Oliver McCall

Quick Facts

Full Name	Oliver McCall
Occupation	Boxer
Date Of Birth	Apr 21, 1965(1965-04-21)
Age	59
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Aries

Oliver McCall Biography

Oliver McCall is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on April 21, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His next challenger was Timur Ibragimov. They fought on McCall’s home venue, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Ibragimov was considered a fringe candidate with a record of 27-2-1. McCall lost the fight in a unanimous decision, scoring the score of 117-111 twice, and 119-109. McCall suffered McCall’s first loss since his return in 2009.

5th Sarge Johnson Memorial Boxing Tournament (super heavyweight), Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 1985:

National Golden Gloves (super heavyweight), Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 1985:

McCall’s win over Lewis marked Don King’s return to power in the heavyweight division, since none of his stable of fighters had been able to win the heavyweight title since Mike Tyson lost it in 1990 (McCall worked as a sparring partner with Tyson and Cooper, and claimed Cooper is the harder puncher.) He successfully defended the title in a bout against 45-year-old ex- champ Larry Holmes in Las Vegas winning 114–113, 115–114, and 115–112 on the score cards, before returning to London to face Frank Bruno in 1995.

He was referred to for his role as “The Atomic Bull”, McCall made his professional debut in 1985, and gradually made his way through the ranks of heavyweight. His trainer at the time was retired champion Joe Frazier. He was the eighth fighter Al Evans, who scored the TKO victory against Mike Tyson in 1981, McCall beat him by a majority decision. He defeated Jesse Ferguson and future heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon and lost a extremely close fight in the final round to Tony Tucker before landing the shot against Lewis in 1994. After a close opening round McCall was aggressive in the second round and hit his trademark counter right hand when Lewis began to move ahead. Lewis dropped to the ground and regained his balance before the tenth count however, he was unable to stay standing up, which forced the referee’s to signal off the fight. In spite of Lewis protests from the camp, Boxing Monthly editor Glyn Leach emphasized Lewis’s inability to stand. Lewis “only seemed to recover his senses once the fight was waved off,” and “in the opinions of everyone I spoke to at ringside, the decision was correct.”

Oliver McCall Net Worth

Oliver McCall is one of the richest Boxer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Oliver McCall 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Oliver McCall (born April 21 1965) is an American professional boxer. He has been a veteran in the game for more than three decades, he’s most famous by winning his WBC heavyweight crown in 1994 with an unorthodox knockout victory against Lennox Lewis. In the following year, he was able to defend this title with Larry Holmes before losing it to Frank Bruno. McCall was also known for a mental breakdown in his 1997 rematch against Lewis. McCall’s son Elijah is also a professional heavyweight boxer.

The family was raised to a family in Chicago, McCall moved to reside with his mother at Racine, Wisconsin and attended William Horlick High School, prior to transferring into Washington Park High School. McCall was also a skilled basketball player at the high school level. In 1981, however McCall relocated home to Chicago where he continued his boxing career and was awarded the two Chicago Golden Gloves title.

Chicago Championships (heavyweight), Clarendon Park, Chicago, Illinois, April 1985:

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Oliver McCall Dating?

According to our records, Oliver McCall is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Oliver McCall’s is not dating anyone.

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In January 2006 he was arrested by police in Nashville, Tennessee, who say they had to use a Taser on McCall after he tried running away from officers trying to arrest him for trespassing in a public housing development.

Facts & Trivia

Oliver Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Oliver McCall celebrates birthday on April 21 of every year.

McCall defeated Darroll Wilson in a fourth-round TKO in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 9, 2006, for the WBC Fecarbox Championship.

Why did Oliver McCall cry against Lewis?

The following day, McCall attempted to explain his bizarre actions at a news conference. He claimed that his refusal to engage Lewis was a type of rope-a-dope strategy and explained his crying by saying he had “wanted to get himself into an emotional state”.

Did Oliver McCall get paid for Lewis fight?

In their previous meeting McCall defeated Lewis via a second round stoppage, to take the same title away from the Londoner. 2. LEWIS was to earn around $2 million for the fight, which took place in the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, whilst McCall was offered a hefty sum of $3 million. 3.

Who was the boxer that cried in the ring?

Oliver McCall
Born| April 21, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Stance| Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights| 74

How old is Oliver McCall?

57 years (April 21, 1965)

Who knocked out Oliver McCall?

In this time, Frank Bruno beat McCall to take his title, only for Tyson to then knock out Bruno. ‘Iron Mike’ vacated the belt, setting up a rematch between the top two contenders – Lewis and McCall.