Lennox Lewis conqueror Oliver McCall wins at 61 as cut stops Jeremiah Williams in round five
The win takes McCall to 62-14-1, and BoxingScene said it is unknown why Tennessee sanctioned a fight between two men with a combined age of 115.
Oliver McCall, the man who knocked out Lennox Lewis in London to win the WBC heavyweight title in 1994, won again at 61 on Tuesday night when Jeremiah Williams was stopped in the fifth round of their heavyweight fight at Country Box 45 in Nashville.
The referee stopped it because of a cut on the 54-year-old's eye, opened by a clash of heads. McCall improves to 62-14-1 and Williams falls to 19-15-2.
It was McCall's 79th professional fight and his fourth since returning in 2024, after a planned fight with Ike Ibeabuchi was cancelled. He has never officially been knocked down as a professional, and Bloody Elbow said he has highlighted Hasim Rahman, Shannon Briggs and Jake Paul as potential future fights.
Promoter Lou DiBella called the fight "immoral, dangerous, and just sad" before it took place. BoxingScene said what remains unknown is why the Tennessee Athletic Commission sanctioned a fight between two men with a combined age of 115.
Frank Bruno took the WBC title from McCall on points at Wembley Stadium in 1995. Bloody Elbow said McCall's only previous stoppage defeat came in the 1997 rematch with Lewis, when referee Mills Lane stopped the contest with McCall refusing to engage, and that McCall later disputed suggestions he had quit.
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