The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

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 Thirty-two years old and brok the Rumson Bulldog has a chance to win his third title, an asset which could be turned into quick money for the wife and baby. De- feat may plunge him into oblivion and poverty.
 At 32, Walker is an "old man. in ring reckoning and Promoter Jim- my Johnston has been criticized for giving this washed up indi- vdiuaW a crack at the title, partic. ularly in view of a recent defeat by Lou Brouillard. " In his hey-dey Mickey was one of the rings most popular per. formers, and nothing would be more welcome to his legions of ad. mirers than to see him win to. night. But Rosenbloom is the g to favorite.
 Tough Task
 Walker is three years older than Maxie, and those three years are expected to count heavily in the later rounds. He has been a fast liver. squandering nearly @ million dollars along the primrose path when he was welter and middle weight champion.
 ANOSSHUiOOHl IS no paragon or virtue. He Is proud of doing most of his training with the dawn pa. trol along Broadway's hot spots. He also is broke, but apparently has couple of good fighting years left. Despite his clowning and poor , showings in non-title bouts, Maxie Is a great fighter. He has the rug gedness and stamina of a mule, the ring-craft of Joe Cans, the speed of lightweight and an awkward style that handicaps an opponent.
 All that Rosenbloom lacks Is a punch. If his slappings and cuff rngs had dynamite behind them, he could probably beat Camera, Walker will weigh about 173 pounds, while Rosenbloom will just squeeze under the 175.pound limit. Garden officials expect about 10000 fans.
 Ring titles to-day are a dime a dozen. So many changes have been recorded this year that 1t drives one dizzy keeping tabs on them.
 St it's in tho cards for Mickey Walker to accomplish the Hercu- lean feat of dethroning Maxie Ros- enbloom for the world light heavy- weight championship when they clash over tho scheduled fifteen rounds trail tonight, in tho Madi- son Square Garden ring.
 Walker Is in shape, as good as Q man S2 years old who has been in there giving and taking 1t for fif- teen years, can possibly whip him. self into. He has trained three tough weeks for the imbroglio which means Q great deal to him. If he loses he will be relegated to the scrap heap. Victory means the be. shining of another small sized for tune, but nothing like the gobs he
 used to pick up In the good old days.
 Rosey, who is as broke as | Mickey, Is rarin' to go. He makes the prediction that the fight will not go over seven or eight rounds. T didn't have to exert myself in training to be fit for Walker" de- clared Slapsie Maxie vest "I'll knock him out as cold as the proverbial mackerel."
 Changes Galore
 Only a few nights ago Vince Dundee paralyzcd the fistic popu- lace by whipping Lou Brouillard for the middlewoight champion ship. Very few gave the Balti. morean one chance in a million to win. Early last January Ben Jeby was crowned 160-pound boss by virtue of Q knock out scored over Frank Battaglia. A couple of months ago Brouillard fiattened Jeby.
 Young Corbet the Third beat Jackie Fields for the welter laurels and in turn he blew the works to Jimmy McLarnin. Barney Ross up- set the dope something scandalous- ly by beating Tony Canzoneri on points in Q Chicago ring for the lightweight crown. To convince all hands he was a real champ he gave Tony return match and won go-