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Why does this man get overlooked whenever there's talk of best British fighters?
In my opinion he is the best boxer by far better than anyone in that 'golden' era..Calzage might of been close to him but Mike really was the man. Fucked his record when he had a few 'later' fights..but i would put him in the top 5 on the ALL TIME list.

I was thinking the same thing.

A true British great, born and bred

I'm probably missing a joke but.... he wasn't British?

Yea probably the best scouse fighter of all time and he loved his nan too

Best Jamaican boxer of all time Simon Brown was superb too.

Thought he was Jamaican

Arguably Yorkshire's finest ever.

Terminator666 wrote: ↑03 Apr 2021, 07:19 Thought he was Jamaican

Toxteth mate

chiggsy wrote: ↑03 Apr 2021, 08:05

Terminator666 wrote: ↑03 Apr 2021, 07:19 Thought he was Jamaican

Toxteth mate

Struggling to find anything on him being anything other than Jamaican. Did he live in the UK for a time?
Is that where the British thing is coming from?

Now you see, I thought he was a Geordie! He certainly sounded like one for all those years I followed him.

Mike McCallum is scottish ffs, MCCALLUM,

I always thought he was from Kingston, south west London?

Wasn't it actually a nomme de guerre, his real name was Edward Woodward would.

Actually he was born (as were both his parents) just outside Pontypridd in a little village called Ynyshir. Whilst initially joining the family funeral directors business, his Welsh valleys hard working nature soon earned him the nickname of 'Body Snatcher' due to his enthusiastic no nonsense approach of collecting 'clients'.

He was born In Huddersfield and adopted his Jamaican identity after becoming a regular at the local jerk chicken shop.

You're all wrong,McCallum was actually from Birmingham and he developed his distinctive Jamaican accent by listeing to hours of Ali Campbell and UB40.

In 1972, a crack commando was sent to prison by a military court for a crime he didn't commit but he promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Bury St. Edmunds underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him maybe you can hire... Mike McCallum

He was a rum bugger was mike....or "macca" as we used to call him.

He’s Jamaican born and bred

Terminator666 wrote: ↑04 Apr 2021, 07:32 He’s Jamaican born and bred

Don’t be ruining my Easter Sunday. Mike is British through and through. MBE long overdue.

He’s quite tall for a Chinese fella

I'm surprised no one has mentioned he's Scottish, given his surname.

This thread is a joke. Calzaghe is Italian not British.

My T Sharp wrote: ↑04 Apr 2021, 12:22 This thread is a joke. Calzaghe is Italian not British.

I believe his father is Sardinian and mother Welsh so one could argue he's neither.

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑04 Apr 2021, 12:26

My T Sharp wrote: ↑04 Apr 2021, 12:22 This thread is a joke. Calzaghe is Italian not British.

I believe his father is Sardinian and mother Welsh so one could argue he's neither.

Born in London, bred in Wales