UNLEASH THE REAL KILLER: MATT MCCALLUM
all pictures courtesy Adam Barnsley Former Northern Area Middleweight and Northern Area Super Middleweight Champion Matt McCallum returned from a brief retirement to face the man who took his super middleweight belt from him, this time at light heavyweight. Were he to avenge this loss, “The Wolf” McCallum would be King in the North for a record three weight reign. Recent English Light Heavyweight challenger Adam Hepple halted McCallum in the second round back in 2023 and this time it was personal- a fiery build up to a bout which suited the taller Hepple who looked the more natural 175lb fighter. “Some of the stuff he said after the first fight, it made it personal. I needed to hate him, I knew I needed to switch back on, to unleash the real killer McCallum”, Matt told me. Southpaw McCallum took the action to Hepple but after a close first stanza McCallum’s higher work rate, working to the body and head, started to find its range with the double backhand left particularly effective. ...
