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The cover of this issue of Fight Stories advertised "The Life and Battles of Jack Sharkey." Joseph Zukauskas took the name "Jack Sharkey" from the names of two great boxers, Jack Dempsey and Tom Sharkey. Jack Sharkey, the Boston Gob, was the heavyweight champion in 1932 and 1933. He won the title from Max Schmeling and lost it to Primo Carnera. I remember when he died in 1994.
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| Motion Picture Daily, 24-July-1931 |
In 1931, Mickey Walker gave up the middleweight championship to fight as a heavyweight. On 22-July-1931 in Brooklyn, he fought Jack Sharkey, who would later be heavyweight champion. Walker, who had also been welterweight champ, was regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of all time. Sharkey was a good fighter at times but was never consistent. The Toy Bulldog fought the Boston Gob to a 15-round draw.
