Mike McCallum - Carlos Monzon.?

McCallum, more skilled, better defense, equal jab, more varied arsenal and better body attack. Better workrate too

 

Monzon UD.

 

Monzon would grind McCallum up and stop him late.

 

Monzon wide UD. He's better, and would control the distance with his superior jab and make sure that McCallum can't work at his preferred distance.

It'd probably be really ****ing boring.

 

McCallum was older at MW. His talent was insane but it's Monzon's natural weight class.

 

This. Beyond unwatchable.

 

The thing with Monzon is that he never looked impressive on film to me. Mc Callum looks like the more skilled fighter om film. That being said, I am going with Monzon by close points win because he must have been efficient in his own ways.Not with a lot of confiidence though.

 

Mike would be competitive through 8, but rounds 9-15 Monzon really takes over and separates himself.

 

Monzon was more impressive in the first Griffith fight than any McCallum performance.

 

Monzon fought in same day weigh ins, he was coming in the same weight and McCallum would’ve been coming in the ring at at least 170lbs because he fought in before day weigh ins on top of that, the gap in skilled vast, Monzon is a basic fighter who relied on his physical advantages and relied on fighters fighting his slow paced fight at range and controlling the fight and McCallum wouldn’t allow that l, he would figure him out early and outbox him, he is way more versatile

 

I mean on film, he does not impress me that much. His punches seem to be slow/ predictable and he pulls straight back from punches.He is a master of ring general ship, distance and the jab. But overall Mike is the more versatile and skilled fighter overall in my opinion.This does not mean he would win head to head though, With Monzon, there must be more to it, I might be missing something,

 

I think this is a close contest for a good while. McCallum's movement and how he blends this with his offensive is not an easy thing to deal with; enough for Monzon to make a cautious start. Perhaps a tentative chess match type of affair, during the first half, unraveling a bit during the second.

Monzon being a 15-round campaigner, however, will not miss an opportunity to slow McCallum down. I think Monzon's strength would tell at close quarters and those straight right hands on McCallum would accumulate wear and tear, at range. He'll be backing McCallum up by round 8 and landing with more regularity down the home straight.

McCallum survives the distance, but this is mere consolation.

Comfortable decision win for Monzon.

 

Well to be fair, McCallum also fought a good deal of 15 round fights. So Monzon isn't the only 15 round fighter here.

Monzon definitely had better stamina than McCallum though.

I think the fact that McCallum didn't have all time great stamina would hurt him against a Monzon, Hagler, or Hopkins - three guys who did have all time great stamina.

 

Agreed, on all fronts. It's kind of what I meant by Monzon being a "15-round campaigner", in that his conditioning and approach tended to be geared towards a distance strategy. He would show a still calm no matter the opponent, eventually catching up with them in most cases. Although, he went the full 15, five times.

McCallum went 15 on only one occasion, as far as I can recall (Mannion), relying on his ability to get the job done inside the distance, which he was more than apt to do with his sharp offensive skills and power at 154. To the best of my knowledge, he never competed in a 15-round contest at 160 (?)

To be fair to McCallum, however, he did maintain his composure, in his distance battle with Mannion. But, as you suggest, Monzon's engine was superior.