DETAILS:   Original restaurant for Jack Sharkey's Ringside bar and restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. Sharkey opened the bar shortly after having fought Tony Shucco in 1936. The establishment was located around the corner from the Boston Garden and quickly became a popular destination after events at the Garden. It was also a well known hangout spot for members of the Irish American mafia. Bi-fold.Measures 10" x 6" inches.


BIOGRAPHY: Jack Sharkey (born Joseph Zukauskas, 1902 – 1994) was a Lithuanian-American boxer who held the NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles from 1932 to 1933. He took his ring name from his two idols, heavyweight contender Tom Sharkey and heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, to gain acceptance in the Irish-dominated boxing world of Boston. He won an important fight in 1926 over black heavyweight contender Harry Wills, but his first big year was 1927, when he defeated former light heavyweight champ Mike McTigue in twelve rounds and Boston rival Jim Maloney in five. That put him in the ring on July 21, 1927, with his idol Dempsey, the winner to meet heavyweight champion Gene Tunney for the title. For six rounds Sharkey engaged in fierce infighting with Dempsey who had a slight lead on the scorecards. In the seventh round, Sharkey turned his head to complain to the referee about an alleged low punch and Dempsey landed a classic left hook that knocked Sharkey out. He is the only fighter to have fought both Dempsey and Joe Louis. After boxing he would go on to become a sports legend and opened a restaurant in downtown Boston.  





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Oxxbridge Galleries

Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century  tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, as well as other types of early photography. We invite everyone to visit our ebay store to see our entire inventory.