Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum

Fire on Ice
DateNovember 22, 1996
VenueIce Palace, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC interim light heavyweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Roy Jones Jr. Mike McCallum
Nickname "Junior" "The Body Snatcher"
Hometown Pensacola, Florida, U.S. Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica
Purse $2,800,000 $750,000
Pre-fight record 33–0 (29 KO) 49–3–1 (36 KO)
Age 27 years, 10 months 39 years, 11 months
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 5 ft 11+12 in (182 cm)
Weight 173 lb (78 kg) 175 lb (79 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition IBF
Super Middleweight Champion
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
2-division world champion
WBC
No. 1 Ranked Light Heavyweight
3-division world champion
Result
Jones Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (120-107, 120-107, 120-107)

Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum, billed as Fire on Ice, was a professional boxing match contested on November 22, 1996 for the interim WBC light heavyweight championship.[1] It was Jones' first fight in the light heavyweight division.

  1. ^ "Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 2 September 2024.