Tommy Burns vs. James J. Walker
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Tommy Burns beat Soldier Walker by KO at 2:55 in round 1 of 10
- Date: 1906-03-28
- Location: National Athletic Club, San Diego, California, USA
- World Heavyweight Title (1st defense by Burns)
- Burns fought two opponents at the National Athletic Club in San Diego on March 28, 1906, and knocked out both men in the first round. Walker was the first opponent, and Jim O'Brien was the second.
- Regarding Burns' bouts against Walker and O'Brien, the Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia states: "Most sources report these bouts as exhibition bouts; However, both contests were billed by promoter and newspapers as Heavyweight Championship contests."
- Burns was scheduled to make his next title defense against Bob Fitzsimmons in a twenty-round bout at the Tuxedo Athletic Club in Essington, Pennsylvania, on May 29. However, Pennsylvania Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker ordered the State Police to prevent the bout. On the night of May 29, twenty heavily armed troopers surrounded the club to prevent anyone from entering, and the fight was called off.
