Bob Fitzsimmons
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Name: Bob Fitzsimmons
Alias: Ruby
Birth Name: Robert James Fitzsimmons
Hometown: Timaru, New Zealand
Birthplace: Helston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Died: 1917-10-22 (Age:54)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 182cm
Reach: 182cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
- Born in England in 1863. His family moved to New Zealand in 1873 and settled in Timaru.
- Won an amateur boxing tournament organised by legendary pugilist Jem Mace at Timaru in 1880.
- Moved to Australia in 1883. Fought for the Australian middleweight title but lost to Mick Dooley.
- In the United States Defeated Nonpareil Jack Dempsey by a 13th-round knockout to win the World Middleweight Championship in 1891.
- Took out US citizenship in 1893.
- Relinquished the World Middleweight Championship in 1895 to campaign as a heavyweight.
- Won the World Heavyweight Championship with a 14th-round knockout of James J. Corbett in 1897.
- Lost the World Heavyweight Championship to James J. Jeffries by an 11th-round knockout in 1899.
- Knocked out in eight rounds by Jeffries in an attempt to regain the title in 1902.
- Defeated George Gardner by a 20-round decision to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship in 1903.
- Lost the World Light Heavyweight Championship to Philadelphia Jack O'Brien by a 13th-round knockout in 1905.
- The first boxer to win world titles in three weight divisions.
- Knocked out in two rounds by Jack Johnson in 1907.
- Father of Young Bob Fitzsimmons, who boxed professionally as a heavyweight from 1919 to 1931.
- Died of pneumonia in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22, 1917.
- Ranked as the 3rd greatest heavyweight of all-time by Nat Fleischer.
- Ranked as the greatest light heavyweight of all-time by Charley Rose.
- Ranked as the greatest middleweight and the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all-time by Tracy Callis.
External Links
- Gravesite
- Boxing Record at Cyber Boxing Zone
- Cyber Boxing Zone Article: "Pound For Pound" by Tracy Callis
- 21 Sept. 1908 "sparring match" with Jim Paul (IBRO Newsletter No. 51, p. 68 (1996)): [1]
- "Not Fade Away: The Genius of Bob Fitzsimmons" by Mike Casey: [2]
- "Fitzsimmons’s Toughest Battle" by John C. Hibner: [3]
- "The Night the Blacksmith Knocked Out the Human Freight Car" by John Hibner: [4]
- "Secret That Made Bob Fitzsimmons World’s Greatest Fighter" (National Police Gazette): [5]
- "Fitzsimmons and the White Hopes" by William Phelon: [6]
- "Call It Off" by George D. Blair (re: Bob Fitzsimmons’s scheduled bout in 1891): [7]
| Preceded by: Nonpareil Jack Dempsey |
World Middleweight Champion 1891 Jan 14 – 1895 |
Succeeded by: Charles (Kid) McCoy |
| Preceded by: James J. Corbett |
World Heavyweight Champion 1897 Mar 17 – 1899 Jun 9 |
Succeeded by: James J. Jeffries |
| Preceded by: George Gardner |
World Light Heavyweight Champion 1903 Nov 25 – 1905 Dec 20 |
Succeeded by: Philadelphia Jack O'Brien |