Walker was a better boxer and more proven against a greater ranger of fighters through more divisions, so I'll go with a Walker UD
This would be a great fight, but I think Walker would take it......Better fighter in my opinion, but tough to call.....
I am leaning towards Wlaker, but I would not put any money on it. LaMotta had a style that has demonstrably given Walker problems. I would not stand too close to the ropes incase I fell in!
Walker would do well to repeat the Ace Hudkins II performance but not the first fight where he slugged it out. LaMotta's chance would surely be to take an unsuspecting Walker by surprise in their initial encounter with his great strength and bullying tactics.
I'm with the majority: Walker wins a decision in a tough fight, but you can't discount LaMotta's chances... Both too tough to be stopped by the other, but Walker's heavier punching and sharper shooting make the difference.
The prime Mickey Walker [without Johnny Walker],who flattened Brit Tommy Milligan,in 1927,would certainly defeat the tough LaMotta. Walker hit harder and was faster on the attack, than Jake...A fight ,for the ages, would be Ace Hudkins hooking up with Jake LaMotta. Two tough S.O.B's from different eras...
No knock on Jake, but I can't think of anything he can do better than Walker. Mickey appears to me to be just as strong physically. He was just as sturdy, just as fast (maybe faster. it's debatable), can box and slug. Plus his power was superior to Jake's. I like Walker by UD. Jake hangs tough but if both are at their best he is outfought.
:good LaMotta-Hudkins. Wow....somebody call the police. And a good surgeon to repair the ruined faces of both guys after this bout.
Surf, in the 1940s,while on our way to MSG, my dad took me into Mickey Walkers Bar and Grille,on 8th Ave@49st. By luck Walker was standing behind the bar joshing with customers Though a neophite, I was thrilled to see the Toy Bulldog, who my dad saw in the 1920s. i remember his Irish pug nose,still. I rate Mickey walker as a middleweight in the top 5,but of course behind Harry Greb...What 160 pounder since the Mick, could take on bigger and heavier men ,as Paul Berlenbach, Leo Lomski, Johnny Risko,and the 42 pound heavier Bearcat Wright. And fight a FIFTEEN round draw with the prime Jack Sharkey ? Answer NONE. And of course lick these big men...What an apt boxing name, "The Toy Bulldog ".
Prett amazing stuff BB. One would think that sluggers of the magnitude of Berlenbach and Lomski would have knocked Walker stiff. His success against bigger fighters like that is mind boggling.
Too often we lament the dearth of certain footage while not always fully appreciating what actually does exist. What we see Mickey do in Hudkins II would not likely be believed if we hadn't all seen the film for ourselves. It's an incredible document of Walker boxing on the retreat in the pocket, among other things. He was lauded in print for his foot speed right from his debut against Dominic Orsini. Rub Mickey down with Oscar Lamb's horse liniment before the match, and he's sure to replicate Hudkins II with LaMotta.