The Most Famous
BOXERS from Jamaica
This page contains a list of the greatest Jamaican Boxers. The pantheon dataset contains 496 Boxers, 1 of which were born in Jamaica. This makes Jamaica the birth place of the 48th most number of Boxers behind Kyrgyzstan, and Panama.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Jamaican Boxers of all time. This list of famous Jamaican Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Trevor Berbick (1954 - 2006)
With an HPI of 55.87, Trevor Berbick is the most famous Jamaican Boxer. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 by unanimous decision. As an amateur, Berbick won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games. In both his early and late professional career he held the Canadian heavyweight title twice, from 1979 to 1986 and 1999 to 2001. Berbick is the only boxer to have fought Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, and Mike Tyson.
2. Mike McCallum (b. 1956)
With an HPI of 37.57, Mike McCallum is the 2nd most famous Jamaican Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Mike McCallum (born 7 December 1956) is a Jamaican former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1997. He held world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA super welterweight title from 1984 to 1988, the WBA middleweight title from 1989 to 1991, and the WBC light heavyweight title from 1994 to 1995. A slick, hard-hitting technician in the ring, McCallum was known for his exceptionally durable chin and toughness, and was never stopped in any of his five losses. He earned his nickname of "The Bodysnatcher" due to his ability to land vicious body punches in fights. McCallum was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2011, The Ring magazine ranked him as eighth on their list of the "10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years."
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Jamaican boxers born between 1954 and 1956. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Jamaican boxers include Mike McCallum. The most famous deceased Jamaican boxers include Trevor Berbick. As of April 2024, 1 new Jamaican boxers have been added to Pantheon including Mike McCallum.
