Bob Fitzsimmons - Revision history

Ric: IBRO articles linked

2025-05-26T01:17:56Z

IBRO articles linked

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	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tc-pfp.htm Cyber Boxing Zone Article: "Pound For Pound" by Tracy Callis]		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tc-pfp.htm 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)): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-51.68.pdf]		*21 Sept. 1908 "sparring match" with Jim Paul ([[IBRO]] Newsletter No. 51, p. 68 (1996)): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-51.68.pdf]
			*"Not Fade Away: The Genius of Bob Fitzsimmons" by Mike Casey: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO106.17-23.pdf]
			*"Fitzsimmons’s Toughest Battle" by John C. Hibner: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ibro_newsletter-35.3-5.pdf]
			*"The Night the Blacksmith Knocked Out the Human Freight Car" by John Hibner: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ibro_newsletter-26.9-13.pdf]
			*"Secret That Made Bob Fitzsimmons World’s Greatest Fighter" (''National Police Gazette''): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO.ONL15.35-36.pdf]
			*"Fitzsimmons and the White Hopes" by William Phelon: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO88.20-25.pdf]
			*"Call It Off" by George D. Blair (re: Bob Fitzsimmons’s scheduled bout in 1891): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO1A.54-55.pdf]

Ric at 23:46, 2 May 2025

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	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/fitz.htm Boxing Record at Cyber Boxing Zone]		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/fitz.htm Boxing Record at Cyber Boxing Zone]
	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tc-pfp.htm Cyber Boxing Zone Article: "Pound For Pound" by Tracy Callis]		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tc-pfp.htm 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)): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-51.68.pdf]


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John at 22:11, 2 February 2019

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	~~[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb~~\|~~right\|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[~~http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/fitzsimmons.html ~~click]]]~~		{{ibhof \|url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/fitzsimmons.html}}
	~~[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]~~
	<boxer>010552</boxer>		<boxer>010552</boxer>
	'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]], [[Jimmy Carroll]]		*'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]], [[Jimmy Carroll]]
			*'''[[:Category:Bob Fitzsimmons Gallery]]'''
	'''[[:Category:Bob Fitzsimmons Gallery]]'''


	*Born in England in 1863. His family moved to New Zealand in 1873 and settled in Timaru.		*Born in England in 1863. His family moved to New Zealand in 1873 and settled in Timaru.
	*Won an amateur boxing tournament ~~organized~~ by legendary pugilist [[Jem Mace]] at Timaru in 1880.		*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.		*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.		*In the United States Defeated [[Nonpareil Jack Dempsey]] by a 13th-round knockout to win the World Middleweight Championship in 1891.

Cap at 21:40, 21 June 2016

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	*Born in England in 1863. His family moved to New Zealand in 1873 and settled in Timaru.		*Born in England in 1863. His family moved to New Zealand in 1873 and settled in Timaru.
	*Won an amateur boxing tournament organized by legendary pugilist [[Jem Mace]] at Timaru in 1880.		*Won an amateur boxing tournament organized by legendary pugilist [[Jem Mace]] at Timaru in 1880.
	*Moved to Australia in 1883.		*Moved to Australia in 1883. Fought for the Australian middleweight title but lost to Mick Dooley.
	*~~Moved to~~ the United States ~~in 1890 and became a citizen in 1893.~~		*In the United States Defeated [[Nonpareil Jack Dempsey]] by a 13th-round knockout to win the World Middleweight Championship in 1891.
	*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.		*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.		*Won the World Heavyweight Championship with a 14th-round knockout of [[James J. Corbett]] in 1897.

Cap at 16:40, 24 July 2015

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	*Moved to the United States in 1890 and became a citizen in 1893.		*Moved to the United States in 1890 and became a citizen in 1893.
	*Defeated [[Nonpareil Jack Dempsey]] by a 13th-round knockout to win the World Middleweight Championship in 1891.		*Defeated [[Nonpareil Jack Dempsey]] by a 13th-round knockout to win the World Middleweight Championship in 1891.
	*Relinquished the World Middleweight Championship in ~~1905~~ to campaign as a heavyweight.		*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.		*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.		*Lost the World Heavyweight Championship to [[James J. Jeffries]] by an 11th-round knockout in 1899.

Earl at 04:08, 14 February 2014

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 [[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/fitzsimmons.html click]]]
 [[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
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-'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]]
+'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]], [[Jimmy Carroll]]
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 ==External Links==
 *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=346 Gravesite]
-*Cyber Boxing Zone [http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/box6-99.htm#fitz Article]
+*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/fitz.htm Boxing Record at Cyber Boxing Zone]
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Fasan at 00:44, 14 January 2011

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	*[[:Image:Fitzsimmons Bob 1.JPG\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Fitzsimmons.Robt.jpg\|Photo #3]]		*[[:Image:Fitzsimmons Bob 1.JPG\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Fitzsimmons.Robt.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Bob Fitzsimmons .44144.jpg\|Photo #4]]
	*Father to fellow boxer [[Young Bob Fitzsimmons]]		*Father to fellow boxer [[Young Bob Fitzsimmons]]
	*Won the New Zealand amateur championship at Jem Mace's tournament in 1880 at Tirura, according to the Jan. 21, 1910 ''Tacoma Daily News''		*Won the New Zealand amateur championship at Jem Mace's tournament in 1880 at Tirura, according to the Jan. 21, 1910 ''Tacoma Daily News''

Ric: WBHF icon added

2010-05-28T01:04:54Z

WBHF icon added

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			[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
	<boxer>010552</boxer>		<boxer>010552</boxer>
	'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]]		'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]]

Emaster: updated category name

2009-10-15T20:27:57Z

updated category name

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	[[Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions]]		[[Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions]]
	[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]		[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
			[[Category:Three Division World Champions]]
	[[Category:English World Champions]]		[[Category:English World Champions]]
	[[Category:IBHOF Members]]		[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
	[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]		[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
	~~[[Category:Three division champions]]~~

Rowdytimothy: add ibhof link and logo

2009-03-17T22:22:15Z

add ibhof link and logo

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	[[file:Fitzsimmons Bob 2.jpg\|left\|~~350px~~\|~~Photo~~]]		[[file:Fitzsimmons Bob 2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Bob Fitzsimmons]]
			[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/fitzsimmons.html click]]]
	<boxer>010552</boxer>		<boxer>010552</boxer>
	'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]]		'''Managers:''' [[Charles Glori]], [[Martin Julian]]