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	Encyclopedia: Bob Fitzsimmons
		Fitzsimmons was born in Helston, Cornwall, UK and came to New Zealand at the age of nine along with his parents, brothers and sisters.
		Fitzsimmons battered Sharkey and had him on the verge of a knock-out but when he hit him with a body and head punch combination he was declared loser on a disqualification because he hit Sharkey while Sharkey was down.
		Fitzsimmons was bleeding badly, but his flsmith's arm won him the fight in the fourteenth round when he slammed a paralyzing blow into Corbett's solar plexis, the nerve center just below the breastbone.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bob-Fitzsimmons (2741 words)

	Bob Fitzsimmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons (May 26, 1863 - October 22, 1917) was a British (The people of Great Britain) native who made fistic (additional info and facts about fistic) history by being boxing's first three division world champion ever.
		In 1899, Fitzsimmons and James J. Jeffries (additional info and facts about James J. Jeffries) were able to box in New York without the police intervening, probably at an under-ground club.
		He boxed Jack Johnson (additional info and facts about Jack Johnson), and his fight with Bob KO Sweeney (additional info and facts about Bob KO Sweeney) is believed to be the first boxing fight in history to be captured on film.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bob_fitzsimmons.htm (1100 words)

	IBHOF / Bob Fitzsimmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first triple titleholder in history, Bob Fitzsimmons won the world middleweight, heavyweight, and light heavyweight championships in a career that spanned 27 years.
		Fitzsimmons proved to be more than Dempsey's equal and, after a vicious battle, he knocked the champion out in the thirteenth round.
		Fitzsimmons was bleeding badly, but his flsmith's arm won him the fight in the fourteenth round when he slammed a paralyzing blow into Corbett's solar plexis, the nerve center just below the breastbone.
	www.ibhof.com /fitzsimmons.htm (507 words)

	- Ted Spoon Profiles: Bob Fitzsimmons - East Side Boxing Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bob’s wife ‘Rose’ was yelling as loud as she could to tell her Husband to change his attack from the head to the body, immortalized by the famous quote “Hit him in the slats!”.
		Fitzsimmons had gave it his all, but it was clear to see he was in the wrong place at the wrong time as Jeffries continued to reign supreme with his overwhelming strength and ability to take a blow.
		Bob did well in the early goings as his skill was still visible to his home crowd who cheered his every move, but at 46 and not a hope of seeing out the 20 rounds scheduled he succumbed to the more energetic Lang in the 12th round.
	www.boxingnews24.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=51232 (3663 words)

	This Month in Celtic History - May 2005
		Bob Fitzsimmons was a man of many nicknames: “Ruby Robert,” “Rock Cod,” “Speckled Bob,” and “the Freckled Wonder.” As the holder of no less than three world titles, Middleweight (1881- 1897), Heavyweight (1897-99) and Light Heavyweight (1903-1905) he is considered by many to be among the greatest boxers who ever lived.
		Bob had a combative side as well, and is reputed to have coined the expression, “the bigger they come the harder they fall.” (Actually it was Joe Walcott, a fighter from Barbados who first said it.) Leaving his affable, joking nature at the ringside, Bob fought for keeps once inside the ropes.
		Bob Fitzsimmons died of pneumonia on 22 October 1917 and is buried in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery, not far from the grave of Jack Johnson.
	www.celticleague.org /history_5-05.html (1069 words)

	Lateline - 27/07/2005: NSW Premier Bob Carr retires
		BOB CARR: The planets have to got be aligned for someone to go from being state premier to being a national leader.
		Bob Carr was born in Matraville, Sydney, in 1947 and entered state parliament for the seat of Maroubra in 1983, after a career as a journalist for the ABC and the Bulletin magazine.
		HAMISH FITZSIMMONS: Bob Carr was elected Labor leader in 1988 and Premier in 1995, with the defeat of the Greiner Government.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/content/2005/s1424031.htm (771 words)

	Bob Fitzsimmons - Cornish History - The Magic of Cornwall
		Bob Fitzsimmons moved to America and on January 14 1891 he had his first attempt at a world title against Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (Note: not THE Jack Dempsey).
		Fitzsimmons spent the next two years in non-title bouts and exhibitions matches before giving Jim Hall a shot at the title, an earlier fight with this opponent was broken up by police.
		Bob Fitzsimmons died of pneumonia in Chicago on October 22 1917 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery.
	www.themagicofcornwall.com /Pages/history/fitzsimmons.htm (780 words)

	Real Cornwall :: People & Places :: People :: People Past :: Bob Fitzsimmons
		Bob Fitzsimmons was the first Englishman to win the world heavyweight championship.
		Fitzsimmons won by landing a paralyzing blow to Corbett's solar plexus in what has been called the fight of the century.
		Bob Fitzsimmons is said to have invented the phrase “the bigger they come the harder they fall” and he certainly proved it throughout his career.
	telematics.ex.ac.uk /realcornwall/peopleandplaces/bob_fitzsimmons.htm (421 words)

	Robert Fitzsimmons - Various Written Information and other facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bob united all the qualities of a great boxer, with the possible exception of a relatively moderate weight and for literally years demonstrated that while being a handicap was not a barrier to the highest pugilistic honours of the time.
		Fitzsimmons has wisely remarked that if he couldn't keep himself straight with the prospect of a fortune before him no trainer could.
		In 1899, Fitzsimmons was to sack Julian as manager, the major reason being that Julian had been stealing from him.
	www.fitzsimmons.co.nz /html/info.html (1101 words)

	ipedia.com: Bob Fitzsimmons Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bob Fitzsimmons was a British native who made fistic history by being boxing's first three division world champion ever.
		Bob Fitzsimmons (May 26, 1863 - October 22, 1917) was a British native who made fistic history by being boxing's first three division world champion ever.
		Roy Jones Jr recently joined Fitzsimmons, Michael Moorer and Spinks in being the only men to have won world championships at both Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight.
	www.ipedia.com /bob_fitzsimmons.html (991 words)

	On the hill, not over it
		Fitzsimmons, who now lives in Bridgton, said he was making $50 a week when he got out of college in 1951.
		Now Fitzsimmons pays $275 for a season pass to Shawnee Peak, but he skies every weekday morning he can, even when the temperatures are in the single digits.
		Fitzsimmons is careful to board the chairlift from the left, as his left knee is riddled with arthritis; it won't straighten and won't bend beyond a certain point.
	outdoors.mainetoday.com /downhillskiing/030302skiers.shtml (1367 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		He was the youngest of 12 children of James Fitzsimmons, a policeman, and his wife, Jane Strongman, who with their five youngest children arrived in New Zealand on the Adamant in 1873 and settled in Timaru.
		Fitzsimmons lost his title on his first defence on 9 June 1899 when James J. Jeffries, to whom he conceded 39 pounds and 12 years, knocked him out in 11 rounds at Coney Island.
		Fitzsimmons died of pneumonia in Chicago, Illinois, on 22 October 1917, survived by his fourth wife.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=2F12 (737 words)

	Bob Fittzsimmons 1909
		Bob scared Bess, Houdini’s wife, by staging a mock fight with the escapologist.
		Bob Fitzsimmons died in Chicago in 1917, he was 54 years old.
		Although Bob’s acting abilities have not been highly regarded, his abilities as a boxer were undisputed.
	www.hat-archive.com /fitz.htm (1036 words)

	Bob Fitzsimmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1910, when this card was published Robert Fitzsimmons was coming to the end of his benchmark fistic career.
		The bout for the heavyweight championship of Australia was held the previous December 27th.
		Fitzsimmons holds the distinction of having been Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion of the World.
	www.antekprizering.com /fitzsimmonsscrapper.html (70 words)

	- Joe Louis vs. Bob Fitzsimmons - East Side Boxing Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Both guy’s were smart and looked for angles/chose their time to attack but Fitzsimmons was far more inclined to get stuck in and force the action so he would be looking to do damage while Louis wants to have a better look as he holds centre ring and looks to get that piston jab going.
		Fighting through the pain Louis threads needles masterfully as bob comes in to do damage (ala the M Bear fight)-Bobs wide looping shots gets countered by Louis’ sharp short hooks-he threw 4 and 2 landed flush and the last 2 club Bob to the floor who’s face is no a real mess.
		Bob has a good two rounds in four and five, scoring heavily to Joe's body, and Louis visibly gasps on two occasions.
	www.boxingnews24.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=39920 (3455 words)

	Who's Who of Victorian Cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born at Helston, Cornwall, the distinctively freckled Bob Fitzsimmons moved to New Zealand as a boy.
		The film of this match, covering all fourteen rounds before Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett, was taken by Enoch Rector for the Veriscope Company and aroused considerable interest and controversy, being shown widely throughout the States and abroad.
		Fitzsimmons fought on, becoming world light heavyweight champion in 1903, later fought Jack Johnson, before retiring and returning to the stage.
	www.victorian-cinema.net /fitzsimmons.htm (189 words)

	WAIL!... The CBZ Journal \| April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He outran the speedy Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, and Joe Choynski in footraces and all of these men were fast runners.
		Bob Fitzsimmons and a number of others broke their hands and injured their wrists hitting it.
		Bob Fitzsimmons was a devastating puncher with his whipcord muscles molded by his work at the flsmith’s anvil.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/w0403-tc.html (2839 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Special Events \| Lewis v Tua \| New Zealand boxers - a brief history
		British fight fans may find the inclusion of 'Ruby Bob' somewhat controversial, given that he was touted for many years as the only Brit to hold the world heavyweight championship before Lennox Lewis' ascension to the throne.
		But in actuality, Fitzsimmons, who was born in Cornwall in 1863 and lived there till the age of nine, honed his boxing skills in the town of Timaru, the place where he and family Fitzsimmons moved to.
		Fitzsimmons lived a colourful and nomadic existence, marrying four times and fighting past the age of 50 before dying of pneumonia in Chicago in 1917.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/in_depth/2000/lewis_v_tua/993084.stm (772 words)

	Robert Fitzsimmons -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fitzsimmons knocked Corbett out with the first display of his solar plexus punch.
		Fitzsimmons lost the heavyweight championship to James Jackson Jeffries on an 11th-round knockout at Coney Island in New York City on June 9, 1899.
		Fitzsimmons weighed only about 170 pounds but had the chest and shoulder development of a much larger man, which allowed him to beat boxers who had a large weight advantage over him.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9034440 (879 words)

	Robert Fitzsimmons - Boxing's First Triple World Champion
		Born in Helston, England, at a young age Bob and his family emigrated 12,000 miles to Timaru in the South Island of New Zealand.
		Many say 1891 since by 1897 Bob was in his mid to late 30s.
		Through the eyes of Fitzsimmons it brings America of the turbulent immigrant age of the 1890s and early 1900s very much alive.
	www.fitzsimmons.co.nz /main.html (488 words)

	Nasdaq Press Release -
		Fitzsimmons was most recently with Nasdaq's former parent company, the National Association of Securities Dealers, which he joined in 1999 as Executive Director.
		Fitzsimmons became a member of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1987, and was a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
		Bob's experience in the futures and securities industries will be a great asset to this effort.
	www.nasdaq.com /Newsroom/news/pr2001/ne_section01_228.html (687 words)

	The Cyber Boxing Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fitzsimmons is rated among the greatest fighters that ever lived.
		In the ring, Fitzsimmons moved quickly and hit hard from all angles.
		Nat Fleischer ranks Fitzsimmons as the #3 All-Time Heavyweight; Charley Rose ranks him as the #1 All-Time Light Heavyweight; Fitzsimmons was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/fitz.htm (166 words)

	JOE CHOYNSKI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The New York Times noted that Choynski was “in no sense a killer, but a forerunner of the type of fighter who learned early the value of science over brute strength” (see Kramer and Stern, 1974 p 341).
		On June 18, 1894 at Boston, he and Bob Fitzsimmons waged an explosive “puncher’s war” that exhibited terrific hitting before the police interrupted it.
		Fitzsimmons fell down in a heap, a look of surprise on his face, and barely got up before being counted out."
	www.fightbeat.com /garfields/choynski.php (3184 words)

	Fitzsimmons Joins Semex USA
		Bob continues to manage Carrousel Farms of Orangeville, Illinois, as he has done for the past seven years.
		Bob received a Bachelor's Degree in Dairy Science from the University of Vermont.
		Bob resides in East Montpelier, Vermont and carries the entire Semex USA sire lineup as well as the Genetic Horizons beef sires.
	www.semexusa.com /news/archive/fitzy.htm (175 words)

	From John L. Sullivan to Gene Tunney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jeffries who lost to Johnson in Reno was not the upstanding, athlete who defeated Bob Fitzsimmons.
		Jim Corbett took care of himself exceedingly well from 1892 until he met Bob Fitzsimmons, March, 1897, Carson City, when "Ruby" Bob put over the famous solar plexus blow, and Corbett went with it.
		Pound for pound Fitzsimmons was one of the greatest fighters the world has ever known.
	www.genetunney.org /johnl.html (464 words)

	Articles - Bob Fitzsimmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Had he not jumped from Middleweight to Heavyweight before reigning at Light-Heavyweight, he might have also been considered the first Light-Heavyweight world champion to win the Heavyweight crown.
		In a bout that is not clear whether he was paid for or not, he knocked out Herbert Slade in two rounds.
		He spent the rest of the year doing exhibitions, and in 1898, his only activity of note was a bout that was supposed to happen against former world champion John L. Sullivan.
	www.quickize.com /articles/Bob_Fitzsimmons (1297 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Campaign to honour heavyweight champ
		The boxer was born in the Cornish town of Helston
		A campaign is being launched to win greater recognition for the Cornish-born heavyweight boxer, Bob Fitzsimmons.
		The committee chairman, Robert Sanders, said the house where Fitzsimmons lived is popular with boxing fans.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/2653025.stm (222 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Prize Fighter: The Life and Times of Bob Fitzsimmons (Mainstream Sport): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the way, Bob Fitzsimmons attracted a worldwide following, amassed and lost a huge fortune, married four times and was charged with manslaughter but was acquitted after killing two people in the ring.
		This is a superbly written book offering the reader a chance to enter into the life of "Cornish" Bob Fitzsimmons.
		He fought anyone and nearly anything, (the little skirmish with a lion) and met, threatened and was nearly shot by legendary figures as Wyatt Earp and Black Bat Masterson.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1840184949 (579 words)

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