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1955 Press Photo Braddock

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Caption: NEW YORK: Mickey Walker (R), one-time holder of the welterweight and middleweight boxing crowns, and Jimmy Braddock, former heavyweight champ, have a couple of big smiles before their appearance on a TV program here 3/16. Mickey, who never backed away from a fight in his life, picked a list of all-Irish boxing champions in honor of St. Patricks Day. Here are his selections by divisions: heavyweight, Jack Dempsey; light-heavyweight, Billy Conn; middleweight, Mike O'Dowd; welterweight, Jimmy McLarnin; lightweight, Jack McAuliffe; featherweight, Terry McGovern; bantamweight, Joe lynch; flyweight, Rinty Monaghan. (SUGGESTED FOR USE WITH u.p. sPORTS EXTRA BY TIMOTHY MORIARTY FOR THURSDAY 3/17 PM's.) UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO.

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