Tom Sharkey
37–9 · 53 recorded bouts · 1893–1904
Tom Sharkey finished 92% of 37 wins inside the distance — the 93rd percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1900s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Tom Sharkey, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
37–9
54 bouts on record
Finish rate
92%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 93rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
53 recorded bouts from 1893 to 1904. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
12y
1893–1904
Longest unbeaten run
13
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1894
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
53
52 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | L | Jack Munroe | — | 6 |
| 1902 | L | Gus Ruhlin | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1902 | ? | Peter Maher | — | 3 |
| 1901 | L | Mexican Pete Everett | DQ | 2 |
| 1901 | W | Fred Russell | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1900 | L | Bob Fitzsimmons | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1900 | L | Gus Ruhlin | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1900 | W | Yank Kenny | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1900 | W | Joe Choynski | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | W | Tom 'Stockings' Conroy | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | W | Jack McCormick | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1900 | W | Jim Jeffords | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1900 | W | Joe Goddard | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1899 | L | James J. Jeffries | Decision | 25 |
| 1899 | W | Jack McCormick | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1899 | W | Charles 'Kid' McCoy | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1898 | W | James J. Corbett | DQ | 9 |
| 1898 | W | Gus Ruhlin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1898 | L | James J. Jeffries | Decision | 20 |
| 1898 | D | Joe Choynski | Decision | 8 |
| 1897 | W | Joe Goddard | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1897 | W | Punch Vaughn | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1897 | W | Tom Parks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1897 | W | Pat McCourt | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1897 | W | Joe Craig | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1897 | D | Peter Maher | Decision | 7 |
| 1897 | D | Jim Williams | Decision | 8 |
| 1896 | W | Bob Fitzsimmons | DQ | 8 |
| 1896 | L | Reddy Gallagher | — | 4 |
| 1896 | D | James J. Corbett | Decision | 4 |
| 1896 | W | Jim Williams | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1896 | W | Joe Choynski | Decision | 8 |
| 1896 | W | 'Sailor' Charles Brown | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1896 | D | Alec Greggains | Decision | 8 |
| 1895 | W | John Miller | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1895 | W | William Dunn | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1895 | W | Australian Billy Smith | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1894 | W | Martin Mulverhill | KO/TKO | 20 |
| 1894 | W | Sailor Charles Brown | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1894 | W | Jack Marks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1894 | W | Rough Thompson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1894 | W | Jack McAuley | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1894 | W | Billy Tate | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1894 | ? | Nick Burley | — | 3 |
| 1894 | W | Jack Langley | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1894 | L | George Washington | KO/TKO | — |
| 1893 | W | Jim Barrington | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | John Walsh | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1893 | W | Jim Harvey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1893 | W | Jack Langley | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1893 | W | J. Pickett | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1893 | W | Jack Gardner | KO/TKO | 4 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
14 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 587 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Tom Sharkey on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.