On This Day In Boxing History!

1981: The “Toy Bull Dog” Mickey Walker Passes!

Mickey Walker  

Born: July 13th, 1901

Birth Name: Edward Patrick Walker

Birth Place: Elizabeth, New Jersey

Residence: Elizabeth, New Jersey

Pro-Debut: February 10th, 1919

Alias: Toy Bulldog

Division: Middleweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 7″  

Reach: 67″  

Bouts: 119

Rounds: 801

Kos: 50%

Record: 94-19-4, 60Ko’s   

Died: Age 79, April 28th, 1981

International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 1990

April 28th

1919: Benny Leonard TKO8 Willie Ritchie

Harry Greb NWS12 Battling Levinsky

1943: Manuel Ortiz KO 6 Lupe Cardoza

1967: Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces.

1971: Markus Beyer was born

1973: Antonio Cervantes KO1 Benny Huertas

Rubén Olivares TKO2 Walter Seeley

1978: Antonio Cervantes KO 6 Tonga Kiatvayupakdi

1981: Mickey Walker passes.

1990: Michael Moorer KO1 Mario Oscar Melo

1991: James Smith TKO1 Lawrence Carter

Yuh Myung-woo TKO10 Kajkong Danphuthai

1993: Gregorio Vargas KO7 Paul Hodkinson

1994: Canning Town, London 23-year-old super bantamweight Bradley Stone died from a blood clot two days after his 10th round TKO loss to Richie Wenton at York Hall, Bethnal Green1995: Tim (Doc) Anderson, shoots and kills his former promoter Rick (Elvis) Parker,

2001: Joe Calzaghe KO 1 Mario Veit

Manny Pacquiao KO6 Foijan Prawet

Andrew Lewis W 12 Larry Marks

2007: Stipe Drews W 12 Silvio Branco

Felix Sturm W 12 Javier Castillejo

Juan Diaz KO 8 Acelino Freitas

2012: Roman Gonzalez KO4 Ramon Garcia Hirales

Chad Dawson MD12 Bernard Hopkins   

Jhonny Gonzalez W12 Elio Rojas

Juan Carlos Salgado MD12 Martin Honorio

2013: Lucas Browne W12 James Toney

2017: Moruti Mthalane KO4 Genisis Libranza

2018: Isaac Dogboe TKO11 Jessie Magdaleno

Jelena Mrdjenovich W10 Stephanie Ducastel

Katie Taylor W10 Victoria Bustos