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Mike McCallum

78″ reach · +9.87% reach advantage · 99th percentile

Boxing record

49–5–1

Mike McCallum has a reach of 78″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of +9.87%, exceptional for cruiserweight boxing and the 99th percentile of the 80 compared here.

19801990UNFILEDwin v Jimmy Heair, 1981, kowin v Ed Harris, 1981, kowin v Tirso Roque, 1981, kowin v Bruce Strauss, 1981, kowin v Freddie Creech, 1981, kowin v Charles Smith, 1981, kowin v Danny Chapman, 1981win v Shelby Wilkerson, 1981, kowin v Ricky Sheppard, 1981, kowin v Rocky Fabrizio, 1981, kowin v Rigoberto Lopez, 1981win v Ayub Kalule, 1982win v Carlos Betancourt, 1982, kowin v Kevin Perry, 1982win v Reggie Ford, 1982, kowin v Gilberto Almonte, 1982, kowin v Greg Young, 1982, kowin v Manuel Jiminez, 1983, decisionwin v Jose Vallejo, 1983, kowin v Tony Suero, 1983, kowin v Luigi Minchillo, 1984, kowin v Sean Mannion, 1984, decisionwin v Hasim Razzaq, 1984, kowin v David Braxton, 1985, kowin v Marcos Martinez, 1985, kowin v Said Skouma, 1986, kowin v Irving Hines, 1986, kowin v Julian Jackson, 1986, kowin v Jimmy Shavers, 1986, kowin v Donald Curry, 1987, kowin v Milton McCrory, 1987, kowin v Leroy Hester, 1987, kowin v Randy Smith, 1988, decisionwin v David McCluskey, 1988, koloss v Sumbu Kalambay, 1988, decisionwin v Herol Graham, 1989win v Ralph Moncrief, 1989, kowin v Michael Watson, 1990, kowin v Steve Collins, 1990, decisiondraw v James Toney, 1991, drawwin v Nicky Walker, 1991, kowin v Carlos Cruzat, 1991, decisionwin v Sumbu Kalambay, 1991, decisionwin v Frank Minton, 1991, koloss v James Toney, 1992win v Fermin Chirino, 1992, decisionwin v Glenn Thomas, 1993win v Ramzi Hassan, 1993, decisionwin v Jeff Harding, 1994, decisionwin v Randall Yonker, 1994, koloss v Fabrice Tiozzo, 1995, decisionwin v Carl Jones, 1995, koloss v Roy Jones Jr., 1996, decisionwin v Ali Saidi, 1996, decisionloss v James Toney, 1997, decisionwin v David Braxton, no date on recordresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1981–1997 · 2 UNDATED

SOURCE·Mike McCallum — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-07. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 80 cruiserweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1997 L James Toney Decision12
1996 L Roy Jones Jr. Decision12
1996 W Ali Saidi Decision10
1995 L Fabrice Tiozzo Decision12
1995 W Carl Jones KO/TKO7
1994 W Jeff Harding Decision12
1994 W Randall Yonker KO/TKO5
1993 W Glenn Thomas —10
1993 W Ramzi Hassan Decision10
1992 L James Toney —12
1992 W Fermin Chirino Decision10
1991 D James Toney Draw12
1991 W Nicky Walker KO/TKO5
1991 W Carlos Cruzat Decision10
1991 W Sumbu Kalambay Decision12
1991 W Frank Minton KO/TKO4
1990 W Michael Watson KO/TKO11
1990 W Steve Collins Decision12
1989 W Herol Graham —12
1989 W Ralph Moncrief KO/TKO5
1988 W Randy Smith Decision10
1988 W David McCluskey KO/TKO2
1988 L Sumbu Kalambay Decision12
1987 W Donald Curry KO/TKO5
1987 W Milton McCrory KO/TKO10
1987 W Leroy Hester KO/TKO1
1986 W Said Skouma KO/TKO9
1986 W Irving Hines KO/TKO4
1986 W Julian Jackson KO/TKO2
1986 W Jimmy Shavers KO/TKO6
1985 W David Braxton KO/TKO8
1985 W Marcos Martinez KO/TKO2
1984 W Luigi Minchillo KO/TKO13
1984 W Sean Mannion Decision15
1984 W Hasim Razzaq KO/TKO1
1983 W Manuel Jiminez Decision10
1983 W Jose Vallejo KO/TKO6
1983 W Tony Suero KO/TKO3
1982 W Ayub Kalule —7
1982 W Carlos Betancourt KO/TKO3
1982 W Kevin Perry —10
1982 W Reggie Ford KO/TKO4
1982 W Gilberto Almonte KO/TKO1
1982 W Greg Young KO/TKO5
1981 W Jimmy Heair KO/TKO2
1981 W Ed Harris KO/TKO1
1981 W Tirso Roque KO/TKO3
1981 W Bruce Strauss KO/TKO3
1981 W Freddie Creech KO/TKO3
1981 W Charles Smith KO/TKO3
1981 W Danny Chapman —4
1981 W Shelby Wilkerson KO/TKO5
1981 W Ricky Sheppard KO/TKO5
1981 W Rocky Fabrizio KO/TKO1
1981 W Rigoberto Lopez —4
undated W David Braxton KO/TKO8
undated ? Opponent ——

16 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Mike McCallum — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+9.87%

78″ reach on a 71″ frame

Compared against 80 cruiserweight boxing fighters. Median 2.74%.

-3.3%cruiserweight boxing reach advantage9.6%
Measurements
Reach78″ (198.1 cm)81st pct
Height71″ (180.3 cm)16th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionCruiserweight Boxing
competed at 4: light middleweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1980s — 37 of 55 dated bouts
CountryJamaica

Record

Boxing record

49–5

55 bouts on record

Finish rate

73%

of wins ended inside the distance — cruiserweight boxing median 67%, 61st percentile

By knockout: 36 (73%)By decision: 13 (27%)
  • By knockout 73%
  • By decision 27%

The career, bout by bout

57 recorded bouts from 1981 to 1997. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1990 win vs Jimmy Heair (1981)win vs Ed Harris (1981)win vs Tirso Roque (1981)win vs Bruce Strauss (1981)win vs Freddie Creech (1981)win vs Charles Smith (1981)win vs Danny Chapman (1981)win vs Shelby Wilkerson (1981)win vs Ricky Sheppard (1981)win vs Rocky Fabrizio (1981)win vs Rigoberto Lopez (1981)win vs Ayub Kalule (1982)win vs Carlos Betancourt (1982)win vs Kevin Perry (1982)win vs Reggie Ford (1982)win vs Gilberto Almonte (1982)win vs Greg Young (1982)win vs Manuel Jiminez (1983)win vs Jose Vallejo (1983)win vs Tony Suero (1983)win vs Luigi Minchillo (1984)win vs Sean Mannion (1984)win vs Hasim Razzaq (1984)win vs David Braxton (1985)win vs Marcos Martinez (1985)win vs Said Skouma (1986)win vs Irving Hines (1986)win vs Julian Jackson (1986)win vs Jimmy Shavers (1986)win vs Donald Curry (1987)win vs Milton McCrory (1987)win vs Leroy Hester (1987)win vs Randy Smith (1988)win vs David McCluskey (1988)loss vs Sumbu Kalambay (1988)win vs Herol Graham (1989)win vs Ralph Moncrief (1989)win vs Michael Watson (1990)win vs Steve Collins (1990)draw vs James Toney (1991)win vs Nicky Walker (1991)win vs Carlos Cruzat (1991)win vs Sumbu Kalambay (1991)win vs Frank Minton (1991)loss vs James Toney (1992)win vs Fermin Chirino (1992)win vs Glenn Thomas (1993)win vs Ramzi Hassan (1993)win vs Jeff Harding (1994)win vs Randall Yonker (1994)loss vs Fabrice Tiozzo (1995)win vs Carl Jones (1995)loss vs Roy Jones Jr. (1996)win vs Ali Saidi (1996)loss vs James Toney (1997)
winlossdraw / NC1981–1997

Career span

17y

1981–1997

Longest unbeaten run

34

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1981

11 bouts

Recorded bouts

57

55 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Mike McCallum's record?
49–5–1 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 57 bouts individually.
How many of Mike McCallum's bouts have no date?
2 of 57. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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