On August 23, 1986, the 30-year-old WBA super-welterweight world champion, Mike McCallum (26-0, 23 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Virgin Islander boxer Julian Jackson (29-0, 27 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 21 days. Jackson was on a 29-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 3 days.
Mike McCallum made very easy work of Julian Jackson, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. McCallum improves his record to 27-0 (24 KOs), while Jackson adds a loss to his record at 29-1.
On July 18, 1987, the 31-year-old WBA super-welterweight world champion, Mike McCallum (31-0, 28 KOs), faced a 25-year-old American boxer Donald Curry (27-1, 19 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 29 days. Curry was on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 14 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Donald Curry via KO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. McCallum improves his record to 32-0 (29 KOs), while Curry adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On July 28, 1985, the 29-year-old WBA super-welterweight world champion, Mike McCallum (24-0, 21 KOs), faced David Braxton, in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 13 days.
Mike McCallum stopped David Braxton via TKO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. McCallum improves his record to 25-0 (22 KOs)
On April 14, 1990, the 34-year-old WBA middleweight world champion, Mike McCallum (37-1, 31 KOs), faced a 25-year-old British boxer Michael Watson (22-1-1, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 11 days. Watson was on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 24 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Michael Watson via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. McCallum improves his record to 38-1 (32 KOs), while Watson adds a loss to his record at 22-2-1.
On April 19, 1987, the 31-year-old WBA super-welterweight world champion, Mike McCallum (30-0, 27 KOs), faced Milton McCrory, in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 29 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Milton McCrory via TKO in the 10th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. McCallum improves his record to 31-0 (28 KOs)
On February 25, 1995, the 39-year-old WBC light-heavyweight world champion, Mike McCallum (47-2-1, 35 KOs), faced Carl Jones, in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 2 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Carl Jones via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC light-heavyweight title. McCallum improves his record to 48-2-1 (36 KOs)
On October 25, 1986, the 30-year-old WBA super-welterweight world champion, Mike McCallum (28-0, 25 KOs), faced Said Skouma, in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 10 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Said Skouma via TKO in the 9th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. McCallum improves his record to 29-0 (26 KOs)
On May 10, 1989, 33-year-old Mike McCallum (35-1, 31 KOs) and 29-year-old Herol Graham (41-1, 24 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA middleweight title.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 1 day. Graham was on a 3-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 17 days.
Mike McCallum defeated Herol Graham via split decision . McCallum improves his record to 36-1, while Graham adds a loss to his record at 41-2.
On February 3, 1990, the 34-year-old WBA middleweight world champion, Mike McCallum (36-1, 31 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Irish boxer Steve Collins (16-0, 6 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 24 days. Collins was on a 16-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 13 days.
Mike McCallum defeated Steve Collins via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. McCallum improves his record to 37-1, while Collins adds a loss to his record at 16-1.
On April 1, 1991, Mike McCallum and Sumbu Kalambay met again in a rematch.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 13 days. Kalambay was on a 5-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 8 days.
Mike McCallum defeated Sumbu Kalambay via split decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. McCallum improves his record to 40-1, while Kalambay adds a loss to his record at 51-5-1.