Mike McCallum vs Erislandy Lara @ 154

Discussion in 'Mythical Matchups' started by Flo-Raiden, Sep 6, 2022.

  1. Flo-Raiden

    Flo-Raiden Undisputed Champion

    2 master boxers, one being a well rounded boxer-puncher and the other a tricky mobile southpaw. Does McCallum find a way to beat Lara handily or does Lara frustrate him with his movement?
     
  2. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Lara hasn't a prayer.

    Mike breaks him down, and stops him late.

    I don't think Lara would beat prime Vargas, let alone fricken Mike McCallum.
     
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  3. Dog Jones

    Dog Jones WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Lara doesn't punch hard enough to pull a Kalambay
     
  4. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Lara's a very good puncher.

    He simply isn't nearly as good and talented a technician as Kalambay was.
     
  5. Flo-Raiden

    Flo-Raiden Undisputed Champion

    I'd say Lara was a better technician than Herol Graham. McCallum struggled with Graham and won via SD.
     
  6. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    I disagree. I think Graham at his very best was harder to deal with than Lara. Plus, Graham was a bigger man than Lara and that fight was at 160.

    We're talking 154 here. Lara's beaten no one in his career to suggest he could hang with a guy as good as McCallum.
     
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