Does any middleweight pre Robinson beat Mike McCallum?

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  1. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very skilled fighter and very hard to beat.
     
  2. SheenLantern

    SheenLantern Active Member Full Member

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    Are there any pre-Robinson middleweights with substantial amounts of high quality footage?
     
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  3. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Freddie Steele, harry greb, amongst others
     
  4. Indefatigable

    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    Do you want them numerically or alphabetically? Do you have 45 minutes to read all the names?
     
  5. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Only high IQ, technical boxers with speed.
    Examples, Toney and Kalambay.
     
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  6. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Step up - Rocky Graziano No !!
     
  7. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Possibly Tiger Flowers had the style to beat Mccallum . H e was by
    all accounts very fast and skilled, also was a southpaw.
    Lomatta would be tough because of his physicality and non-stop
    motor. He probably out-works Mccallum.
    Same with Walker or Greb.
     
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It's a good and interesting question IMO.
     
  9. Boxing GOAT

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    Some possibilities--LaMotta, Zale, Greb, Langford, Flowers, Ceferino Garcia, Freddie Steele.
     
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  10. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Almost certainly.

    He is only human after all!
     
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  11. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    McCallum was very hard to outwork. Look at Watson, and even far past his prime and best weight he managed to pick off Hardy when he bored in. He had such good stamina and was so smart and economical.
     
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  12. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Eddie McGooty. Styles make fights.

    No one else.
     
  13. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    That might not be such a bad pick.
     
  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I thought about Frank Klaus... but again, styles make fights.
     
  15. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    True, but I don't remember seeing Mccallum fight anyone that would
    crowd him the way those fighters would. Would Mccallum have the room
    to operate he's accustomed too ? Plus the pace. McCallum was an
    excellent fighter no doubt. But those were so hard ,hard men.
    And the fact of Lomatta giving Ray Robinson pure hell . I wouldn't
    bet the farm on McCalllum beating those men.
     
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