Jack Sharkey

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Jack Sharkey
Heavyweight boxing world champion
boxer
Data
Birth Name Joseph Paul Zukauskas
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality US-american
birthday October 26, 1902
place of birth Binghamton
Date of death 17th August 1994
Place of death Beverly, Massachusetts
style Left delivery
size 1.83 m
Range 1.83 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 55
Victories 38
Knockout victories 13
Defeats 14th
draw 3

Jack Sharkey (born October 26, 1902 in Binghamton , New York as Joseph Paul Žukauskas, † August 17, 1994 in Beverly , Massachusetts ) was an American boxer of Lithuanian origin and between 1932 and 1933 the undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion . He named himself Sharkey after a popular challenger to James J. Jeffries .

Career

Sharkey played his first professional fight on January 29, 1924 against Bill Muldoon in Boston , he won by knockout in the first round. In 1926 he beat George Godfrey and Harry Wills , who was no longer boxing at his best , and whom Jack Dempsey had always avoided.

On July 21, 1927 he fought in New York in a non-title fight against Jack Dempsey, but went KO in the seventh round. Nevertheless, he had made a good impression in this fight, several journalists wanted to have seen Dempsey's low blow just before the end of the fight. In 1929 he won on points against Young Stribling and defeated Tommy Loughran prematurely.

After Dempsey's conqueror Gene Tunney resigned , the heavyweight championship became vacant. Sharkey then got the opportunity to fight against Max Schmeling for this title. The fight took place on June 12, 1930 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Sharkey was disqualified in the fourth round because of a low blow and Schmeling was thus world champion. At that time there was no groin guard .

In 1931 he reached only a draw against the ex-welterweight Mickey Walker , who weighed only 77 kg , but was able to score Primo Carnera a short time later .

Then on June 21, 1932 there was a rematch with Schmeling. This time he won over fifteen laps on points. The decision was controversial, one of the judges had Schmeling ten to five laps ahead. " We wuz robbed " (German "We were robbed") roared Schmeling's American manager Joe Jacobs .

In his first title defense he lost on June 29, 1933 against Primo Carnera, whom he had defeated shortly before, by knockout in the sixth round. Many are convinced that the fight was agreed, because Carnera was a giant but very clumsy. Sharkey denied any tampering, however, until his death.

In his last fight on August 18, 1936 against Joe Louis , in the Bronx , he went KO in the third round.

In 1994 Sharkey was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

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personal data
SURNAME Sharkey, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zukauskas, Joseph Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer and world heavyweight champion (1932-1933)
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Binghamton , New York
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1994
Place of death Beverly , Massachusetts