Its important to note that Gerald McClellan had about a 20 lb weight advantage in those fights. That's very unfair

@@billduffe4472 yeah. Severe weight cutting made the benn punches so much worse than it should've been.

Probably helped that Jackson’s chin was mediocre.

@@billduffe4472 20 pounds my ass. The weight cutting stories are just more myths that add to his mystique. Why did he never weigh more than 170 for any non title bout in his entire career? Why would he drain himself for fights he didn’t need to make weight for? Here’s the answer: he didn’t. He probably never weighed much more than that 170 in the ring.

@@billduffe4472 Yes, this is what I have always thought. I bet Gerald was a light heavyweight in those fights, definitely the second one. On the other hand, I've heard Jackson say he had to keep eating just to stay at middleweight and towards the end of his career actually went back down in weight. Never understood how fighters could make the weight, then add 10 or 20 pounds overnight. I mean they are already supposed to be in shape to begin with and train daily, so I never understood it.

Best Jmw of all time!

Him and James Toney both are. Such great fighters so was Julian Jackson

And Gerald McClellan the 90s middleweight division was full of killers

Mike McCallum is not underrated by anybody

Julian Jackson was no slouch either. Amazing power

Indeed so well said 👍

yep, that & his radar jab to control the distance... it don't get better. the older i get the more i think mike's the most complete boxer i ever saw.

@@papalegba6759 relax

@@dree35 what makes you think he isn't relaxed?

@@sidhu139 are you special ed? I said “relax” AS IN chill, thats a wild statement

@@sidhu139 old fat bald headed man 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

this is true. mike was the original steppin razor; dangerous every which way.

FACTS.

I don't believe you.

@@sidhu139 So I'm a liar asshole? You must be one of those scumbags that rob old people by telling them there is an arrest warrant from the IRS out for them.

Train me then

@@dree35 Ha been retired since 1998.

@@frankromano9064 so come out for me

He's the Bodysnatcher for a reason 🔥

Yeah

Absolutely.

@@boogsybrooks you aren't a casual fan . Good enough for me sir

100%. Was no coincidence Jackson tried to make his belt line look so high! You know it's elite body punching when the competition is wearing their trunks like a turtleneck 🤣

Man the hawk was trying to knock Mike's head off with every punch he threw. lol

@@boogsybrooks Yea he was. That was some heavy leather flying. The hawk learned from this and got better

except the early stoppage

Always appreciate a person who has a good concept for boxing. Everyone thinks big punchers always has that “punchers chance” but you can tell when another technical boxing either diminishes his power or is able to take his punch.

very true. the fight was done. Julian didn´t have much chance, when he was fresh and he had no chance to stand more 10 seconds, or come back in this fight. it clearly was over and only serious injury was on it´s way to Julian.

mike was merciless, jackson had no way back. ref did the right thing.

Thats sustained body assault for the final minute was brutal.

100% a good stoppage. Look closely, JJ had to use the ropes to get back to his own corner! He appeals the refs decision straight away, but he was ready to fall over right there. Ref saved him from serious harm.

Hearns nor Leonard wanted any of McCallum or Jackson back then😮

Man I don't know. I boxed amateur a Loooong time ago and fortunately was never buzzed that bad (head gear and big gloves) but that stoppage looked a little quick for me. It was a title fight and allot was on the line for both of these guys.

@@padrat88 he was done. no chance at all, anymore. why wait, till he´s serious hurt too, 5-10 seconds later? Mike took him into pieces and whould have done it further, without a doubt. and.. Julian knew it.

@@Alexander-11.11. there was a small chance that jullian could have thrown a clean punch and hurt McCallum with that nuclear punching power but he definitely wasnt responding enough towards the end. i'm glad the fight was stopped either way cause i would never want to see jackson to get seriously hurt.

He had his hands up and throwing back. The ref just panicked. I appreciate your experience but thats not happened here.

That was a standing 8 count. The only problem is that many of the rules dictate a "No standing 8 count" in professional boxing. Why is that?

herol graham gave him holy hell too, but mike pulled thru, & his KO of don curry was an all time classic. an exceptional talent.

I don't think he knew how hard Julian hit prior to the bout.

Top 10 puncher not top 10 ko artist. Mcallum was a lot more skillful

It also helped him knowing he had one of the most granite chins in the history of the sport

@@jonbathurst953 You wouldn't consider Jackson a KO artist? 49 of his 55 wins are by KO. That's a very high percentage, so yeah I'd say he was a KO artist. McCallum and McClellan took the power but, in his prime, nearly everyone else fell. I think only 3 opponents lasted the distance before McClellan beat him in 1993.

No doubt about it. Jackson is the pound for pound hardest puncher in boxing history

why?

@@rb9888 so he wouldn't have gotten those body blows

Haha

lmaoo

They were already up to his damn lungs

I was wincing watching that too

He’d be beating him like a ginger stepchild. 😊

@@stikndip Jackson just protested to save face, but notice how he held the rope to help him self back into the corner after the stoppage. He took some searing body shots; just look how macullm's feet were spread apart and the leverage he was getting on those punches

Duran was the only possible fight on the table. Duran chose Hearns over McCallum.

TBF weren't they wise ducking him? He'd have beaten Sugar Ray and Tommy after 1985/6. Possibly the Marvelous one too though it would have been some fight. Mike certainly could hit hard as well as being technically very very good.

con mike no habia dinero no vendia no era muy conocido ni famoso con Heers Duran se gano 3 millones

no big money,,,,just trouble .

@@onlyrog5 How'd that turn out ? 🤣😂🤣

Also, after he protested to the referee, he could barely get back to his corner. He used the ropes to keep from falling down.

Hard no on beating Hagler. If he could take Hearns shots he could most likely beat him. MMH by either late TKO or convincing decision.

Hagler nk a maike

I hear you. But Hagler was an other worldly talent. What a fight that would have been!

@@salaudeenilyas3680 unbelievable isn’t it

@Prince Tyruss Hearns and McCallum sparred ad infinitum at Kronk, and Mike seemed to have the upper hand. Just like Hagler, McCallum has never been stopped.

@Prince Tyruss But how can you say that the Hitman would knock out McCallum, who has never been knocked out. He has taken the best shots from Julian Jackson!! Hearns has been knocket out twice .

@Prince Tyruss you would belong to a minority with that opinion

@Prince Tyruss no, and I didn't say that. But you said, that hearn's would have knocked iron chinned McCallum out.

@Prince Tyruss Mccallum was a much better boxer than hearns,not even close,i'd have put my money on mike all day long•..he's one of the most underated boxer of all time ,phenomenal defense,counters and top 5 bodywork and ring IQ ever pfp.. he'd have destroyed hearns to the body thenn ko him just like he did to Jackson..

Exactly, this comment brought Wilder in to mind....

@@DiegoVillaOntiveros don't ever mention that clown wilder alongside mike & julian. disrespectful.

Oats Carter Not really, Jackson was falling apart so I think it was necessary to prevent lasting damage

Jackson was young, ref gave him a chance to re-group and fight another day. Rmember how angrey some fight fans got with Howard Foster? (first Froch V Groves)

@Oaks Carter - 💯‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

He was like old wine! Age didn't count for that much we could say He was a smart boxer and preserved his body well

I believe James Toney said the same of him.

that's an overused statement..... apparently, the top guys were avoiding MM like the plague

mike wanted to fight them but they were too afraid to fight him

@@kingpro5857 Garbage

hagler may've beat mike thru sheer brute force, but hearns, duran & leonard woulda struggled.

​@@georgegreig8054 true then true now

@@garrizelpinnock2692 I agree with iceface original comment but to say they were scared of him is shite. He was just not a big enough name at the time. Brilliant fighter though and he could have been competitive and might have beaten Hearns and Duran. Not so sure about Hagler. He would have had a chance against the older slower Hagler that Leonard fought.

That's just terrible. You just win up to that point possibly the biggest fight of your career only for some bozo to announce you as another man's name...

i know he must of been high on something.

@@antoineemory6772 everybody was hahahah

@@pirireis7602 exactamente tenía cosas que Benton hacía. Siempre dijo que Benton y futch fueron sus grandes maestros al contrario que Manny Steward con el que no acabó nada bien

Hagler never ducked him.

Hagler and Leonard had a chance, he definitely would have knocked out duran and hearns EASILY but with duran it's not a bragging right cause your talking about the greatest jr middle of all time against probably the greatest lightweight of all time. I don't mean to blow too much smoke but there is a possibility that he might have beat all of them, McCallum is a beast an all around great fighter and people can easily see it when they know their boxing. Either way Leonard and Hagler were the only ones with a chance along with terry norris and Benitez who would have been fun challenges also

@@Omar-if1cu hagler the only 1 who'd start as favourite imo. a motivated benitez would be epic tho, loved el radar.

remember that mike pretty much ended don curry's career too. and curry was proper class.

yeah mike's jab was 1 of the best ever.