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'{{Infobox boxer |name=Tom McCormick |image= Tom_McCormickboxer.jpg |imagesize = 140 px |realname=Thomas McCormick |nickname= |weight=[[welterweight]] |height=<!--{{height|ft=0|in=0}}--> |reach=<!--{{convert|0|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}--> |nationality=[[Irish people|Irish]] {{Flag icon|Ireland}} |birth_date=8 August 1890 |birth_place=[[Dundalk]], Ireland |death_date=Summer 1916 (aged 25) |death_place= [[France]] |style=<!--[[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]/[[Southpaw stance|Southpaw]]--> |total=21 |wins=13 ([[Knockout|KO]] 8) |losses=6 (KO 3) |draws=0 |no contests=2 |medaltemplates= }} '''Thomas "Tom" McCormick''' (8 August 1890 – Summer 1916) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[professional]] [[welterweight]] [[Boxing|boxer]] of the 1910s, who won the [[List of British welterweight boxing champions|British welterweight title]], [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#Welterweight|British Empire welterweight title]], and the World Welterweight Title (Australian version). ==Boxing career highlights== On January 9, 1914, McCormick took the British Commonwealth and British Welterweight Title from Johnny Summers in twenty rounds in Sydney, Australia. He lost the title on March 21, 1914 to South London born Jewish boxer Mat Wells in twenty rounds again in Sydney, Australia. Wells had been a British Lightweight champion and an Olympic Boxing contender who made it to the semi-finals in London in the summer of 1916. On January 24, 1914 he took the Australian version of the World Welterweight title from Waldemar Holberg at Baker's Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia. On May 10, 1915 McCormick made another attempt at the British Welterweight title at the National Sporting Club, Covent Garden in London, but lost to title holder Johnny Basham in a hard fought thirteenth round TKO. <ref>{{cite web|title=Tom McCormick|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=52894&cat=boxer|publisher=BoxRec|accessdate=13 June 2015}}</ref> ==Death in WWI== McCormick was killed in action in France during [[World War I]]. The exact date of his death in the summer of 1916 is unknown, but it is believed to have been between July and early August.<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=52894&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Boxrec|id=52894}} *[http://static.boxrec.com/6/6c/Tom_McCormick.jpg Image - Tom McCormick] ==Major titles== {{S-start}} {{s-ach|ach|left}} |- {{S-bef| before= [[Johnny Summers (boxer)|Johnny Summers]]}} {{S-ttl | title=[[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#Welterweight|British Empire welterweight title]] | years= January 10, 1914 - March 21, 1914}} {{S-aft | after= [[Matt Wells (boxer)| Matt Wells]]}} |- |- {{S-bef| before= [[Johnny Summers (boxer)|Johnny Summers]]}} {{S-ttl | title=[[List of British welterweight boxing champions|British welterweight title]] | years= January 9, 1914 - March 21, 1914}} {{S-aft | after= [[Matt Wells (boxer)| Matt Wells]]}} |- {{S-end}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = McCormick, Tom | ALTERNATiVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Irish boxer | DATE OF BIRTH = 8 August 1890 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Dundalk]] | DATE OF DEATH = 1916 | PLACE OF DEATH = [[France]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:McCormick, Tom}} [[Category:1890 births]] [[Category:1916 deaths]] [[Category:British military personnel killed in World War I]] [[Category:Irish boxers]] [[Category:People from Dundalk]] [[Category:Welterweight boxers]] [[Category:Male boxers]]'