Mickey Walker vs Jack Sharkey, the best result in the history of gloved boxing?

So you're a firm believer in size over quality?

And no Walker weighed what 168 didn't he? He was outweighted by what 20-30lbs. Lesser weight disparity than RJJ-Ruiz, which I wouldn't consider better than Leonard-Hagler. What about Haye/Chagaev-Valuev? 100lbs weight disparity and therefore the best win ever

 

I must say Walker looked really impressive in there he looked a real handful, good all round skills and totally fearless.

 

I was told of the dive in conversation once, I tried to authenticate on internent and this is the best I could find to support what I had heard, http://books.google.com/books?id=Mo...a=X&ei=qRwxU-rhJYj4kQfuvoHoAQ&ved=0CBAQ6AEwAw

 

Sharkey didn't perform well. He'd been off for over a year, since the fouling farce with Schmeling. Walker had been active and had already beaten some decent-sized heavyweights so it shouldn't have been such a shock.
Can't see it as the best result ever.

 

I can't think of another one that beats it in the modern era.

A Welterweight or Middleweight Champion fights the number-one rated Heavyweight in the world to a draw over 15 rounds that most ringsiders swore he won? That's beyond an anomaly.

Walker was a welterweight who grew into a middleweight by the time he was 26. He didn't "grow" into anything more and sure as well was never a heavyweight in the true sense of the word. Sharkey was 6'0 tall -and trained down to 200 lbs. He was a good-sized man even by today's standards. Walker was 5'7 with his shoes on -no taller and with a reach no longer than Duran's. It wasn't like he was 5'10 and campaigning at middle when he was 18 and then "grew" into his frame. Walker was 30 years old when he fought Sharkey, who was probably at his peak.

Again, what Walker did here is beyond an anomaly.

It's beyond Duran-Leonard and Duran-Barkley. It's beyond Leonard-Hagler.

 

Any way you slice it, it's a remarkable feat and a reason why Mickey is considered a all time top 10 p4p

 

Where do Walker's wins against Johnny Risko rate in the gloved era ?

 

Phenomenal accomplishments, risko was able to be beaten over the distance often and was not the champ, so these wins are overlooked as history marches on but still are incredible wins for the toy bulldog.

 

Without checking boxrec, I think Sharkey's next fight was a good performance against Carnera, then a so-so one against Schmeling (gifted the title?) and then a KO loss to Carnera. Before Walker fight, the inconclusive first fight with Schmeling. Bit patchy, I'd say.

 

He grew into a LHW, he was regularly weighing 168-175, not a big LHW but still a LHW.

Langford is a good comparison, he wasn't much bigger than Walker, 155 against Johnson and around 170lbs for much of his best HW peak.