Major Prize For Boxing Biography

'I Fought Them All: The Life and Ring Battles of Prizefighting Legend Tom Sharkey' has won a major award for indie published books.
The book scooped the best adult non-fiction title in the Wishing Shelf Awards 2011.
This exciting new competition was keenly contested but judges found 'I Fought Them All' to be "a wonderfully written book and beautifully presented".
The chair of the judges concluded that the book was: "A frank, in-depth study spotlighting a forgotten hero of the boxing world."
For full details on how to buy the book go here.

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I Fought Them All: How to Buy the Book

For fans of boxing, the Irish experience in America and those with an interest in the New York of the 1890s and 1900s, “I FOUGHT THEM ALL” is a must-have book.
It features an incredible array of colourful characters. Gentleman Jim Corbett, John L Sullivan, Jim Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Choynski, “Spider” Kelly, Tim McGrath, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, “Honest” John Kelly, “Kid” McCoy and Senator Tim Sullivan.
It’s the story of fighters, trainers, promoters, gamblers and police officers, of winning a fortune in the ring and losing it outside, and of friendships forged by knuckle and glove.
This is a high-quality hardback book with 336 pages of text and 23 photographs.
The book is priced £25 plus post and packing.

***PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF AUGUST 2012 THIS BOOK IS SOLD OUT IN PAPERBACK. HOWEVER AN E-BOOK IS COMING SOON***
A message from the authors:
"Hi all - thanks to everyone who supported the Tom Sharkey biography, I Fought Them All. We had great reviews and brilliant reader feedback - and even won a non-fiction award. The hardback is now sold out BUT an e-book will be available in the next few weeks. So hold tight if you haven't got it yet! Greg & Moira"

Tom Sharkey: Great New Five-Star Review

"Sharkey's life story was so incredible that you wish you had been there to experience just some of this boxing history in the making..."


Thanks to the reader who left the great new review of I FOUGHT THEM ALL on Amazon.


"This is a must read for sports fans and for anyone who loves a good story. Sharkey's life story was so incredible that you wish you had been there to experience just some of this boxing history in the making. My choice would be to witness the twenty-five round fight between Sailor Tom Sharkey and Jim Jeffries for the heavyweight championship--the fictional championship fight from the first "Rocky" movie pales in comparison. Or maybe I would want to see the contested fight where lawman Wyatt Earp refereed."

January thank-you!

Thanks to everyone who has bought the book during January - must be people's Christmas money!!


Most orders have come through Amazon.


The site says they are out of stock but they order straight away from the wholesaler.

"Gun-slingers, shipwrecks and gruelling fights"

Boxing historian Glenn Wilson has posted a fantastic review of 'I FOUGHT THEM ALL' on the brilliant Cyber Boxing Zone website.


Here's a little of what Glenn has to say.


"I Fought Them All is a tale of one man who travelled from his homeland and ended up in America to swap blows with arguably the toughest pugilists to have ever fought in the ring. 
Along the way we are introduced to 'injuns', gun-slingers, shipwrecks, tragic love stories, gambling, acts of heroism and, of course, gruelling fights. I thoroughly recommend this book."


Read the full article here.

Great Tom Sharkey sparring pic from later life.

Tom's on the right, of course.