Kalambay already had a win over Herol prior to this proposed match up .Sumbu was stripped of the WBA belt for failing to rematch Graham .So instead of meeting McCallum Bomber has a shot at the belt against his nemesis .Who wins in 89 ?
Kalambay W UD 12 Graham. I wonder why Kalambay didn't want to defend against Graham. I guess he wanted to fight Nunn in a unification match and, it its infinite wisdom, the WBA stripped him. This scenario happened many times among all the major governing bodies throughout the '80s. That's why there were so few unified divisions. Anyway, it's classic WBA shenanigans.
I remember it being just that very way .It looked as if the belts could be unified again but then the WBA did that ,as usual in boxing going pear shaped. Graham gave McCallum a decent fight and I believe a split decision loss. Against kalambay in a rematch he may have turned the tables and get a close win .Of course when they did meet again a few years later kalambay once again beat Bomber. Maybe he always had Herols number.
