Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons (May 26, 1863 - October 22, 1917), a Cornish native, moved to New Zealand in his childhood. Representing New Zealand, he made boxing history as boxing's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett, the man who beat the great John L. Sullivan. Wikipedia
1893-09-05 Jack Hickey 0-0-0 Caledonian Park, Newark, New Jersey, United States WTKO 30 Fitzsimmons played with Hickey in the second round and in the third knocked him down once or twice to see how hard he would fall. www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=010552
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Bob Fitzsimmons. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons vs Corbett Carson City, Nevada March 17, 1897 This site is dedicated to one of the hardest punchers and greatest fighters in the history of boxing, Bob "Ruby Robert" Fitzsimmons. www.fitzsimmons.co.nz/main.html
