Travis Walker is a disgrace: look who he's fighting!

[The Hammer]

Travis Walker (27-1-1) is supposedly one of the best up-and-coming American heavyweights. He's scheduled to fight John Dixon on Saturday.



Dixon has a record of 5 wins and 30 losses. He has lost eight of his past nine fights, and he's lost 23 of his past 25 fights!!

Dixon has been KOed in each of his past four fights, and he is age 42.

Dixon has the biggest belly I've ever seen in a pro boxer! He makes Toney look skinny by comparison...

Why is Travis Walker (BoxRec #34 heavyweight) fighting someone like this? What's wrong with American heavyweights these days?

[sylvestersweet]

Wow, completely agree
What the hell is he doing with a fight like that?

[TheManchine]

[jreckoning]

I don't know if he has a choice. His promoter sets it up and he agrees because it's any easy day at the office.

I mean how many people go to work every single day and say oh I want a really hard challenge. Screw that.

Just a stay busy fight. And if you think about it, it doesn't really help him get his name out there. It's just a nice easy fight that he can perhaps win by dramatic ko.

[The Hammer]

I don't know if he has a choice. His promoter sets it up and he agrees because it's any easy day at the office.

But why somebody who's 42, pot-bellied and has lost 23 of 25, and been knocked out in most of those losses? Dixon should have his liscense revoked.

There are plenty of decent heavyweights looking for a fight right now, such as Timor Ibragimov. But team Walker won't take a chance.

He's not going to improve, fighting people like that.

[Texanballer]

****ing shame, i made a thread on this earlier, good to see yours got replies. Shame

[jreckoning]

But why somebody who's 42, pot-bellied and has lost 23 of 25, and been knocked out in most of those losses? Dixon should have his liscense revoked.

There are plenty of decent heavyweights looking for a fight right now, such as Timor Ibragimov. But team Walker won't take a chance.

He's not going to improve, fighting people like that.

I agree with that. Maybe they have their reasons.
Reason 1 being, maybe he's just not that good and is waiting for the cash out fight.

[pottnuz]

or maybe every other heavyweight is too scared to fight him ie-- arreola, who he called out, or maybe peters, who he also has called out numerous times. i'm sure he doesn't want to fight this bum but he has to fight someone. And lets not forget he is the interim nabf champ which was supposed to guarantee a fight with rahman which rahman declined.

[GodOfWarII]

Travis Walker ****ing sucks anyways, watch him lose to a ****ty quality opponent such as this one.

[Clegg]

That's a pretty terrible match-up.