Mickey Walker - Revision history

Solar95 at 10:15, 3 January 2026

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Solar95 at 06:48, 19 December 2025

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Ric: cleaned up a bit; IBRO article linked

2025-05-27T16:53:20Z

cleaned up a bit; IBRO article linked

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Olivares at 21:48, 5 November 2024

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	{{ibhof \|url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/walkermickey.html}}		{{ibhof \|url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/walkermickey.html}}
	<boxer>009035</boxer>		<boxer>009035</boxer>
	*'''Trainer:''' [[Bill Bloxham]]		*'''Trainer:''' [[Bill Bloxham]], [[Whitey Bimstein]]
	*'''Manager:''' [[Jack Kearns\|Jack "Doc" Kearns]]		*'''Manager:''' [[Jack Kearns\|Jack "Doc" Kearns]]
	*'''[[:Category: Mickey Walker Gallery\|Mickey Walker Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category: Mickey Walker Gallery\|Mickey Walker Gallery]]'''

John at 03:30, 22 December 2020

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	<boxer>009035</boxer>		<boxer>009035</boxer>
	'''Trainer:''' [[Bill Bloxham]]~~<br>~~		*'''Trainer:''' [[Bill Bloxham]]
	'''Manager:''' [[Jack Kearns\|Jack "Doc" Kearns]]~~<br>~~		*'''Manager:''' [[Jack Kearns\|Jack "Doc" Kearns]]
	'''[[:Category: Mickey Walker Gallery\|Mickey Walker Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category: Mickey Walker Gallery\|Mickey Walker Gallery]]'''
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	==Career Overview==		==Career Overview==
	The only welterweight champion to ever become a successful contender in the heavyweight ranks, '''Mickey Walker''' was one of the bravest, toughest, and most popular boxers of his generation. A rugged scrapper with little use for ring technique or proper conditioning, Walker had tremendous success with his unpolished warrior?s style. A two-division champion whose title reigns spanned nine years, he defeated five hall of fame opponents over his sixteen year career and also emerged victorious in ten matches against opponents who outweighed him by twenty pounds or more. He is routinely rated by historians as one of the greatest welterweights and middleweights in history, and was also a fine performer at both light heavyweight and heavyweight. Writers of the age constantly marvelled at his small stature but superhuman toughness. Hence his entirely appropriate nickname, the ?Toy Bulldog.?		The only welterweight champion to ever become a successful contender in the heavyweight ranks, '''Mickey Walker''' was one of the bravest, toughest, and most popular boxers of his generation. A rugged scrapper with little use for ring technique or proper conditioning, Walker had tremendous success with his unpolished warrior's style. A two-division champion whose title reigns spanned nine years, he defeated five hall of fame opponents over his sixteen year career and also emerged victorious in ten matches against opponents who outweighed him by twenty pounds or more. He is routinely rated by historians as one of the greatest welterweights and middleweights in history, and was also a fine performer at both light heavyweight and heavyweight. Writers of the age constantly marvelled at his small stature but superhuman toughness. Hence his entirely appropriate nickname, the ?Toy Bulldog.?

	===Welterweight===		===Welterweight===

Wouter at 05:27, 13 March 2017

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	[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]		[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]

Wouter at 12:49, 21 March 2015

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Ric: POV; became a NY artist of landscapes, per Jan. 12, 1946 ''Knockout'' mag, p. 12

2012-07-01T22:56:47Z

POV; became a NY artist of landscapes, per Jan. 12, 1946 ''Knockout'' mag, p. 12

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Ric at 01:04, 23 June 2012

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	{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Mickey}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Mickey}}
	[[Category:Irish American Boxers]]		[[Category:Irish American Boxers]]
	[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]		[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]

Ric: updated external links

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updated external links

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	===Sources===		===Sources===
	*[[An Illustrated History of Boxing]], by [[Nat ~~Flesicher~~]] and [[Sam Andre]]		*[[An Illustrated History of Boxing]], by [[Nat Fleischer]] and [[Sam Andre]]
	*[[A Century of Boxing Greats]] (1997), by Patrick Myler		*''A Century of Boxing Greats'' (1997), by Patrick Myler
	*Roberts, James B. and Alexander G. Skutt. [[The Boxing Register]]. 4th ed. 2006.		*Roberts, James B. and Alexander G. Skutt. [[The Boxing Register]] (4th ed. 2006.)
	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/walker-m.htm~~\| CBZ profile~~]		*CBZ Profile: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/walker-m.htm]

	==Factoids==		==Factoids==
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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*~~CBZ~~'s [http://www.~~cyberboxingzone~~.com/~~boxing/walker-m.htm page~~] ~~on Walker~~		*''The Great Mickey Walker'' by Kelly Nicholson: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=4935]
	*~~[http~~:~~//www.sports.nd.edu/exhibits/winkexhibit/Walker.710-38-12.jpg Photo]~~		*Film of of Walker training: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CxjJIOqnVI]
	*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CxjJIOqnVI ~~Film~~] ~~of Walker training~~		*Biography: [http://www.belovedonslaught.com/2012/03/victoria-aut-mors-mickey-walker.html]
	*[http://www.belovedonslaught.com/2012/03/victoria-aut-mors-mickey-walker.html ~~Detailed biography~~] ~~of Walker~~

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	[[Category:Irish American Boxers]]		[[Category:Irish American Boxers]]
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