They found Mickey Walker lying in a gutter once believing he was an alcoholic mess, he suffered Parkinson's disease and died a lonely death in 1981. Walker was one of the toughest and hardest hitting middleweights of all time and to put him into context with the modern era, he would have have given both Monzon and Hagler very tough fights!

When i saw Joe Frazier as a guest on Friday night fights a few years ago i nearly cried as the once great Smokin Joe was barely able to string two words together.


Johnson, Louis, Tyson, Gatti, Valero, Arguello, boxing has a history of letting it's heroes down! Some let themselves down by fighting way past their used by date : Roy Jones jr?

Watching Paul Briggs a couple of weeks ago highlighted the lengths some old fighters go, just to survive when their career is over.