Walker from the Sharkey and Schmeling fights against Ruhlin from the second Sharkey fight in 1900, who wins?
Very hard to say. All that I will say, is that Walker beat men in his own era, who were the equivalent of Ruhlin in his era. If you made a list of the greatest heavyweight contenders, then Walker woudl be on that list somewhere. You almost have to look at guys lie Fitzsimmons and Walker, and ask where you woudl rank them at heavyweight if they were a natural 190 pounder.
Perhaps I need to do a breakdown on Walker's heavyweight run some time. It is rather impressive, taken ion context.