Elijah McCall is an American

United States

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 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=456666&cat=boxer He is the son of former heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 champion Oliver McCall

Oliver McCall

Oliver "The Atomic Bull" McCall is an American professional Heavyweight boxer best known for winning the WBC Heavyweight Championship in 1994 after scoring an upset knock out victory over Lennox Lewis, in Lewis' home town of London, England, followed by his infamous in-ring meltdown in the rematch...

. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=16264&more=1

Early life

Elijah passed on a football

American football

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 scholarship at James Madison University

James Madison University

James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...

 http://www.mightygloves.com/2009/01/question_and_answer_with_elija.html to pursue boxing. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=16264&more=1.

Boxing career

Elijah has 9 bouts 7 wins, 7 knockouts, and 1 draw, With 1 loss.
He was surprisingly knocked out in the fourth round after dominating Dieuly Aristilde after dropping him twice in the first round yet flattened with a right hand in the fourth.

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