Is Jersey Joe Walcot unappreciated?

[rightsideup]

You have to admire his perseverance. Stealthy moves and underrated power . Anyone give there pls throw in your thoughts.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

You have to admire his perseverance. Stealthy moves and underrated power . Anyone give there pls throw in your thoughts.

He def had a lot of tricks up his sleeve....

Great fighter but never reached the long runs of dominance like other champs like johnson, dempsey, Louis, marciano, ali..... Walcott kinda gets lost in the shuffle much like floyd Patterson. I think that's why he isn't regarded higher

[rightsideup]

He def had a lot of tricks up his sleeve....

Great fighter but never reached the long runs of dominance like other champs like johnson, dempsey, Louis, marciano, ali..... Walcott kinda gets lost in the shuffle much like floyd Patterson. I think that's why he isn't regarded higher

Both jersey joe and Floyd were class people

[Suckmedry]

It would be incredibly interesting to see a fighter within a bag of tricks like Jersey Joes around today.

Hopkisn and Ward, perhaps Floyd are our closest examples.

Just the subtle feints with both body, head and feet, would be so interesting to watch him box vs a guy like Kovalev for example. I think he'd give him absolute fits.

[rightsideup]

It would be incredibly interesting to see a fighter within a bag of tricks like Jersey Joes around today.

Hopkisn and Ward, perhaps Floyd are our closest examples.

Just the subtle feints with both body, head and feet, would be so interesting to watch him box vs a guy like Kovalev for example. I think he'd give him absolute fits.

When Duran turned his back on leonard signaling he was about to quite leonard hit duran to the body because apparently Walcott used to sucker people by turning his back to them and then counterattacking while they were bewildered.

[JimEarl]

Slick old fighter. Probably is under-appreciated. Had a habit of twisting his body into right hand punches that Marciano finally took advantage of once he learned to read him.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Dude did fight some crazy competition..

Louis, ezzard, marciano.... All of them were top level at the time


James toney and hopkins are the recent guys using his tricks... I would also say to a limited success level, Emmanuel augustus used a lot of the same trickier, like turning your back to setup an ambush...

[ironalex]

It would be incredibly interesting to see a fighter within a bag of tricks like Jersey Joes around today.

Hopkisn and Ward, perhaps Floyd are our closest examples.

Just the subtle feints with both body, head and feet, would be so interesting to watch him box vs a guy like Kovalev for example. I think he'd give him absolute fits.

Not to mention the best footwork in the history of the sport. One of my favourite knockdowns was when he used the Walcott waltz against joe Louis, and his knockout over ezzard charles was probably the best in history.

[ShoulderRoll]

When Walcott was young and fresh he wasn't as clever. Once he had developed his skills more fully he had gotten old.

It would have been something if he could have combined both at the same time.

[The Old LefHook]

I have always wondered why Joe is not more popular in boxing history circles. He was the king of many techniques. The Walcott walkaway was a patented move that others still try with less style. The all time king of footwork and feints might deserve a little more recognition.

I have the feeling that Joe was holding down a steady job for much of his boxing career.