Record details

Tom SHARKEY

"Sailor Tom"

Heavyweight

Male

Ireland, based in USA, Los Angeles, California
Born: November 26, 1873, Dundalk, Ireland
(according to Sharkey's headstone: January 1, 1971)
Died: April 17, 1953, San Bruno, California, USA
Height: 5ft 8in, mt 1,73
(soume sources report: 5ft 9in, mt 1,75)

No amateur results

Professional record


1893
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 17	Jack Gardner	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 4
+ Apr. 7	J Pickett	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 2
+ May 3	Jack Langley	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 4
+ May 27	Jim Harvey	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 2
+ Aug. 21	Jack Welsh	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 2
+ Sept. 10	Jim Barrington	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 1

1894
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 7	George Washington	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO by -
+ May 14	Rough Thompson	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 2
= May 24	Nick Burley	Honolulu, Hawaii	Draw 8
+ June 20	Jack Langley	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 8
* June 21	Nick Barrowich	Honolulu, Hawaii	NC 3
+ July 18	Billy Tate	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 2
+ July 28	Jack McAuley	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 1
+ Aug. 4	Rough Thompson	Honolulu, Hawaii	KO 4
+ Aug. 11	Jack Marks	Vallejo, United States	KO 1
+ Aug. 21	Sailor Charles Brown	Vallejo, United States	KO 1
+ Oct. 20	Martin Mulverhill	Vallejo, United States	KO 20

1895
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 25	Australian Billy Smith	Colma, United States	TKO 7
+ Aug. 17	William Dunn	Vallejo, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 7	John Miller	Colma, United States	TKO 9

1896
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 12	Alec Greggains	San Francisco, United States	Draw 8
+ Apr. 7	Sailor Charles Brown	Vallejo, United States	KO 1
+ Apr. 16	Joe Choynski	San Francisco, United States	W 8
+ June 3	Jim Williams	San Francisco, United States	TKO 7
= June 24	James J. Corbett	San Francisco, United States	Draw 4
* Oct. 1	Reddy Gallagher	Denver, United States	ND 4
+ Dec. 2	Bob Fitzsimmons	San Francisco, United States	WDQ 8

1897
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Apr. 5	Jim Williams	Salt Lake City, United States	Draw 8
= June 9	Peter Maher	New York, United States	Draw 7
+ July 23	Joe Craig	Belfast, Northern Ireland, Great Britain	KO 1
+ July 30	Pat McCourt	Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Aug. 7	Tom Parks	Dundalk, Ireland	KO 1
+ Aug. 16	Punch Vaughn	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Nov. 18	Joe Goddard	San Francisco, United States	KO 6

1898
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 11	Joe Choynski	San Francisco, United States	Draw 8
- May 6	James J. Jeffries	San Francisco, United States	L 20
+ June 29	Gus Ruhlin	Brooklyn, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 22	James J. Corbett	New York, United States	WDQ 9

1899
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Charles Kid McCoy	New York, United States	KO 10
+ Jan. 30	Jack McCormick	Philadelphia, United States	KO 2
- Nov. 3	James J. Jeffries	Brooklyn, United States	L 20
World Heavyweight Title

1900
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 13	Joe Goddard	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 4
+ Feb. 19	Jim Jeffords	Detroit, United States	KO 2
+ Mar. 15	Jack McCormick	Hartford, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 29	Tom (Stockings) Conroy	Baltimore, United States	KO 3
+ May 8	Joe Choynski	Chicago, United States	TKO 3
+ June 8	Yank Kenny	Brooklyn, United States	KO 1
- June 26	Gus Ruhlin	Coney Island, United States	KO by 15
- Aug. 24	Bob Fitzsimmons	Brooklyn, United States	KO by 2

1901
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 3	Fred Russell	Denver, United States	KO 4
- May 7	Mexican Pete Everett	Cripple Creek, United States	LDQ 2

1902
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 17	Peter Maher	Philadelphia, United States	NC 3
- June 25	Gus Ruhlin	London, Great Britain	TKO by 11


1903 Inactive

1904
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Feb. 27	Jack Munroe	Philadelphia, United States	ND 6

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