Irish Emigrant jumps into Tom Sharkey's corner

Great article in the current issue of the Irish Emigrant - an excellent website for Irish communities around the world - about Magic Rat Books' brand new biography of boxing legend Tom Sharkey.

'The colorful life and times of one of Ireland’s forgotten sporting heroes is revealed in I Fought Them All, a new biography by Greg Lewis and Moira Sharkey,' writes the website and magazine.

'"Sailor" Tom Sharkey, whom the New York Times once described as a “ring immortal,” fought the first four heavyweight champions under the Marquis of Queensberry rules – becoming a boxing legend and a very wealthy man in the process.

'Yet the amazing full story of his early life in Dundalk, Co. Louth, his career in the U.S. Navy and his controversial ring career has never been told – until now.'

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE AT THE IRISH EMIGRANT.