Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) was a British professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. He...
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The Fitzsimmons vs Sharkey Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey was awarded by referee Wyatt Earp to Sharkey after...
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Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight is an 1897 documentary film directed by Enoch J. Rector depicting the 1897 boxing match between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons...
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Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5. Bob Fitzsimmons's playing statistics from AFL Tables Bob Fitzsimmons at AustralianFootball.com v t e...
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The Fitzsimmons-Maher Prizefight (February 21, 1896), also considered, unofficially, as the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship, occurred between Bob Fitzsimmons...
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Tom Sharkey (section Sharkey vs. Fitzsimmons)
sponsored a fight at the Mechanics' Pavilion in San Francisco between Bob Fitzsimmons and Sharkey. Unable to find a referee, at the last minute they called...
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"real" title. In Maher's next bout, Bob Fitzsimmons defeated him via first-round knockout on February 21, 1896. Fitzsimmons in turn was defeated by Tom Sharkey...
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Retrieved 22 May 2022. "Professional boxing record: Bob Fitzsimmons". Retrieved 14 March 2020. "Bob Fitzsimmons, p. 128" (pdf). The Boxing Register: International...
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Fitzsimmons was raised in Tarrytown, New York to Bob (1939-1993) and Patricia Marie Judith (née McCarthy) Fitzsimmons. Greg's father was a New York City radio...
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British boxer Bob "Ruby Robert" Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada. Corbett was dominant for most of the fight and knocked Fitzsimmons to the canvas in...
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Sullivan". Retrieved March 14, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Bob Fitzsimmons". Retrieved March 14, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Marvin Hart"...
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Championship. On June 9, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, he defeated Bob Fitzsimmons by KO in the eleventh round to win the Heavyweight Championship of...
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Fitzsimons (redirect from FitzSimmons)
Fitzsimons (also spelled FitzSimons, Fitzsimmons or FitzSimmons) is a surname of Norman origin common in both Ireland and England. The name is a variant...
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Baker twice (both bouts were fixed to have Baker win). This ended when Bob Fitzsimmons pummeled him around the ring and begged him to concede before he was...
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January 2022. Parkinson, Nick (25 November 2016). "On this day: Old man Fitzsimmons becomes first three-weight champ". ESPN. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Garner...
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match by knocking out Steve O'Donnell in the first round. In 1896 Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Maher in a fight in Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, and took...
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reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight championship. Bob Fitzsimmons captured the light heavyweight championship after losing his heavyweight...
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Jackson, who was 4 inches taller and 42 lbs heavier than Mendoza. Bob Fitzsimmons is notable for being the lightest World Heavyweight Champion, weighing...
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him, and retired instead. However, Johnson did fight former champion Bob Fitzsimmons in July 1907, and knocked him out in two rounds. Johnson finally won...
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Luis Firpo BJ Flores Félix Flores Bob Fitzsimmons George Foreman Yuri Foreman Vernon Forrest Ricardo Fortaleza Bob Foster Jeff Fraza Joe Frazier Marvis...
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champions of the era were the peerless heavyweight Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons, who weighed more than 190 pounds (86 kilograms), but won world titles...
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Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917) was a British boxer and first three-division champion. Robert or Bob Fitzsimmons may also refer to: Rocky Fitzsimmons (born...
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prevent the illegal heavyweight prize fight between Pete Maher and Bob Fitzsimmons that had been organized by Dan Stuart and patronized by the eccentric...
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proliferation of weight classes and sanctioning bodies in the sport. Bob Fitzsimmons was boxing's first triple champion, successively winning the middleweight...
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heavyweight champion pretender Tom Sharkey and the true heavyweight champs Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries. On December 21, 1896, he won the World Colored Heavyweight...
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1891-01-14 Nonpareil Dempsey World 1891-01-14 1894-09-26 – vacated Bob Fitzsimmons World 1896-03-02 1897-12-17 – vacated Kid McCoy World 1897-12-20 1907-05-28...
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Burns, the incomparable English-born triple weight class champion Bob Fitzsimmons and Australian champion Mike Dooley. Due to his success as a boxing...
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colleague, Rice was "tall and wiry, and a great deal on the build of Bob Fitzsimmons, the prizefighter", and according to another account he was at least...
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heavyweight championship fight between "Gentleman Jim" Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons is coming to Carson City, Nevada at exactly the same time outlaw Brett...
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Harvey 57 Jose Luis Castillo 57 Bob Fitzsimmons 57 Tiger Flowers 56 Georges Carpentier 56 Pedro Montanez 56 Irish Bob Murphy 56 Charles Kid McCoy 55 Dixie...
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