Oliver McCall names the heavyweight who hit him much harder than Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis

Former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall famously fought with Lennox Lewis and sparred with Mike Tyson.

McCall’s greatest night came when he scored a surprise victory over Lewis in 1994, securing the WBC heavyweight title with a second-round knockout.

Lewis got his revenge in 1997 and regained the vacant WBC title, but in between McCall lost to Frank Bruno, another Brit who took the WBC title from him, only to lose it to Tyson in his next fight. The 58-year-old Tyson, who fought and lost to Jake Paul this month, never fought McCall in the professional ring but was involved in many sparring rounds.

Speaking to BoxingInsider.com, McCall revealed who hit him the hardest out of everyone he faced.

“Bert Cooper. Left hook. That was the hardest blow I have ever felt and had to overcome. It felt like a truck had hit me. I never got hit by a truck, but it felt like a truck hit me.”

He then dismissed Lewis’ strength but acknowledged that Tyson was at the top of his game, even if “Iron Mike” never managed to knock him down despite hundreds of rounds of sparring.

“Lennox wasn’t one of the hardest hits – Buster Douglas hit me harder than Lennox. Right hand. Tyson is there too. Lennox would probably be about fifth. I estimate I played over 300 rounds with Tyson and he never once knocked me down. But I put him to sleep once. We had a hell of a fight every time. So he paid me $2,000 a week.”

McCall is still fighting at age 59 and just picked up a TKO victory in November, leaving his record at 60 wins and 14 losses, with two no contests.