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He blinds another boxer and is racked by guilt for the rest of his life yet develops an extremely profitable and popular showground fixture. We learn about Sharman’s boxing tent spruiking, his unconventional business habits, his furious temper, his leadership and diplomacy. Sharman was twenty seven and medically fit when the war started.
Jimmy Sharman had a traveling boxing troupe that went from town to town in the 1910's and beyond. This is the story of that troupe and how they coped with the First World War. Remembering that this was a group of fit young men who were entertaining in a troupe but could have been overseas helping out the country in it's time of need.
- Stephen McGrath
Apr 26, 2006 · The Sharman fame was later captured in a song by rock band Midnight Oil in the mid 1980s, titled Jimmy Sharman's Boxers. "Fighting in the spotlight/Eyes turn blacker than their skin," the song says.
Wikipedia: James ("Jimmy") Sharman senior (20 June 1887 – 18 November 1965) and junior (1912 – 24 April 2006) were father and son Australian boxing troupe impresarios. Born in Narellan, New South Wales Jimmy Sharman Sr had established a boxing tent in 1911 at Ardlethan near Temora .The tent visited 45 to 50 shows each year.
Jimmy Sharman's Boxing Troupe, Royal Easter Show 1956-62. By. Raymond Morris. Contributed By. National Museum of Australia. [Slide 169, via NMA's Flickr set] (Raymond Morris Collection, courtesy of the photographer)
September 25, 2016 ·. I wonder if anyone remembers the Jimmy Sharman Boxing Tent at the Show? Jimmy Sharman Snr (1887-1965) established his own boxing troupe at a very young age and travelled to about 50 shows a year, the largest being the Sydney Royal Easter Show. “Who’ll take a glove?” and “A round or two for a pound or two ...
Doug Nicholls, 1920s and 30s professional Australian rules footballer and part-time fighter, pictured as a preacher in 1950. Nicholls supported the struggle for Indigenous rights, and at one time fought in Jimmy Sharman's traveling boxing troupe.
