
Mickey Walker

Rog, great portrait of the "Toy Bulldog". Mickey Walker remains one of my favorite fighters. There was a recklessness about him and he fought the best at any weight. Never asked for a catch weight either. Can you imagine?dagosd2000 wrote:
Mickey Walker
Thanks bennie.bennie wrote:It's the fight where Ray wins early, two rounds I think.Randyman wrote:
I bought this photo of Sugar Ray Robinson and Carl "Bobo" Olson years ago. The caption on the plastic cover has the date as either November 8, 18 or 28, (it's faded) 1955. I checked the boxrec records and there is no such date for them. The two fights listed are December 9, 1955 and May 18, 1956. Anybody know?
Randy
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Randyman wrote:Rog, great portrait of the "Toy Bulldog". Mickey Walker remains one of my favorite fighters. There was a recklessness about him and he fought the best at any weight. Never asked for a catch weight either. Can you imagine?dagosd2000 wrote:
Mickey Walker
Randy
dagosd2000 wrote:Randyman wrote:Rog, great portrait of the "Toy Bulldog". Mickey Walker remains one of my favorite fighters. There was a recklessness about him and he fought the best at any weight. Never asked for a catch weight either. Can you imagine?dagosd2000 wrote:
Mickey Walker
Randy
Randy
They always talk about Walker's fight with Schmeling. Another of those fights"they shouldn't have made." I never had the respect for Schmeling that I had for other fighters. Schmeling didn't want to fight Carnera because Da' Preem was so big. Made Max nervous just to look at him. Can't say that about Walker. He stepped in there with Max and took a beating. At least he stepped up to the plate.
Expug wrote:Mickey Walker.
What a great fighter and what a character.
Another of my Grandfathers favorites. Mine too.
I like how he always talked about how he won the "second fight" with Harry Greb.
The one in the nightclub after their official bout earlier that same evening.
Mickey told him "you never woulda beat me if you didnt stick your thumb in my eye"
Greb called him an "Irish Bum" or something similar and it was on.
Mickey said he clocked him when he was taking off his jacket.
Great times, great era, great characters,great fighters. Days of yore.
scartissue wrote:Guys check this out on Brian London and Dick Richardson. A good old-fashioned melee after the bout is stopped.
Scartissue
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41599
BrianExpug wrote:Rog, the guy here on the thread would really appreciate the guys playing in the NHL.
I spend alot of time around these guys through work.
They have a very real code of honor when it comes to fighting and, of course plenty of it goes on.
When its over, its over. No hard feelings after the game. Its buisness.They never carry on off the ice afterwards. There is also big respect amongst themselves for guys who stand up and defend a team mate.
A guy catches his lunch in a fight, no big deal, he'll get another chance eventually.
I like the way these guys roll. They are tough guys and play with serious passion.They are gentlemen too.
Jackets, ties,when traveling and going to games. I like the way they carry themselves.
They are the closest thing to boxers in terms of personality that I know of. Thats a compliment.
Expug wrote:Black History month..
A man who should never be forgotten.
My son who is in 6th grade is doing his report on Chicagoan Milton Olive.
This mans story moves me greatly.
Milton who was only 18 and an Army soldier in VietNam, was on patrol with his squad when a grenade tossed by a Viet Cong landed in between him and four of his fellow soldiers.
Olive without hesitation dove on the grenade taking its full force.He was killed but through his completely selfless act saved the lives of his fellow soldiers.
He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously by Lyndon Johnson in 1967.
Olive Park in Chicago is named after him.
I often think of this hero.There are some very nice tributes to him on the net about him.
Like I said, he should never be forgotten.

I like the 'The End' segment at the end, like it were something out of an action movie, and it was certainly all action.scartissue wrote:Guys check this out on Brian London and Dick Richardson. A good old-fashioned melee after the bout is stopped.
Scartissue
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41599
Oh man that was great. That first guy that London hammered on took a good punch. I'm surprised he got up. Some of these guys didn't give a crap who they were hitting. They just felt like connecting. The cops jumped into the ring but they looked more scared than anything else. Remember the Golata-Bowe melee at the Garden back in the 90's?scartissue wrote:Guys check this out on Brian London and Dick Richardson. A good old-fashioned melee after the bout is stopped.
Scartissue
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41599

Good job with Zuritadagosd2000 wrote:
Juan Zurita
