Mike McCallum
"The Body Snatcher"
Top 100 · #43 · 60.5 points- Born
- 1956
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Career
- 1981–1997
A master body puncher who won titles in three divisions.
Titles & Honours
- Champion in three divisions
Career Timeline
1981–1997- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Rigoberto Lopez · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs David Braxton · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Julian Jackson
W TKO · Convention Center , Miami Beach, Florida , US. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Signature fight
vs Donald Curry
W KO · Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada, US. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs James Toney · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-01-14 | W | Rigoberto Lopez | KO | 4 | Silver Slipper , Paradise, Nevada , US |
| 1981-03-03 | W | Rocky Fabrizio | KO | 1 | Tampa, Florida , US |
| 1981-03-19 | W | Ricky Sheppard | KO | 5 | Curtis Hixon Hall , Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1981-04-02 | W | Shelby Wilkerson | KO | 5 | Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1981-04-24 | W | Danny Chapman | TKO | 4 | Felt Forum , New York City, New York , US |
| 1981-04-30 | W | Charles Smith | KO | 3 | Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1981-06-10 | W | Freddie Creech | KO | 3 | Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1981-07-19 | W | Bruce Strauss | TKO | 3 | Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio , US |
| 1981-08-27 | W | Tirso Roque | KO | 3 | Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1981-09-08 | W | Ed Harris | KO | 1 | Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1981-10-08 | W | Jimmy Heair | TKO | 2 | Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1982-01-22 | W | Greg Young | TKO | 5 | Felt Forum, New York City, New York, US |
| 1982-03-26 | W | Gilberto Almonte | KO | 1 | Hotel, Kingston , Jamaica |
| 1982-04-30 | W | Reggie Ford | TKO | 4 | Felt Forum, New York City, New York, US |
| 1982-06-11 | W | Kevin Perry | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York, US |
| 1982-10-22 | W | Carlos Betancourt | TKO | 3 | Felt Forum, New York City, New York, US |
| 1982-11-13 | W | Ayub Kalule | RTD | 7 | Sands , Atlantic City, New Jersey , US |
| 1983-04-26 | W | Tony Suero | TKO | 3 | Tropicana , Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
| 1983-08-31 | W | Jose Vallejo | TKO | 6 | Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
| 1983-10-25 | W | Manuel Jiminez | UD | 10 | Playboy Hotel and Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
| 1984-03-10 | W | Hasim Razzaq | KO | 1 | Cobo Hall , Detroit, Michigan , US |
| 1984-10-19 | W | Sean Mannion | UD | 15 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 1984-12-01 | W | Luigi Minchillo | TKO | 13 | Palasport di San Siro , Milan , Italy |
| 1985-06-15 | W | Marcos Martinez | TKO | 2 | Riviera , Winchester, Nevada , US |
| 1985-07-28 | W | David Braxton | TKO | 8 | Tamiami Park Auditorium, Miami, Florida , US |
| 1986-05-02 | W | Jimmy Shavers | TKO | 6 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
| 1986-08-23 | W | Julian Jackson | TKO | 2 | Convention Center , Miami Beach, Florida , US |
| 1986-09-15 | W | Irving Hines | TKO | 4 | Paris , France |
| 1986-10-25 | W | Said Skouma | TKO | 9 | Le Zénith , Paris, France |
| 1987-03-21 | W | Leroy Hester | KO | 1 | National Arena , Kingston, Jamaica |
| 1987-04-19 | W | Milton McCrory | TKO | 10 | Pointe Resort, Phoenix, Arizona , US |
| 1987-07-18 | W | Donald Curry | KO | 5 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1988-03-05 | L | Sumbu Kalambay | UD | 12 | Palazzo dello Sport, Pesaro , Italy |
| 1988-06-27 | W | David McCluskey | TKO | 2 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 1988-12-22 | W | Randy Smith | UD | 10 | Vincennes , France |
| 1989-01-09 | W | Ralph Moncrief | TKO | 5 | Nogent-le-Phaye , France |
| 1989-05-10 | W | Herol Graham | SD | 12 | Royal Albert Hall , London , England |
| 1990-02-03 | W | Steve Collins | UD | 12 | Hynes Convention Center , Boston, Massachusetts , US |
| 1990-04-14 | W | Michael Watson | KO | 11 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England |
| 1991-02-19 | W | Frank Minton | TKO | 4 | Kemper Arena , Kansas City, Missouri , US |
| 1991-04-01 | W | Sumbu Kalambay | SD | 12 | Stade Louis II , Fontvieille , Monaco |
| 1991-08-29 | W | Carlos Cruzat | UD | 10 | Eldorado Resort Casino, Reno, Nevada , US |
| 1991-10-10 | W | Nicky Walker | RTD | 5 | Bally's Las Vegas , Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1991-12-13 | D | James Toney | SD | 12 | Convention Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey, US |
| 1992-05-21 | W | Fermin Chirino | UD | 10 | Bally's Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1992-08-29 | L | James Toney | MD | 12 | Convention Center , Reno, Nevada, US |
| 1993-03-25 | W | Ramzi Hassan | UD | 10 | Amiens , France |
| 1993-08-14 | W | Glenn Thomas | PTS | 10 | Labatt's Apollo , London, England |
| 1994-03-04 | W | Randall Yonker | TKO | 5 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1994-07-23 | W | Jeff Harding | UD | 12 | Civic Center , Bismarck, North Dakota , US |
| 1995-02-25 | W | Carl Jones | TKO | 7 | London Arena , London, England |
| 1995-06-16 | L | Fabrice Tiozzo | UD | 12 | Palais des Sports de Gerland , Lyon , France |
| 1996-06-22 | W | Ali Saidi | UD | 10 | Westfalenstadion , Dortmund , Germany |
| 1996-11-22 | L | Roy Jones Jr. | UD | 12 | Ice Palace , Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1997-02-22 | L | James Toney | UD | 12 | Mohegan Sun Arena , Montville, Connecticut , US |
Showing 55 of 55 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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