" This content is protected named Jersey Joe Walcott, who started his ring career as a sparring partner for Joe Louis back in 1936, is the newest light on the heavyweight horizon. A comparative unknown in top-flight boxing circles, Jersey Joe won a convincing 10 round verdict over Joe Baksi, the nation's number two wartime heavyweight, before 3,500 at Camden's Convention Hall last night. Walcott went into a strategic retreat for the first three rounds, nimbly skipping out of the way of Baksi's smashes, and after he had succeeded in tiring his opponent, uncorked a sizzling attack of his own, which had Baksi groggy at the finish. The only official, Referee Paul Cavalier, cast his vote for Walcott, who scaled 188 lbs. to Baksi's 212 1/2." -Associated Press Interesting how the press at the time viewed Walcott as a slugger, rather than a slippery elusive fancy dan.
Walcott certainly wasn't a fancy dan. He had some nice little shifts and moves, but he was definitely a hard-punching strong mofo. He got in there, digging hard hooks and hard overhand rights, and using a fair bit of strength.
