Choynski v.s. Barbados Joe .. What Happened ?

I think what's being overlooked here is that Choynski had apparently been one-shot KO'd by Kid McCoy prior to being KO'd by Walcott, and he was KO'd again by Tom Sharkey after that. His chin appears to have become rather unreliable at this stage of his career, and this appears to have been around the time he started his decline as a serious contender.

 

i thought there was no film of him?

 

Not to my knowledge..The only still photo of Joe Walcott in his later years, is a photo of him holding a broom in his duties as a porter in MSG.
So many alltime greats have never been seen fighting on film today..
Just a few-
Joe Walcott
Jack Britton
Jack Dillon
Harry Greb
Dave Shade
Maxie Rosenbloom ,etc...Shame!

 

Actually that Fat Hucekberry Johnny Boz sent me a YouTube of Joe in a newsreel talkie from 1930 and now i can't relocate it.

 

twimc, this is not my latest classic forum conspiracy theory as Ive already seen it!!

 

Cracking picture!

 

Choynski claimed he went into the match with injured ribs.

 

The newspaper articles will be forthcoming!

 

That, and influenza. In fact it seems he made a whole heap of excuses after the fight. He was supposed to get a rematch with Walcott and a chance to prove his excuses were legit, but then he suffered an even more embarrassing KO loss to Sharkey and that became moot.

Ironically, Choynski was originally scheduled to fight a rematch with Kid McCoy on the night he fought Walcott, and that was intended to redeem himself from his previous embarrassing KO loss to McCoy. Instead his career and reputation ended up going even further into decline.

In the end, who knows. Very possibly Choynski was just simply a fighter on a fast decline, and like most fighters in decline he was in denial about his decline and had an excuse for every fight he lost.

 

Walcott's arms look as big as Wills!

 

Yes, that was before, he kicked the bucket !

 

when fighters get cracked you'd be amazed at who could knock them out.