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ESPN exclusive: Walker on his fight for respect

By Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Herschel Walker is a difficult guy to figure out. Spending 20 minutes on the phone with him, as I did Tuesday, should be enough to get some idea of his martial arts training and motivation for taking on a professional Strikeforce bout in December. But looking back, I'm still not exactly sure what it is he has done, who he did it with or why he's taking a high-risk leap into a sport in which bones crack with regularity. At 47, the former college and NFL football standout owns a lucrative w ...

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