McCallum's best perfomance?

yes i would go for his victory over Jackson

 

Watson, because Watson was a solid technician and McCallum takes him apart bit by bit

 

Voted Curry.

 

Agreed.

At the very least, it was his most complete performance I'd say.

Out of the others listed, Jackson is a close second IMO.

 

Agreed.

And the Kalambay rematch was still close enough to go the other way, despite it being an obvious improvement on their first fight.

 

I thought in round 4 and 5 the general pace of the bout was moving toward McCallum anyway who i think is pretty damned good in the later rounds. The eye closing, the stupid lapses in judgement keeping hands very low, not guarding the chin and moving back.. I'd like to think McCallum forced it a bit.

 

I also enjoyed SRL calling him mccullims during the whole fight

 

I say Curry, it was the best guy he ever beat that is for sure. I didn't expect it. I was watching the fight and all of a sudden Curry is down. Happened that quickly.

 

I don't think Ray did it because he didn't know how to say his name. It was some sort of thing about Ray's Maryland accent and Mike's last name. That knockout of Curry hurt Mike's career as much as helped him in some ways since the knockout was so unpredictable. Who was going to fight Mike not knowing what to expect in the fight or where that punch came from. Sometimes a great performance scares guys away. Kalambay took the chance, he had nothing to lose.

 

Too many for different reasons to just pick 1

 

Curry was the eyeopener. We all knew Mike was a good fighter and solid and strong, but the Curry win showed he knew how to exploit a weakness, and Curry/McCallum was on HBO which showcased him well, although the McCrory fight months before was on ABC with Wallau. 1987 was a good year for Mike. Had he beaten Kalambay in 1988 it would have kept the momentum going. That Kalambay fight stopped the momentum from the Curry fight, which was too bad. I think that was significant, not as much for the loss since all fighters lose, but momentum.