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Eddie Booker was one of the greatest fighters who ever lived. Sadly, Booker was overlooked when it came to obtaining a world title fight, which is probably why he has been overlooked for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Booker's overall record was 68-5-8, with 34 K.O.'s, campaigning from 1935-1944. He was a 5'9", 160 lb. middleweight, who fought much of his career with a bad eye, and bad hands. He was never stopped, despite fighting the best fighters of his day.
The great Archie Moore, when asked whom he considered the greatest fighter ever, said, "Charley Burley; however, there is another fighter who might have been his equal, Eddie Booker." [details]
Booker's overall record was 68-5-8, with 34 K.O.'s, campaigning from 1935-1944. He was a 5'9", 160 lb. middleweight, who fought much of his career with a bad eye, and bad hands. He was never stopped, despite fighting the best fighters of his day.
The great Archie Moore, when asked whom he considered the greatest fighter ever, said, "Charley Burley; however, there is another fighter who might have been his equal, Eddie Booker." [details]