How McCallum Angled Body Blows Through The Guard

I still got Rick Hatton as the best pure body puncher

He’d of beat most of the 90s guys uk and USA apart I take it he was avoided he’s underrated definitely

Real icon in the business ❤❤❤🇯🇲

I see some Bud Crawford in him, most notably the inside work and "not having to worry about his own body being snatched". Amazing.

RESPECT!😎🥶

Only one fighter honestly ducked McCallum and that was Tommy Hearns. They both held the 154 title at the same time for a while. Nobody knew better how good McCallum was than Manny Steward.
Leonard was out of commission with the eye issue and retirements. Duran was working his way back from the humiliation of the no mas fight and sidelined by losses.

Remember McCallum won the title in 84 and it was not until 87 after beating McCrory and Curry that he was talked about as a top opponent. By then Leonard and Hagler were unavailable because they were fighting each other. Hearns moved up to 175 that year to fight for that title.

Micky the best of best when it came to bodysnatching hits! This is his legacy of all-time fluidity! One Luv ❤️!!!

Слава Богу! Здравствуйте! Маккаллум, смотрю ломал людей через корпус, отбивал сперва туловище! А затем уже, и по второму этажу! Шикарный боец! Спасибо!

mcCallum had the same reach as Ali

What does body snatcher mean?

I can see where coach Derrick James got his style from. I see Errol Spence modernized similarities but it’s damn near exact!!

His remain me to the micky the irishmen ward...kill the body the head will go on...

Shawn Porter should've emulated this guy's style

What this guy did to Collins and Watson was startling.

The REAL BODY SNATCHER! FCK Dillon White!

McCallum was like the body Surgeon in the ring

Mike McCallum, aside from being an excellent body puncher is one of the most underrated guys out there. Easily an all time great in some big divisions, and not as well known as some contemporaries.

A few things... first McCallum punched to the body from range because he was a taller longer fighter. It wasn't the opponent. He would have smothered himself had he gotten in too close. This is, defensively, a bit more dangerous as he is more in range for opponent counters. When you're at mid distance like that, you're almost always in an opponent's firing range. What he does is let his hands go after with a few sharper punches to keep his opponents playing defense until he can get out of range.

The thing is ... what Mike is doing is hardly "special" from a technique standpoint. Guys are taught these fundamentals all the time. What makes McCallum special is that he would commit to the body, and his balance was solid such that he could throw 4-6 punches up and down from all sorts of positions, slip, return fire, and/or get out. What should be emphasized is that command of range through balance and positioning and excellent sight/reflexes make this happen. A lot of taller guys use their legs and distance chiefly to get out of position. Mike will actually stand in front of you, make you miss, and make you pay. You can even see in some of the clips, he is punching and moving backwards, maintaining perfect distance between his feet the entire time. It's almost like his legs just slide underneath him.

If you have really solid balance, keep your feet in position, and have a great sense of range, you can do almost anything because you're always in position to mix offense and defense. Mike can slip a shot from the outside, throw up to the body and head quick while maintaining range. When his opponent tries to fire he slips and returns or more fire or he can get out. I always tell young fighters. Balance and good feet are maybe the most important things in the sport.

Great assessment!

...I remember him training...We trained at the same gym in the 1980s.....He could wing those body shots...

One of the best who ever laced them up👊🏿

People don’t talk about his fights with curry, jackson and the Toney trilogy. They’re all damn entertaining

Slip body body head. Pull body head. Sounds like a nice drill to learn.

9 minutes.

his nickname should have been changed to "The scrotum smasher" with all those lowblows

Best body puncher ever - Rocky Balboa

He fought using the Marciano method of everything is a valid target hit it hard enough and you break your opponent

mike mycelium was easily the best body puncher of all times you see some people don't know how to watch a boxer in fighting

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Good stuff right there! MM was known for his body shots for sure but what I appreciated was how he set them up. It all starts with that footwork and jab. plus he had a great and natural understanding of angles. Which allowed him to throw body shots from up close but he could also do damage throwing them from distance. As shown in some of these clips. Head shots look pretty for knock outs but the real work is digging that body. You can get lucky with a head shot, those body shots is putting in that work.

Thank you brother.

I've been following boxing since the 60's.. Duran was best as "part of the whole package", "The Monster" is the mostdevistating! Great work David!!

Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier.

I think his style comes from training on heavy bag hanging from a low setting. Heavy bags hanging low forces one to work more on body shots than head shots. I noticed that when my bag was hanging low I started getting more comfortable doing body shots.

4 best ways to land a body shot :
1. Jab, straight right, left hook to the body.
2. Double jab, right hand to the body.
3. Jab, right uppercut, left hook to the body.
4. 1-2, left hook to the head, right hand to the body.

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What are his best fights

McCallum vs roy Jones or him vs James toney would be the fights I would want broken down. But I happen to be new to his fights.

Kinda has similar fighting style to errol spence especially the inside game

Awesome breakdown of a true leverage & tactical genius.

This channel is still awesome I might have to become a patron again

He reminds me of how Errol Spence Jr gets u outta of there body snatchers 💪🏾💯

Just watching all these body shots makes me want to throw up...

Folks like to compare today's risk vs reward match making with the glory days of the 4 kings... but that's when risk vs reward started in earnest. My all time favourite fighter Tommy Hearns was wbc champ at 154 when McCall had the wba belt circa 1984... Hearns wanted none of that risk while setting up the reward of a hagler fight and hoping for that Leonard rematch

Errol Spence jr has a similar style.

Didn't work against The Goat 👉🏾 Roy Jones Jr 😂

I have a request, please give us a breakdown of Carlos Monzon, one of the greatest Middleweight fighters there ever was, he was as good as the Marvelous Hagler was.
Even though he was a shitty husband, he was still a phenomenal fighter.

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