BOXER

Bob Fitzsimmons

1863 - 1917

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Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 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 667,452 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bob Fitzsimmons is the 57th most popular boxer (up from 60th in 2019), the 2,817th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,026th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 57 out of 496. Before him are Emile Griffith, Buster Douglas, Gene Tunney, Oliver Kirk, Tyson Fury, and Oleksandr Usyk. After him are Pascual Pérez, Julio César Chávez, Félix Savón, Marijan Beneš, Joe Bugner, and Nils Ramm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 104. Before him are Francis Younghusband, Władysław Horodecki, Edith Durham, Lyubomir Miletich, Alfred Perot, and Milka Ternina. After him are C. Aubrey Smith, Ljubomir Davidović, Aurel Popovici, Arno Holz, Aleksey Krylov, and Georg Marco. Among people deceased in 1917, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 78. Before him are Judith Gautier, William Knox D'Arcy, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Frank Muller, Ivan Aguéli, and Gaston Alibert. After him are Aurel Popovici, Kristian Zahrtmann, José Enrique Rodó, James Crafts, Yevgeni Bauer, and James Dwight.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 2,817 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Banks (1947), Janet McTeer (1961), Effie Gray (1828), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Arthur Holmes (1890), and Francis Crozier (1796). After him are Arthur Gore (1868), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Hamilton Harty (1879), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), C. Aubrey Smith (1863), and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864).

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Among BOXERS In United Kingdom

Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 3. Before him are Lennox Lewis (1965), and Tyson Fury (1988). After him are Frederick Grace (1884), Naseem Hamed (1974), Henry Cooper (1934), Ronald Rawson (1892), Anthony Joshua (1989), Frank Bruno (1961), Harry Mallin (1892), Ted Morgan (1906), and Joe Calzaghe (1972).

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