Mickey Walker
Welterweight Champion 1922 - 1926
Middleweight Champion 1926 - 1931
 

 

 

EDWARD PATRICK WALKER
b. July 13, 1901
d. April 28, 1981

 
WON
93		 LOST
19		 DRAWS
4		 KO'S
60
 

Welterweight and middleweight champion Mickey Walker has boldly signed this photo in black ink... Walker is pictured in a fight pose during his career and an inset post career photo of him participating in his painting hobby!!

measures: 7.25 x 9.25"
condition: fine

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    Walker was hugely popular with the American public and media during his heyday. Not only was he a ferocious and fearless fighter who was prepared to take on anybody, but he was also a flamboyant character who provided the press with a succession of juicy stories. He was an inveterate womanizer and he often liked to drink until dawn. He married seven times, including three remarriages, and his extravagant lifestyle was a considerable burden on his finances. However his manager was the wily Jack "Doc" Kearns who amassed him a considerable fortune over their years together.
    When he retired in 1935, the "Toy Bulldog" took up the more passive art of painting, adopting a 'primitive' style. His canvases were widely acclaimed and he had several important exhibitions. More predictably, he also owned a popular bar sited, fittingly enough, next to Madison Square Garden in New York, the scene of many of his greatest triumphs.		  
 


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