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Mickey Walker

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Boxer

The Resume

    (July 13, 1903-April 28, 1981)
    Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
    Professional boxer
    Former world welter-weight and middle-weight champion
    Professional record of 110-22-5
    Real name: Edward Patrick Walker
    Nickname: The Toy Bulldog

Why he might be annoying:

    He drank heavily and showed up for fights drunk or hungover.
    What kind of nickname is 'The Toy Bulldog?'
    Many of his fights ended in draws because back then, rules of boxing didn't allow for wins except by knockout.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He's considered one of the greatest welterweights and middleweights of all-time. Certainly the best between the time of Stanley Ketchel and the forties.
    He was a charter inductee to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
    He specialized in beating much bigger fighters, including fighters outweighing him by more than forty pounds.
    He defeated the then light heavyweight champion Max Rosenbloom in a non-title match.
    After retirement, he opened a restaurant and became a respected artist.
    He died of Parkinson's which was almost certainly caused by his years as a fighter.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying