A turnaround was threatened in the ninth, but Walker – who will one day find the well dry himself – would not be denied. The action was breathtaking and becoming increasingly hard to watch as Eggington, years of combat stealing his ability to retaliate, started to sag. A brutal five-punch attack from Walker, which started with a right hook and ended with the same punch from his left, almost rendered Eggington unconscious, but, typically, he was still standing. At 1:59 of the 10th round, the referee at last stopped the fight.
