Mike McCallum vs Tery Norris

i don't think it was granite simply because he was stopped at least 3 times as an amateur (with the headgear , etc).
after his 3rd fight with toney , and within it , you could see , hear (from the commentators) and understand , that neither man wanted to seriously harm the other , to say the least. you could see the great respect toney had for him. mccallum's chin improved somewhat from his amateur days , but since i think he didn't take HGH and steroids no reason for it to improve isgnificantly.
i assume his defense did improve significantly , along some dirty tactics : low blows , holding . not dirty compared to hopkins' , i admit , but still , not clean and classic boxing by the book.

 

McCallum for me. Two of the decisions very greatest and able, but in this particular match u i pick Mike.

 

i picked mike as well but i think norris has much more chance in this fight than he is given credit for and would give a good account of himself. someone stated this could go the way of curry-mccallum and for the first half i can see that happening.

norris held the advantages in movement, punch variety, hand speed and fluidity

power is equal

mccallum held the advantage in chin, technique, and obviously body punching

both were hittable at the elite level

I personally see mccallum wearing him down but it's entirely possible that norris remains at distance and uses him speed, of hand and foot, to potshot, jab, move, flurry and sneak his way to a dull decision win.

If he can maintain the discipline that Curry couldn't, and NOT admire his work, I see this as a distinct possibility. McCallum was outboxed, even at his best, and Norris is probably the most talented 154 pounder ever, barring only hearns himself.

 

McCallum has a great record, but styles make fights. Norris proved he can box and move for 12 rounds. He also has very good speed and power. It would get tough in the later rounds as the body punching from Mike would take it's toll, but it's Norris by decision, perhaps 8-4, for me. Despite the plaudits Mike gets on this forum, the man could be outboxed.

 

McCallum slows Norris down with body shots, and stops him in late rounds.

 

David Tua was felled by a single blow as an amateur.

Riddick Bowe was seriously hurt in the amateurs.

Larry Holmes was stopped in the amateurs several times.

OWNED:deal

 

It would really depend on Norris.If he fights smart and uses his skills he beats Mccallum.But if he gets drawn to the inside Mccallum hammers him.
Norris has the skills to beat Mccallum but not the mental make-up I think to carry it out.And Norris was a much harder puncher punch for punch then Mccallum was.

 

McCallum by KO.

 

Haha, class avatar, you make that yourslef?

 

:good

 

norris also proved he can box and get stopped.

 

about tua - the HGH and steroids combination did their thing greatly on him. that single blow was rarely well placed by a 6'5" man (in reality) who was much more experienced.
Bowe never checked his chin against another elite heavy except holyfield in the pros. if he had it checked - he could really get stopped himslef against the likes of mccall or even bruno.
holmes' only good opurtunities to get stopped as a pro were against shavers whom many others succeeded to stop or at least go the distance (in some way) against him and against mccall who was sometimes good and sometimes not.

 

Against Jackson, yep sure, but no disgrace there. Mac doesn't have Jackson's power. If he did, I'd be picking him to win.

 

McCallum is in a different league to Norris. Norris would probably take a 6 rounder but in a title fight McCallum would chop him down.