Mike McCallum vs Julian Jackson

It's a good companion fight to Hagler Hearns.

 

Jackson was leery of McCallum's skills back then, so that is why he came out firing away. J.J. wanted to see if he could ice McCallum early, because, if he failed to do so, Jackson knew he'd be in trouble with McCallum once he got warmed up and in a groove...

Jules Jackson had big power and heart, but poor defense and a weak chin... Plus his skills were average... Jackson was special at 154, but normal at 160...

I'm not so sure Jackson should get into the IBHOF. Why? Because he spent too much time fighting title fights on big fight undercards against 'Johnny Payday' and never really captured the spotlight in the press or the sports section of the local paper...

Jackson's true big win was his '89 KO over Terry Norris when Norris was still green...

The pair of KO losses to G-Man really hinder Jackson's legacy...

MR.BILL

 

I thought this was stopped a bit early, to be honest. Still, McCallum showed his all-round ability here - great chin, very good defense, good countering, and relentless accurate offense when he had his opponent hurt.

The Bodysnatcher was a bit like Hagler in that he had no real weak points, he was a very well-rounded fighter.

 

It usually took McCallum a long time to get guys out of there because he'd soften them up for awhile to the body and then close the show. Jackson is a guy that is much much better at dishing out than absorbing and does not absorb punishment well and that's why he only lasted 2 rounds against McCallum.

 

Yep, a quality shootout, Jacksons such a hard hitter he even gets 'The Body Snatcher's attention. brutal stoppage, maybe slightly early, but knowing what we know of Jackson I think its likely carrying would of only prolonged his beating and led to a genuine stoppage.

McCallum is, IMO, probably the best H2H 154lb fighter. I even think he beats Hearns at the weight.

 

Another thing; that is a much better quality video than any of I've seen before of that fight, so thanks for sharing :good

 

Not many fighters have the composure to slip punches and counter with jabs and bodyshots. McCallum is so clinical, throwing what he know will land. Jackson comes out with bombs but after a round of missing and being punished to the body he's clearly put in his place. A premature stoppage for sure though, still who wants to be a ref?

When asked on his strengths he said he was smarter than his opponents and hes smarter than the fab 5 too for my money, I could see him beating the lot of them

 

McCallums ablility to slip and counter in the pocket was top-notch IMO. He shows it well here, wouldn't want to be anywhere near Jackson at that point either

I can't really think of anyone who I'd pick to stop McCallum right up to about 12 stone.

 

Mike McCallum is not an early ko kind of guy. Never was. If somebody goes out early against him, you have to take a hard look at the other guy's ability to absorb.

It was a fairly big fight at the time it happened but just not with 2 of the biggest names in the division at the time. Me, I did not like the Jackson chances in the fight at all but figured he'd make it to the late rounds at least. But Mike was going to take him out to the deep waters and drown him. The only thing that happened was Jackson drowned earlier than that. But he wasn't facing In Chul Baek either.

 

What else was Jackson going to do, jab and dance? Julian is in a lot of trouble if he's the guy backing up in there. If he's the guy getting backed up by McCallum, he is not going to absorb much for very long before getting out of there. And that's just what happened. He was just facing a much much better grade of fighter than the stiffs he had been matched up with. MCCallum did not have a those koby results by his name the way so many Jackson opponents did.

 

Yeah, this is the only time I've seen McCallum hurt in his prime.

 

Mike is one of the best all-round technicians I've ever watched. Just pure old school mastery of boxing technique. He sort of reminds of a smaller Jersey Joe Walcott with slightly better hand positioning and punching form, albeit without Walcott's magisterial footwork.
This ranks as a massive win for him, as much for in the way he achieved it (by swallowing Julian's bingo punch first) as for the end result.

Thanks for the somewhat more crystalline footage TheGreatA.