Nicholas Walters vs Sosa draw.

[mikeeod]

I like Walters and thought he was going to be Crawford type special. What happened to this future star?

I still like Walters and think he has an exciting style. That being said, and to your point, I will offer the following two observations:
1) While I enjoy Walters' in ring "style" of fighting, I never considered him as talented, versatile, or skillful as Crawford. Crawford is a classy boxer-puncher who can box stylishly behind the jab, fight orthodox and southpaw, brawl when necessary, make adjustments when necessary, and end things with one shot. Walters is a beast who, to borrow an analogy from Marvin Hagler, is like Pac Man (the video game, not Manny Paquiaou) in the ring, chewing up whoever is in front of him. This leads me to my second point...
2) Walters may be a special fighter still, just not above 126, due to his reliance/necessity for size and brute force advantages for his style. Think of Marvin Hagler and Ricky Hatton as examples. Marvin was an ATG, but he never went above 160, likely because he knew his strength and power advantages at that weight would likely not be there at 168/175, and he wouldn't be the same fighter. Hatton wasn't nearly as great as Marvin, but he was much more daunting/effective at 140 than he was at 147. Bam Bam Rios is another example of a style that is effective at one weight, but loses advantages as the weight increases. Something to think about...

As for who won, I agree with the majority. Tough to give Sosa more than a couple of rounds.