Oliver McCall (born April 21, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2019. A veteran of the sport for over three decades...
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Lennox Lewis vs. Oliver McCall II, billed as "Payback or Playback", was a professional boxing match contested on February 7, 1997, for the vacant WBC...
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Lennox Lewis vs. Oliver McCall, billed "Whose Moment of Glory", was a professional boxing match contested on 24 September 1994 for the WBC Heavyweight...
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barrage of left jabs and a right hand that knocked Mccall onto the ropes and left him stunned. However, McCall absorbed the punishment, put up little defense...
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Andy McCall (footballer, born 1925) (1925–2014), Scottish footballer, father of Stuart McCall Annie McCall (1859–1949), English doctor Archie McCall (1867–1936)...
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Elijah McCall (born March 3, 1988, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former heavyweight boxer. [1] He is the son of former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall...
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Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmes, billed as "Burden of Proof", was a professional boxing match contested on April 8, 1995 for the WBC Heavyweight Championship...
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Lennox Lewis (section Lewis vs. McCall)
He defended the title three times before an upset knockout loss to Oliver McCall in 1994. Lewis avenged the loss in a 1997 rematch to regain the vacant...
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who competed from 1982 to 1996. He won the WBC heavyweight title from Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium in 1995, in what was his fourth world championship...
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out Mike Tyson. He also defeated other heavyweight world champions Oliver McCall, Trevor Berbick, and Greg Page. Douglas was a 29-4-1 (1) underdog going...
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comeback attempts (against Mike Tyson in 1988, Evander Holyfield in 1992, Oliver McCall in 1995 and Brian Nielsen in 1997) to regain a variation of the heavyweight...
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108–10. Controversy later arose as to his record, before he fought Oliver McCall, USBA stated his professional record 15–0 (12 KOs,) which was confirmed...
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Yanqui Díaz in the first round in 2004. Gómez defeated Don King promoted Oliver McCall via a ten-round decision on 15 October 2005, a result which was changed...
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title shot. He fought Oliver McCall, who defeated Lewis in an upset in 1994 for the WBC title, on September 2, 1995, in London. McCall had claimed he was...
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over former world champion Trevor Berbick and future world champion Oliver McCall—gave him the opportunity to fight Tyson. In the time leading up to the...
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Ferguson's heart was no longer fully in the game. By the time he fought Oliver McCall in 1991, he had only had one fight in three years, a 6-round kayo of...
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as well as Peter McNeeley, Kenny Craven, Russel Chasteen, Reynaldo Minus, Chris Sirengo and Najee Shaheed. A fight with Oliver McCall in 2001 resulted...
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Morrison, Carl Williams, Tony Tucker, Buster Douglas, Mike Weaver and Oliver McCall, he won bouts against the undefeated Donovan Ruddock, Rick "King Kong"...
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Casino on December 7 and defeated Elijah McCall (11–1–1, 10 KOs), son of former world champion Oliver McCall, by a TKO one second before round three ended...
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Oliver Robert McBurnie (born 4 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Las Palmas. After playing youth football...
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history. This match was broadcast on Showtime Championship Boxing. Oliver McCall, WBC world Heavyweight champion with 26 wins and 5 losses, with 18 knockouts...
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heavyweight champion Oliver McCall handed Seldon his first defeat. Seldon was ahead on the scorecards but tired and was knocked down by McCall three times in...
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also faced world champions Tony Tubbs, James Smith, Chris Byrd, and Oliver McCall. Though he never held or challenged for a world title from any of the...
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in his career get knocked out in the first round by former champion Oliver McCall and he assumed he was brought in as an easy win. Rahman claimed that...
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Orlin Norris and successfully defended it against future world champion Oliver McCall, winning another 12-round split decision. He finished 1992 with a sixth-round...
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activism. On May 15, 2023, Oliver spoke at the Atlanta City Council meeting to oppose Cop City. During his speech, Oliver highlighted the growing distrust...
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its number one contender and ordered the winner of a fight between Oliver McCall, their champion who knocked out Lennox Lewis in 1994, and Frank Bruno...
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Bergeron and Ray Mercer in 2005 and was stopped inside 4 rounds by Oliver McCall in 2006. Wilson's last professional fight was on December 2, 2006. Boxing...
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In 1990 Norris regained some ground by beating future world champion Oliver McCall by split decision, and in 1991 regained his NABF title with a first-round...
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WBC belt was contested in February 1997, with Lennox Lewis defeating Oliver McCall. Rapper Tupac Shakur was attending the fight that night, and was fatally...
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