BOXER

Oliver McCall

1965 - Today

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Oliver McCall (born April 21, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2019. A veteran of the sport for over three decades, he is best known for winning the WBC heavyweight title in 1994 by scoring an upset knockout victory over Lennox Lewis. The next year he defended the title against Larry Holmes before losing it to Frank Bruno. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver McCall has received more than 1,842,088 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver McCall is the 240th most popular boxer (down from 203rd in 2019), the 12,923rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,075th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oliver McCalls by language

Over the past year Oliver McCall has had the most page views in the with 220,333 views, followed by Russian (14,128), and Spanish (11,970). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (79.93%), Arabic (44.86%), and Russian (37.83%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Oliver McCall ranks 240 out of 496. Before him are Turgut Aykaç, Zou Shiming, Sven Ottke, Mustapha Moussa, Abdelhak Achik, and Sultan Ibragimov. After him are John Ruiz, Andy Ruiz Jr., David Haye, Jorge Hernández, Kim Kwang-sun, and Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Oliver McCall ranks 561. Before him are Raudnei Anversa Freire, Marina Tchebourkina, Kiril Georgiev, Andrea Gardini, Anna Levandi, and Marco Branca. After him are Takumi Horiike, Omar M. Yaghi, Jemma Redgrave, Refik Šabanadžović, Grigory Kiriyenko, and Christine Wachtel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver McCall ranks 12,923 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Stookey (1937), Shantel VanSanten (1985), Eastman Johnson (1824), Future (1983), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), and Jason Mewes (1974). After him are Boris McGiver (1962), Hans Conried (1917), Paul Dini (1957), Greg Oden (1988), Tony Bill (1940), and Ralph Ince (1887).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Oliver McCall ranks 76. Before him are Gervonta Davis (1994), Terence Crawford (1987), Shane Mosley (1971), Virgil Hill (1964), Chris Byrd (1970), and Fidel LaBarba (1905). After him are John Ruiz (1972), Andy Ruiz Jr. (1989), Jackie Fields (1908), Tim Witherspoon (1957), Charles Adkins (1932), and Meldrick Taylor (1966).

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