RARE 1840's BOXER JOHNNY WALKER BOXING ENGRAVING PHOTO

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Double your traffic. ORIGINAL, RARE 1840's BARE KNUCKLE BOXER JOHNNY WALKER BOXING ENGRAVING PHOTO.THIS Steel line engraving on glazed card OF JOHNNY WAKER MEASURES 6" x 4-1/2".J.T. WOOD. HOLYWELL ST. STRAND. ..Johnny Walker (Born: January 1, 1819; England; Died: September 18, 1888; London, England) was a lightweight bare-knuckle boxer. He weighed around 133 pounds, and stood 5’ 5 ½” .Walker was born with the name Johnny Badman. He was given his name by the great boxer Peter Crawley who owned a boxing school. . We first hear of Walker’s pugilistic career when he challenged Jack Hannan for the Lightweight Championship of England. The contest was held on November 1, 1838 at Oxfordshire. Walker was defeated in 31 rounds and 2 hours and 54 minutes. He again challenged Hannan for the title on April 2, 1839 near Newmarket. This time Walker was defeated in 39 rounds and 3 hours and 48 minutes, after his shoulder was dislocated after a heavy throw. In 1841, Hannan lost his championship to Johnny Broome, who then retired from the ring in 1842. Following his losses to Hannan, Walker defeated W. Jones on June 2, 1841, Fred Mason on January 18, 1842, and Ned Adams on July 5, 1842. With these three victories Walker established himself as the rightful successor to Broome’s title, and was thereafter never defeated. Sometime around 1850, Walker read more

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