Bob Fitzsimmons

Bob Fitzsimmons fascinates me because he basically broke the logic of weight classes. A Cornish-born fighter who ended up tied to New Zealand, he became the sport's first three-division world champion back in an era when that simply wasn't supposed to be possible. The detail I keep coming back to is the Guinness record: he won the heavyweight title weighing just 167 pounds, the lightest heavyweight champ ever, and he did it by beating Gentleman Jim Corbett. That's a small man toppling giants on punching power alone. His 1990 induction into the Hall of Fame feels overdue given how far ahead of his time he was.

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Name (English)

Bob Fitzsimmons

Name (Japanese)

ボブ・フィッシモンズ

Reading

ぼぶ・ふぃっしもんず

Born

May 26, 1863 – October 22, 1917

Origin

Helston, United Kingdom

Height

182 cm

Occupation

boxer / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Awards & achievements

• 1990 International Boxing Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Fitzsimmons
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472506

Tags

• boxer
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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