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Jack Sharkey
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World heavyweight boxing champion, 1932-1933.
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1994.
Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1987.
Pro record: 38-13-3 (14 KOs, 1 no contest)
As a senior citizen, he became a well-known sport fisherman.
Defeated
Primo Carnera
on a 15 round decision, only to lose the title to Carnera two years later.
Defeated
Max Schmeling
to win the World Heavyweight Title.
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 559-560. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Knocked out by heavyweight kings
Jack Dempsey
,
Primo Carnera
, and
Joe Louis
.
Following the passing of
Jack Dempsey
in 1983 he became the oldest living heavyweight champion and overall world champion in '85 when
Johnny Wilson
died. Upon his passing that status passed to
Max Schmeling
.
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