On February 22, 1997, a 41-year-old Mike McCallum (49-4-1, 36 KOs) and a 28-year-old American boxer James Toney (53-3-2, 35 KOs) met in the ring for the 3rd time, in a cruiserweight bout.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Toney was on a -1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 16 days.
In the rematch, James Toney defeated Mike McCallum via unanimous decision in the 12-round cruiserweight fight. Toney improves his record to 54-3-2, while McCallum adds a loss to his record at 49-5-1.
On November 22, 1996, a 40-year-old Mike McCallum (49-3-1, 36 KOs) and a 27-year-old American boxer Roy Jones Jr. (33-0, 29 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months. Jones Jr. was on a 33-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 18 days.
Roy Jones Jr. defeated Mike McCallum via unanimous decision in the 12-round light-heavyweight fight. Jones Jr. improves his record to 34-0, while McCallum adds a loss to his record at 49-4-1.
On June 16, 1995, the 39-year-old WBC light-heavyweight world champion, Mike McCallum (48-2-1, 36 KOs), faced a 26-year-old French boxer Fabrice Tiozzo (31-1, 21 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 22 days. Tiozzo was on a 6-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 11 days.
Fabrice Tiozzo defeated Mike McCallum via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Tiozzo improves his record to 32-1, while McCallum adds a loss to his record at 48-3-1.
On August 29, 1992, Mike McCallum and James Toney met again in a rematch.
McCallum came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days. Toney was on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 3 days.
James Toney defeated Mike McCallum via majority decision in the rematch and successfully defended his IBF middleweight title. Toney improves his record to 32-0-2, while McCallum adds a loss to his record at 43-2-1.
On March 5, 1988, a 32-year-old Mike McCallum (32-0, 29 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA title held by 31-year-old Italian boxer Sumbu Kalambay (43-3-1, 25 KOs).
McCallum came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 16 days. Kalambay was on a 6-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Sumbu Kalambay defeated Mike McCallum via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. Kalambay improves his record to 44-3-1, while McCallum adds a loss to his record at 32-1.