Jersey Joe Walcott KO 1 Johnny Shkor

What a camera shot. It looks like Michael Jackson engineered this guy's shoes.

 

Timber!!

 

For a guy often accused of having a less than stellar chin,Walcott faced a fair amount of hitters doing pretty well against them.

 

A KO by degrees, 45 of 'em!

 

Shkor is an interesting fighter. He lost lots of fights, perhaps poorly managed in addition to not being very well schooled, yet he also has wins over Johnny Flynn, Johnny Allen, Tami Mauriello, and Rusty Payne. All genuine contenders. He also gave Rocky Marciano and Buddy Walker hard fights in defeat. Perphaps a Jesse Ferguson of the 40s.

 

Walcott could bang and a cutie but usually pinpoint shots he did not really go in for the KO after he walked into the Joe Louis 6-punch-combo- trap in fight 2 ....Joe usually liked to drop you and admire his handiwork but he certainly had one punch power in both hands that would rank with the elite

 

I think Johnny Shkor was a big boy also