SHARKEY AND WALKER DRAW

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1931, Page 4

SHARKEY AND WALKER DRAW

NEW YORK HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT. WALKER FORCES. FACE EARLY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.15 pan. New York, July 22. A crowd of 30,000 saw the battle between the big Boston heavyweight and former middleweight champion Sharkey, who weighed list, 21-lb., and Walker, 12st. ijlb., which resultc'd iu a draw. Sharkyy gave way before Walker’s superior aggressiveness and steady body punching through tho early and middle rounds, but rallied strongly towards the close, Sharkey hammered Walker solidly iffom the twelfth to the fifteenth round, working methodically ion a gash opened on Walker’s left eye in the fifth round. The cut widened steadily in the closing rounds and in the fifteenth a sharp right loosed a steady stream of blood over Walker’s face. The only semblance of a knockdown came in the fifth round, when Walker, caught off his balance, was floored by a right to the chin, but was up without a count. The crowd was with Walker and roared in the ninth round when he launched a terrific offensive, battering his opponent’s big body with both hands and driving Sharkey across the ring. Sharkey’s rejuvenation came in the, twelfth round, when he came out of his corner a different kind of fighter. His lethargy, was gone and he fired both hands at his opponent during the remaining rounds,' but Walker refused to go down. , .