# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:35:44.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-burns"
name: "Tommy Burns"
slug: "tommy-burns"
description: "Tommy Burns was a Canadian professional boxer. He remains the only Canadian-born fighter to win the World Heavyweight Championship and is the shortest champion in the division's history. The first to travel the globe in defending his title, Burns made 13 title defences against 11 different boxers, despite often being the underdog due to his size."
tagline: "Canadian world champion boxer (1881–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tommy_Burns_1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1881-06-17"
deathDate: "1955-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             6.940500338066261
  historical:           15.24706266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tommy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns_(Boxer)"
    title: "Tommy Burns (Boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns_(Canadian_boxer)"
    title: "Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns"
    title: "Tommy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns_(poksija)"
    title: "Tommy Burns (poksija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "تامی برنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns"
    title: "Tommy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns_(dorn%C3%A1la%C3%AD)"
    title: "Tommy Burns (dornálaí)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns_(pugile)"
    title: "Tommy Burns (pugile)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns"
    title: "Tommy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns_(bokser)"
    title: "Tommy Burns (bokser)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns"
    title: "Tommy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%91%D1%80)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burns"
    title: "Tommy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump