Mickey Walker vs Dick Tiger @ 160 lbs,winner

I hear that Walker was forced to "carry" Hudkins, which is why he went for a points win. No question though that Hudkins's strength was bothering him, and even more so in their first fight.

 

Yes I did. I felt the original film wasn't clear enough.

 

Previous to the second fight there were fears that it would be a fix because Jack Kearns, Walker's manager, also had a contract to manage Ace Hudkins, Walker's opponent. The fight was not a fix but I've read that Walker "carried" Hudkins in order to not make him look bad.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738009,00.html

 

I've done it with some isolated incidents such as Tunney's KO of Carpentier, LaMotta's knockdown against Nardico, highlights of old time fighters like Jack Johnson but not another fight other than Walker-Hudkins II.

If you have any suggestions then I may attempt to do the same with other fights.

 

Out of everyone who fought Tiger 'in the trenches' who did you think competed the best?

I would be inclined to think Hank myself, and he did so by some nive head movement and defensive footwork. Do you think Walker could do this? He also had a superior offence to Hank.

 

Aint seen the first Griffith bout, so cannot comment.

I don't think Hank was boxing Tiger he was mostly just throwing in defensive manuevers whilst in the trenches, and looking to keep Tiger off with sharp counter-punches then falling back into trading.

 

Thank you much. I think it does help illuminate how Walker could have dealt with Tiger's style. Walker-Hudkins II reveals qualities in Mickey we might not credit him with at all if that one had not been filmed.

Regarding Walker carrying opponents, he was very candid about having done this in his autobiography, so I don't find it to be any kind of stretch that he may have done this with Ace the second time around.

Hudkins himself was strong enough to drop King Levinski twice and decision him handily less than two years later. Like Walker, he proved he could play with quality heavyweights. At 6'1," and 205 pounds, 22(13)-4-1 Dynamite Jackson was no pushover either, and Hudkins outscored Jackson for his final career win.

 

Duran competed very well with Hagler, and that may have been the situation where Marv made the most use of superior physical strength and size. (I don't believe Hagler was as strong as his muscularity might lead one to believe, but he certainly measured up to his appearance in the Duran fight.) Barkley was a monster compared to Duran. The Toy Bulldog was naturally bigger than Duran, and otherwise measures up well with El Cholo in many respects.

Burt's mention of Paul Berlenbach deserves more consideration also. The Astoria Assassin is the only member of the IBHOF with an Olympic Gold Medal in wrestling, and Mickey dropped him twice in winning a decision, while conceding a weight pull of over a dozen pounds. This scenario does not entail such a weight advantage for either Walker or Tiger.