On February 7, 1997, Lennox Lewis (29-1, 24 KOs) and Oliver McCall (28-6, 20 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC heavyweight world titles. The vacant WBC heavyweight title is also on the line.
Lennox Lewis is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Ray Mercer, 8 months and 28 days ago. Oliver McCall is on a 2-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round RTD win over James Stanton, 10 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lennox Lewis at 99-1 winning odds. Oliver McCall really doesn't have much to present against Lewis.
In the rematch, Lennox Lewis stopped Oliver McCall via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Lewis improves his record to 30-1 (25 KOs), while McCall adds a loss to his record at 28-7.