On March 5, 1988, Sumbu Kalambay (43-3-1, 25 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Mike McCallum (32-0, 29 KOs).
Mike McCallum is coming in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round KO victory over Donald Curry, 7 months and 16 days ago. Sumbu Kalambay is on a 6-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Iran Barkley, 4 months and 11 days ago.
The winning odds are at 84.9-15.1 in favor of Sumbu Kalambay. Mike McCallum is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Kalambay should win this fight.
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.