Mickey Walker-How good was he ?

[Caractacus]

he was good enough to be the welterweight and Middleweight Champions.

[Caractacus]

-tale of Tape-
( at age 24 yrs)

height-5 ft 6.5"
weight-146 lbs
reach-68 inches

chest-38 inches
expanded-41 inches

waist-36 inches

biceps-13 inches
forearm-12 inches
wrist-7 inches

thigh-19 inches
calf-15 inches
ankle-7 inches

[Yuzo]

he was probably a few inches taller than that when he got in the ring, because he boxed up on the balls of his feet like jimmy bivins and lloyd marshall.

[Caractacus]

[Caractacus]

he was probably a few inches taller than that when he got in the ring, because he boxed up on the balls of his feet like jimmy bivins and lloyd marshall.

5 ft 6 and one-half inches tall,
with 19 inch drum-sticks !

[goose 5]

Jack Kearns Jr. told me about the time his dad and Walker knocked out about 9 guys in a bar fight.

[Caractacus]

I had heard somewhere, that Mickey Walker was 'mean"
if so, how mean was he ?

[Ezzard]

Walker is one of the greatest p4p fighters ever.

[cfang]

Walker is one of the greatest p4p fighters ever.

Absolutely and it’s a huge compliment to greb

[Caractacus]

Botta-Bing !

[Expug]

All time great. And one of boxing’s greatest characters for sure. My Grandfathers favorite. Talked about him all the time.

[Ambling Alp II]

Certainly one of the greats. He was in the 2nd Group of guys selected for the Boxrec Hall of Fame. At the time he was voted in, he was one of only 24 fighters.
Fought quality competition from welterweight to heavyweight.

[Caractacus]

check out this newspaper article from 1922.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ryllA ... pg=PA25&dq

[Caractacus]

99th professional fight
-1927-

listen to those 'thuds' and
notice the difference in the amount of "leverage" that Walker gets behind his punches.

[elmersalsa]

Walker is one of the greatest p4p fighters ever.

Yes, he was!

[Caractacus]

and just think how good he may have been if he had never"taken up the bottle'
during his career (especially after the loss to Tommy Loughlin)