1863 - 1917
Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1862 – 22 October 1917) was a British 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Fitzsimmons has received more than 617,205 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Fitzsimmons is the 60th most popular boxer (down from 54th in 2019), the 3,034th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,653rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Boxer.
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Among boxers, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 60 out of 326. Before him are Rafael Iglesias, Buster Douglas, Piero Toscani, Ernie Terrell, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and Gene Tunney. After him are Henry Cooper, Julio César Chávez, George Chuvalo, Issake Dabore, Herbert Runge, and Marijan Beneš.
1924 - 1999
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 54
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 55
1904 - 1940
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 56
1939 - 2014
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 57
1954 - 2021
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 58
1897 - 1978
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 59
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 60
1934 - 2011
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 61
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 62
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 63
1940 - 2021
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 64
1913 - 1986
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 65
1951 - 2018
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 66
Among people born in 1863, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 118. Before him are Alfred Perot, Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Georg Marco, Alexander Serafimovich, and Ioannis Frangoudis. After him are Ljubomir Davidović, Anthony Hope, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Axel Thue, Gottlieb von Jagow, and W. W. Jacobs. Among people deceased in 1917, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 80. Before him are Frank Muller, Friedrich Robert Helmert, William Knox D'Arcy, Aurel Popovici, José Enrique Rodó, and Gaston Alibert. After him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Oswaldo Cruz, Eduardo Pondal, Teoberto Maler, Yevgeni Bauer, and Sergei Zubatov.
1863 - 1925
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 112
1863 - 1950
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 113
1863 - 1934
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 114
1863 - 1923
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 115
1863 - 1949
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 116
1863 - 1916
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 117
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 118
1863 - 1940
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 119
1863 - 1933
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 120
1863 - 1939
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 121
1863 - 1922
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 122
1863 - 1935
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 123
1863 - 1943
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 124
1862 - 1917
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 74
1843 - 1917
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 75
1849 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 76
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 77
1871 - 1917
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 78
1878 - 1917
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 79
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 80
1893 - 1917
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 81
1872 - 1917
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 82
1835 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 83
1842 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 84
1865 - 1917
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 85
1864 - 1917
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 86
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 3,034 out of 7,765. Before him are Tim Pigott-Smith (1946), Robert Kerr (1882), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Hayley Atwell (1982), Billy Bremner (1942), and Donald Adamson (1939). After him are Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), William Lawes (1602), John Moore (1761), Michael Oakeshott (1901), Christopher Eccleston (1964), and Herbert Lawford (1851).
1946 - 2017
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,028
1882 - 1963
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,029
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 3,030
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 3,031
1942 - 1997
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 3,032
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 3,033
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 3,034
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 3,035
1602 - 1645
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,036
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,037
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,038
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3,039
1851 - 1925
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3,040
Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 2. Before him are Lennox Lewis (1965). After him are Henry Cooper (1934), Anthony Joshua (1989), Tyson Fury (1988), Frank Bruno (1961), Ronald Rawson (1892), Harry Mallin (1892), Naseem Hamed (1974), Frederick Grace (1884), Ted Morgan (1906), and David Haye (1980).
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 1
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 2
1934 - 2011
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 4
1988 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 5
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 6
1892 - 1952
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 7
1892 - 1969
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 9
1884 - 1964
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 10
1906 - 1952
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 12