Mickey Walker vs Tony Galento at Heavyweight

[scorpio83]

Who would win in their heavyweight match up between former Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker and "Two Ton" Tony Galento? I think that Galento would outhustle Walker through 15 rounds with harder punches on the body and nailing him with big left hooks to take a decision. What is your opinion?

[Tomasino]

Galento would be far too strong and Walker well out his prime years at Heavyweight...Galento would moider him.

[BoxBuzz]

Yep, Galento slaps that dog around the ring, despite his speed, dexterity and bite.

He might survive, but you need to do more than survive to win.

[Ambling Alp II]

Walker would would win this. Galento was not very good. Walker beat better heavyweights than Galento.

[BoxBuzz]

If Galento connects.......and could put Louis down.....not sure why you don't think he couldn't KEEP Walker down.

I suppose he could speed his way to a judgement win....but you'd have to have some judges who adored a good defense.

I can't imagine him pushing Galento back. Seems a pretty big size differential, but maybe Walker is bigger than my mind's eye is presenting to me on this day.

[Ambling Alp II]

Not many fighters ever got more mileage from a short knockdown in a fight that he lost.
Walker beat Uzcudun, Risko, Levinsky and had a draw with Sharkey. All were far better than Galento. Galento' s victim's list is pretty weak.
In real life, a great fighter under 200 almost always beat a fighter over 220.

[Kalan]

If Galento connects.......and could put Louis down.....not sure why you don't think he couldn't KEEP Walker down.

I suppose he could speed his way to a judgement win....but you'd have to have some judges who adored a good defense.

I can't imagine him pushing Galento back. Seems a pretty big size differential, but maybe Walker is bigger than my mind's eye is presenting to me on this day

Galento caught a Louis who knew he would win quickly by KO.. Louis was being a bit careless because Galento was so overmatched it was ridiculous.. Walker was quicker and more elusive than Louis. He didn't have the power to stop tough Heavyweights -- but he would dodge and dart around the ring frustrating the bloated bartender.. It would possibly be a close fight, but I can see the Walker who finessed Paulino Uzcudun, Bearcat Wright, King Livinsky, and Johnny Risko beating the whiskey soused, fat, wide open, and rotund Galento for a decision.

[scorpio83]

Not many fighters ever got more mileage from a short knockdown in a fight that he lost.
Walker beat Uzcudun, Risko, Levinsky and had a draw with Sharkey. All were far better than Galento. Galento' s victim's list is pretty weak.
In real life, a great fighter under 200 almost always beat a fighter over 220.

Yes, Ambling Alp, we can't ignore the fact that Walker defeated good heavyweight contenders, including Ed "Bearcat" Wright, Walker's speed and power would give him the chance to beat "Two Ton" Tony.

[Kalan]

In real life, a great fighter under 200 almost always beat a fighter over 220.

THE HELL THEY DO!!! ... Carnera beat Tommy Loughran and Jack Sharkey -- that's the MAJORITY of small men he faced who YOU call great.

You use a finely jiggled weight qualification -- so Fights such as Liston-Patterson, Frazier Foreman, and Tyson-Spinks don't count.

Would Michael Spinks have beaten Mike Tyson if Tyson were 3 pounds heavier???

Do you think a 198 pound Roy Jones would have beaten Lennox Lewis??? Roy didn't try -- I wonder why??? It would have been HUGE money!

Do you think Oleksandr Usyk would beat Anythony Joshua??? He'd be nuts to try. I don't believe that fight will be made very soon if EVER!

Would a cruiserweight David Haye have a better chance vs Wladimir Klitschko??? ... Simple answer: NOOOOOOOO!!!

Heavyweight Boxers, Basketball players, and Football players are bigger and faster today than they were the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s 60’s and 70’s... Big men in general are more coordinated and are having much more success than in previous eras -- as the human race evolves, better training methods are developed, the science of Boxing advances, and the pool of talent expands as the world population grows.

Therefore matches between top Cruiserweights and top Heavyweights will be extremely RARE going forward ... and when they do happen the smaller men will NOT weigh-in under 200 -- and will almost always be big underdogs.

Your crackpot theory that size is an advantage for the smaller man is getting old.

[Caractacus]

Perhaps if Mickey Walker had planted one really devastaing punch to Galento's "Ole Garbonzo"(and sinking it up almost to his elbow)
very early on in round one,before Galento had time to even warm up proberbly,then I would say "Maybe"or even "Perhaps".

[Kalan]

He doesn't need to do that... He needs move really well an be elusive as Hell... Walker was a very quick puncher and threw flurries like Billy Conn... When Galento charged him bodily into the ropes he'd need to get his head underneath Galento's head and keep his thumbs out of his eyes.. Once you're thumbed bad like Lou Nova was, you're done.. You're wide open for more thumb jobs, which Nova continued to get.

Walker was much faster and more elusive than Nova, who was a big favorite to beat Galento.. If Mickey could elude the thumbs he'd take it.

[Caractacus]

What ? they Didn't call him "The Toy Bulldog" for nothing.
He wasn't Gene Tunney type of fighter.
Of course his nature was to go directly at Tony Galento.

[Kalan]

He was no Gene Tunney... Did I say he was a master??? ... He was fast and elusive and threw flurries.. He could duck and dodge punches.. Galento was a punching bag by comparison.. You don't slug with a punching bag.. The bag will win before it goes down for the count.. Like Ali said of Joe Frazier -- "Frazier can take more punches than the average guy can throw." Galento wasn't any Frazier. But that was his mentality.