What are the odds of more Bob Fitzsimmons Footage ever being discovered?

We have a remarkable amount of footage of him given the era he fought in. It would be surprising if anything else turned up but not impossible.

The Maher fight was filmed but the day it was filmed on was overcast. In that era camera's needed a lot of light and because of the cloudy day the film didnt turn out.

The Obrien fight was filmed so thats a possibility. A re-enactment of the Ruhlin bout featuring both Fitz and Ruhlin as themselves was filmed on a rooftop in Philadelphia. Its not a real fight but it would be film of Fitz himself.

 

The fight in Philadelphia.

 

Fitzsimmons can be seen on clear film vs Lang. The problem is he was very old.

Also Ftiz vs Lang was flimed in the year 1909 when Fitz was 46 years old. Fitz was actually in the lead, but faded late and lost badly via KO. The last two rounds can be seen and it might surprise a few people how modern old time fighters can look on film that is clear. I have this film.

 

Yes I do. Its not a hard film to obtain. You can trade for it, or buy it. I'll send you a PM.

Also, there is about 15-20 unites of action of Fitz vs Corbett and the film appears to be shot from a distance and up close on what's left.

 

Do you think there's any realistic chance of more of the Corbett fight turning up?

 

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Better quality last round.

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Good luck with it.

 

Thanks for posting the very clear footage.

 

Highly unlikely. Nitrate film doesn't tend to age well and the US never really had good film conservation policies. A lot of old films have been rediscovered abroad, cinema houses there were shipped film reels, and evidently took a lot better care of their film. I doubt any of Fitzsimmons fight films were in high demand in the foreign market, so it's unlikely there's anything out there that we don't already know of.