Elijah McCall (born March 3, 1988 in

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) is an American former heavyweight boxer

He is the son of former

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champion

Oliver McCall Oliver McCall (born April 21, 1965) is an American former professional boxer. 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. T ...

Early life

Elijah passed on a American football, football scholarship at

James Madison University James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...

to pursue boxing

he was a star highschool running back at Bassett high school in Virginia.

Boxing career

Elijah has had 16 pro bouts to date, with 12 wins (11 by knockout), 3 losses (All by KO or TKO), and 1 draw. He was surprisingly knocked out in the fourth round after dominating Dieuly Aristilde, after dropping him twice in the first round, yet went on to get flattened with a right hand himself in the fourth.

Professional boxing record (Incomplete)

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Early life

Boxing career

Professional boxing record (Incomplete)

See also

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