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Bob FITZSIMMONS

Male

(aka Ruby Robert)
(Robert James Fitzsimmons)
Light-Heavyweight, Great Britain
Born: May 26, 1863, Helston, Cornwall, England, Great Britain
Died: October 22, 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height: 5ft 11 1/2in, mt 1,81
Weight: 148-150-154-160-175 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1885
+ Mar. 1	Joe Riddle	Sydney, Australia	W 4
+ Apr. 1	Alf Bramsmead	Sydney, Australia	KO 2
+ May 1	Jack Greentree	Sydney, Australia	KO 3
1886
+ Feb. 2	Pablo Fanque	Sydney, Australia	KO 2
* May 8	Brismley	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
- May 15	Mick Dooley	Sydney, Australia	KO by 4
* May 22	Steve O'Donnell	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
* June 2	Mick Dooley	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
* June 5	Mick Dooley	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
+ Aug. 7	McArdle	Sydney, Australia	W 4
* Aug. 25	Tom Lees	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
* Oct. 7	Billy Australian Smith	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
* Oct. 9	McArdle	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
= Nov. 1	Jack Malloy	Sydney, Australia	Draw 4
1887
* Jan. 1	Frank Paddy Slavin	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
+ Feb. 12	Jack Bonner	Sydney, Australia	W 4
+ Feb. 15	George Seale	Sydney, Australia	W 4
+ Mar. 1	Dick Sandall	Sydney, Australia	TKO 4
+ Mar. 20	Bill Slavin	Sydney, Australia	TKO 5
+ Apr. 4	George Eager	Sydney, Australia	KO 2
* May 28	Jim Hall	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
+ Sept. 24	Dave Travers	Sydney, Australia	KO 3
1888
* Jan. 1	Frank Paddy Slavin	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
= Jan. 23	Dan Hickey	Carrington, Sydney	Draw 4
* Feb. 11	Billy Professor McCarthy	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
+ Mar. 5	Bill Slavin	Sydney, Australia	TKO 7
* Mar. 17	Bill Slavin	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
= Apr. 17	Bill Slavin	Sydney, Australia	Draw 4
* May 8	Mick Dooley	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
* Nov. 10	Jim Hall	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
* Nov. 24	Jim Hall	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
+ Dec. 1	McEwan	Sydney, Australia	W 3
1889
+ Jan. 19	Jim Hall	Sydney, Australia	TKO 5
* Nov. 26	Pat Kieley	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
+ Nov. 30	Professor Jack West	Sydney, Australia	KO 1
+ Dec. 16	Dick Ellis	Sydney, Australia	KO 3
1890
+ Feb. 1	Dave Conway	Sydney, Australia	KO 4
* Feb. 4	Edward Starlight Rollins	Sydney, Australia	NC 4
- Feb. 11	Jim Hall	Sydney, Australia	KO by 4
(For Australian Middleweight Title)
+ Feb. 22	Edward Starlight Rollins	Sydney, Australia	TKO 9
+ Mar. 1	Professor Jack West	Sydney, Australia	KO 1
+ May 17	Frank Allen	San Francisco, USA	TKO 1
+ May 29	Billy Professor McCarthy	San Francisco, USA	KO 5
+ July 28	Arthur Upham	New Orleans, USA	KO 9
1891
+ Jan. 14	Jack Dempsey	New Orleans, USA	TKO 13
(Won World Middleweight Title)
+ Apr. 27	Abe Coughle	Chicago, USA	TKO 2
^ May 1	Black Pearl	Minneapolis, USA	Exh 4
1892
+ Mar. 2	Peter Maher	New Orleans, USA	TKO 12
+ Apr. 26	Charles Puff	Newark, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 27	James Malone	Newark, USA	TKO 2
+ Apr. 28	Thomas Robbins	Newark, USA	TKO 3
+ Apr. 28	Tom Burns	Newark, USA	TKO 3
+ Apr. 29	James Farrell	Newark, USA	W 2
+ May 6	Joe Godfrey	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 2
+ May 11	Jerry Slattery	New York, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 3	Millard Zender	Anniston, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 10	Jack Britton	Newark, USA	TKO 2
1893
+ Mar. 8	Jim Hall	New Orleans, USA	KO 4
= Mar. 15	Dan Bayliff	Indianapolis, USA	Draw 4
+ Mar. 25	Phil Mayo	Chicago, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 31	Jack Warner	Baltimore, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 12	Dan Curry	Philadelphia, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 12	Hank Smith	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 12	Alexander Kilpatrick	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ Apr. 15	Jack Sheridan	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 22	Joe Godfrey	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 22	Mike Monoghan	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 22	Alexander Kilpatrick	Philadelphia, USA	KO 4
+ May 6	Mike Brennan	Boston, USA	KO 4
+ May 30	Dan Coner	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 5	Jack Hickey	Newark, USA	TKO 3
1894
= June 18	Joe Choynski	Boston, USA	Draw 5
+ July 28	Frank Kellar	Buffalo, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 16	Bob Rulon	Trenton, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 18	Peter Courtney	Trenton, USA	KO 4
+ Sept. 26	Dan Creedon	New Orleans, USA	KO 2
(Retained World Middleweight Title)
1895
^ Apr. 16	Al Allich	New York, USA	Exh KO 3
^ Apr. 19	Mike Connors	New York, USA	Exh KO 1
1896
+ Feb. 21	Peter Maher	Langtry, USA	KO 1
- Dec. 2	Tom Sharkey	San Francisco, USA	LDQ 8
1897
+ Mar. 17	James J. Corbett	Carson City, USA	KO 14
(Won World Heavyweight Title)
^ June 5	Lew Joslin	Leadville, USA	Exh KO 2
+ Oct. 10	Mike Dempsey	Cincinnati, USA	KO 4
1898 Inactive
1899
- June 9	James J. Jeffries	Brooklyn, USA	KO by 11
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 28	Geoffrey Thorne	Chicago, USA	KO 1
1900
+ Mar. 27	Jim Daly	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 30	Ed Dunkhorst	Brooklyn, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 10	Gus Ruhlin	New York, USA	KO 6
+ Aug. 24	Tom Sharkey	Brooklyn, USA	KO 2
1901 Inactive
1902
- July 25	James J. Jeffries	San Francisco, USA	KO by 8
(For World Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 19	Steward	Butte, USA	KO 1
^ Dec. 27	Mike Ranke	Bozeman, USA	Exh KO 2
1903
+ Sept. 30	Con Coughlin	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
* Oct. 14	Joe Grim	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Nov. 25	George Gardner	San Francisco, USA	W 20
(Won World Light-Heavyweight Title)
1904
* July 23	Philadelphia Jack O'Brien	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
(Retained World Light-Heavyweight Title)
1905
- Dec. 20	Philadelphia Jack O'Brien	San Francisco, USA	TKO by 13
(Lost World Light-Heavyweight Title)
1906
+ Jan. 31	Charlie Haghey	Webster, USA	KO 4
1907
^ Mar. 4	Tony Ross	Newcastle, Australia	Exh 4
- July 17	Jack Johnson	Philadelphia, USA	KO by 2
1908
+ Sept. 21	Jim Paul	Benson Mines, USA	KO 1
1909
- Dec. 27	Bill Lang	Sydney, Australia	KO by 12
(For Australian Heavyweight Title)
1910-1913 Inactive
1914
* Jan. 29	K.O. Sweeney	Williamsport, USA	ND 6
* Feb. 20	Jersey Bellew	Bethlehem, USA	ND 6

Summary

Total bouts: 98, Won: 64 (57 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (7 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 21