# Tom Sharkey

> Thomas "Sailor Tom" Sharkey was an Irish professional boxer who laid claim to the world heavyweight title by defeating Bob Fitzsimmons on December 2, 1896 in a highly controversial fight. Sharkey's recorded ring career spanned from 1893 to 1904. He is credited with having won 37 fights, 9 losses, 6 draws, and 2 no contests. In 1953, Sharkey was named in Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

*American boxer (1873–1953)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1873-11-26
- **Died:** 1953-04-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788831/ (@nm0788831)

## Sources
- [Шарки, Том](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC)
- [توم شاركى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%89)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2658055)
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