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- He retired after 7 seasons in 1939 to become a journalist, taking over the boxing tent from his father in 1955.
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His son, Jimmy Sharman Jr, took over the business in 1955. The tent formed part of the Australian Show landscape until 1971, when regulations barred boxers fighting more than once a week.
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In 1955 he took over the boxing tent from his father and toured until 1971, when regulations were introduced prohibiting boxers having more than one fight per week. That was the end of the Sharman Boxing Troupe.
The infamous boxing tent legend in Australian carnival history was the 'troupe of Jimmy Sharman's' who attracted a number of young Aboriginal boys that looked rough, mean and 'ready to rumble' but more importantly, were looking for respect, equality and a bit of dough to put in their pockets.
Mar 22, 2024 · For 60 years, the legendary father and son team of Jimmy Sharman Snr and 'Young Jimmy" Jnr ran boxing under canvas at city and country shows. And they were very popular, if brutal, tent attractions in their heyday. It was trial by public combat with the Sharman boxers pitted against all comers.
Sep 2, 2006 · Jimmy Sharman's tent was forced to close down in 1971, when NSW brought in regulations stopping anyone from boxing more than once a week.
His son, Jimmy Sharman Jr, took over the business in 1955. The tent formed part of the Australian Show landscape until 1971, when regulations barred boxers fighting more than once a week. Sharman then turned to dodgem cars in partnership with Reg Grundy .
Jimmy Sharman’s Boxing Tent is perhaps the best known – and most notorious – of the various traveling outback boxing shows that once went from town to town in Australia. It put on displays of bare-knuckle boxing as well as occasional bouts where locals could try their luck against the professional boxers.
