Mike McCallum vs Tery Norris

McCallum would stop Terrible Terry Norris a class act as well.

 

not just jackson.

 

Terry Norris gets Knocked the **** out before round 6.

 

True, in his peak years, KO'd by Brown, but he put it right in the rematch with the type of skills and power that would help him get by McCallum.

 

I like Terry.

The reason? Too much speed!

And besides, Mike doesnt have the power to take him out.

I see the two dueling with jabs but Terry's speed would come to the forefront after a few rounds and would turn into another Kalambay-McCallum with Terry gaining a points win in an upset. Mike isn't nearly as sharp or dangerous as Norris.

Mike could probably close the show on someone like Leonard and take him out (ala Don Curry) but the Norris of the Leonard fight would have beaten anyone at this weight class in history with the exception of Julian Jackson.

Terry scores flash knockdowns in rounds 3, 7, 9 with his lighning left to keep Mike honest. By rounds 10, 11 you'll see Terry working Mike over with body shots and physically draining him and by round 12, Mike is holding on but manages to hear the final bell.

 

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mike's power wasn't as eye popping as hearns or jackson's was and he wasn't a one shot destroyer BUT the left hook to the body was a demon and don't forget what happened to curry when he brought it upstairs: still one of my favourite ko's. it's not does he have the power, it's can he use it and land it frequently enough to get the ko. for me it's 50/50

 

I seen him at the garden myself Robbi. He pasted the defensless guy over and under for 15 and nothing happened.

people dont believe me but Terry will breeze past this guy. He'll put him on his ass. He'll give him two black eyes. he'll leave him gasping for air at the bell. Mike's a good technical fighter but a little too mechanical for a speedster's speedster like Terry.

 

McCallum surely had a tested chin. He was never close to being stopped and he fought some good punchers. Amateur fights mean very little.

As Pat Putnam wrote after the first Toney fight:

"Fortunately for McCallum, he has one of the five great chins in the world; the other four are on Mount Rushmore."

 

mccallum was solid, he also had some pretty decent defensive moves. the toney and jones fights convinced me: he was taking real solid shots well after his prime and still standing. the curry fight was the first one where i just went "wow!", then i saw the jackson fight and he took ****ing BOMBS in that first round. I'm amazed he made it out, let alone barely blinked

 

Norris had the ability to be the best 154er of all time. His only problem is that he could be too undisciplined. He's had quite a few dq losses, and he could be coaxed into dogfights that he shouldn't be in. Because of this, I think McCallum would stop him late.

 

Norris was'nt undisciplined in my opinion he just liked to fight straight up without all that feeling out process that fighters of his caliber are known for.

As far as the DQ losses, Luis Santana faked being hurt in both the DQ fights. In the first fight Norris lightly punched him in the back of the head and like the coward he was Santana faked being layed out because he knew he could'nt beat Norris any other way. In the second fight Norris punched after the bell and again he made the same act of it as he did in the first fight, I wish those fight were counted as no contests because Terry does'nt deserve to have those as "losses" on his record.

 

I've seen most of Terry's fights and the Santana fights pissed me off because of the disgusting way they ended. I think Don King had something to do with these fights. Terry was undisciplined. He could have easily beaten Julian Jackson and Simon Brown if he had fought smarter. He turned the Curry fight into a brawl,too. After the Leonard fight, He tried to knock everybody out, and that hurt him because he tooks too many risks, and rushed himself too much. That's why he was dq'd twice in the Santana fights and ktfo'd by Brown. He was still one of my favorite fighters, though.

 

What bombs ? he clinched .

 

First round, left hook, wobbles Mike. Comes back, stops Jackson.