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Bob Fitzsimmons

1863 - 1917

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Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) was a Cornish professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (the man who beat John L. Sullivan), and he is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the lightest heavyweight champion, weighing just 167 pounds when he won the title. Nicknamed Ruby Robert and The Freckled Wonder, he took pride in his lack of scars and appeared in the ring wearing heavy woollen underwear to conceal the disparity between his trunk and leg-development. Considered one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, Fitzsimmons is ranked No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Fitzsimmons is the 117th most popular boxer (down from 57th in 2019), the 3,929th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,818th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 117 out of 496. Before him are Issake Dabore, Vasyl Lomachenko, Orlando Martínez, George Chuvalo, Carlos Lucas, and Sten Suvio. After him are Emilio Correa, Thomas Hearns, Harry Mallin, Bert Schneider, Howard Davis Jr., and Ernie Terrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 143. Before him are Aleksandr Golovin, Sergey Oldenburg, Peider Lansel, André Blondel, W. W. Jacobs, and Ellen Churchill Semple. After him are Georg Marco, João Pinheiro Chagas, Camille Erlanger, Marguerite Audoux, Edgar Syers, and Dmitry Grave. Among people deceased in 1917, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 104. Before him are José Manuel Pando, William Knox D'Arcy, Giuseppe Veronese, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Oswaldo Cruz, and Frank Odberg. After him are Chrétien Waydelich, Alexei Mateevici, Mary Arthur McElroy, Viktor Madarász, Jules Vandenpeereboom, and Richard Olney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 3,930 out of 8,785. Before him are George Raynor (1907), Jenny Agutter (1952), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Victor d'Arcy (1887), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and Andy Bown (1946). After him are Ian Hunter (1939), Emma Kirkby (1949), George Borrow (1803), Eddie Marsan (1968), Fay Weldon (1931), and David MacMillan (1968).

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Among BOXERS In United Kingdom

Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 5. Before him are Dick McTaggart (1935), Lennox Lewis (1965), Ronald Rawson (1892), and Tyson Fury (1988). After him are Harry Mallin (1892), Henry Cooper (1934), Anthony Joshua (1989), Frederick Grace (1884), Naseem Hamed (1974), Ted Morgan (1906), and Amir Khan (1986).

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