 1: http://********/TZQCoS4FSfk

[Dr Rumack]

Didn't Steward more or less have the Duran fight on the agenda before they split? Don't know how true it is but I remember an interview where Steward was making that claim.

Great breakdown of his performance against Watson here for those that are interested

[New England]

not sure if anybody posted this yet. manny steward evidenly had some gems in his collection. not sure if this is from that collection.


many of today's fighters don't get snap on their punches like that in their pro fights. these are two all time fighters.

[therealpugilist]

Didn't Steward more or less have the Duran fight on the agenda before they split? Don't know how true it is but I remember an interview where Steward was making that claim.

Great breakdown of his performance against Watson here for those that are interested

Thanks great video

[Ham Porter]

Depends on how you define "ducking".

But none of the fab 4 were all too keen on facing him...or Julian Jackson, Sambu Kalambay & Michael Nunn for that matter...all would've made much better & viable opponents than alot of the stiffs that the fab 4 were facing during the mid-to-late 80's.

Nunn was legitimately avoided by Leonard and Hearns. Tommy turned down either $1.5 million or $2 million (depending on who's story you believe) to fight Nunn.

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-26/sports/sp-30568_1_thomas-hearns

Nunn would have handled the pair of them at that point.

[therealpugilist]

Great article

[GoldenGloveLove]

He's got some bitterness but after I saw him and Hearns's sparring footage I really wish I could've seen them fight. That would've been a dream match for technical boxing.