Toy Bulldog

The Fighting Life and Times of Mickey Walker

John Jarrett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7040-2 (ISBN)

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This is a cradle-to-grave biography of Mickey Walker, former welterweight (1922-1926) and middleweight champion (1926-1931) of the world, one of the greatest fighters in ring history. He fought at a time when boxing was a major sport with only eight championships, and he held two of them over a nine-year period. He fought at a time when each weight division was jammed with good fighters, and he fought them all from welterweight up to heavyweight, frequently being outweighed 20 to 30 pounds.

Walker was also a great personality who loved life and lived it to the fullest. He was married seven times to four different women, and he cavorted with movie stars and mobsters. When his boxing career ended in 1935, Walker ran saloons in various locations and eventually became an artist of some standing. He died in 1981 at age 79.

John Jarrett has been writing about boxing since 1951 and has been the Northern Area Secretary to the British Boxing Board of Control since 1978. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. A Born Fighter

2. “You Need a Manager, Son”

3. Contender

4. Champion

5. Mickey and Marriage—Part One

6. Double Tragedy Hits Champ

7. Bootleg Booze and Boxing

8. Hollywood and Doc Kearns

9. One (or Two) Fights with Harry Greb

10. A Favor for Al Capone

11. A Shade Too Close

12. Backwoods to Broadway

13. Ex-Champ

14. “And New Middleweight Champion!”

15. Adventures Abroad

16. Death of the Tiger

17. Taming the Wildcat

18. Big Night in Chicago

19. Marriage, the Mob, and Mayhem in Louisville

20. Mickey the Giant Killer

21. Half a Heavyweight Champion

22. Schmeling—A Fight Too Far

23. Rock Bottom—Losing Liz and Doc

24. The End of the Road

25. Working on Canvas Again, and the Last Wedding

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	20 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	0-7864-7040-2 / 0786470402
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7040-2 / 9780786470402
Zustand	Neuware