Who would win a drinking contest between Mickey Walker and Young Griffo?

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Both at the peak of their alchohol tolerance.

    Predictions please.
     
  2. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    They both pass out simultaneously while the bar tender (a short fat guy with a cigar who fought Joe Louis), who had been drinking with them, laughs.
     
  3. mcvey

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    Walker ,but Lew Jenkins would beat both of them.
     
  4. Woller

    Woller Active Member Full Member

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    45 rounds?

    Woller
     
  5. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is this a p4p or litre4litre matchup?
     
  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    The abount they drink is adjusted for body weight to make it fair.

    The man who remains standing with the highest blood alchohol level wins.
     
  7. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Shane MacGowan would give them both a run for their money. :D
     
  8. griffo wins easily jeff harding close second
     
  9. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Boston Strongboy,John L Sullivan,was an enourmous imbiber.And he drank too.
     
  10. Bobby Sinn

    Bobby Sinn Bulimba Bullant Full Member

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    Who would win??

    The publican.

    He'd have to pay the wages of the bar staff for a long haul.
     
  11. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bukowski would'a loved these two.

    This is a joke question but I'm going to attempt a serious answer.

    Walker seemed to handle booze better than Griffo, who became quite the antisocial degenerate when drunk. It's easier for me to picture Griffo passing out than Walker for some reason. From all I've read Mick seemed like the type who had to drink a case of beer before he even copped a buzz, whereas one single drink could make a difference in Griffo's demeanor (I'm a bartender and have seen this kind of thing a lot. It's always unsettling to see).

    Griffo was a true alcoholic, the kind that had that awful Jekyll and Hyde thing going on. All of us have had a friend like that. You have to end up having something of an intervention with them or you just stop hanging out with them because they cause too much grief for you and the rest of your friends.

    That seems, to me anyway, to be the difference between Griffo and Walker.

    Sorry if I took a funny question too serious :smoke
     
  12. Woller

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    Brian London“s father Jack London (former british heavyweight champion) would eat them both alive at the same time. Brian recalls in his biography that 20 pints a night was nothing to his father.

    Woller
     
  13. Bobby Sinn

    Bobby Sinn Bulimba Bullant Full Member

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    Surf-Bat.. I tend to disagree with your picture of Griffo.

    Griffo was an alcolholic- yes. A severe one. As we know, it interupted everything, except his drinking. Hitting the bottle at first light was no different to hitting the bottle immediately following an afternoon pass out. He simply drank.

    Walker, on the other hand, would operate effectively throughout his routine, at a steady pace.

    Sit Walker and Griffo down together at a table. Pour them drink after drink after drink.... I bet you Mr.SlowandSteady Walker falls off his chair first.
     
  14. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i'd back griffo