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Mike McCallum: Remembering ‘The Bodysnatcher’

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On 31 May 2025, the boxing world lost one of its purest craftsmen. Mike “The Bodysnatcher” McCallum died at the age of 68 after falling ill en route to a gym in Las Vegas. He managed to pull over but was later found unresponsive in his car and declared dead. It’s a horrible, lonely way […]

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