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Toy Bulldog - The Fighting Life and Times of Mickey Walker (Paperback)
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Toy Bulldog - The Fighting Life and Times of Mickey Walker (Paperback)
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This is a cradle-to-grave biography of Mickey Walker, former
welterweight (1922-1926) and middleweight champion (1926-1931) of
the world, one of the greatest fighters in ring history. He fought
at a time when boxing was a major sport with only eight
championships, and he held two of them over a nine-year period. He
fought at a time when each weight division was jammed with good
fighters, and he fought them all from welterweight up to
heavyweight, frequently being outweighed 20 to 30 pounds, himself
only five-seven and never weighing more than 170 pounds. Walker was
not only a great fighter, he was a great personality who loved life
and lived it to the full. He went through seven marriages with four
different women, he cavorted with movie stars and mobsters from
Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone. When his boxing career ended in 1935,
Walker ran saloons in various locations, was often his own best
customer, finally quit drinking and became an artist of some
standing, several of his paintings hanging in some of America's top
galleries. Walker died in 1981, aged 79.
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