Greatest wins of Bob Fitzsimmons?

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  1. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I suspect it hurt longevity a lot too, means defence has to rely much more on speed and reflexes.
     
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  2. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Best Corbett
    Historical Gardner.
    Impressive Ruhlin(Or Sharkey(LF?), Maher2 or Corbett!)
     
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  3. VanBuskirk

    VanBuskirk New Member Full Member

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    Best win: Nonpareil Jack Dempsey.

    Historical: James J. Corbett.

    Impressive: Gus Ruhlin.

    I would probably add an underrated win to this. I think his win over Creedon is very impressive.
     
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  4. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Creedon is very underrated.

    In some ways McCoy's first win is even more impressive, though Creedon was starting to decline by then.

    Fitzsimmons is the type of fighter you'd expect could blast away Creedon, while McCoy is the type of fighter you'd expect someone like Creedon to give nightmares.
     
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  5. VanBuskirk

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    I agree. Unfortunately Kid McCoy is extremely underrated these days.
     
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    Don't worry man. There are plenty of us around here that feel the same way as you do.
     
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  8. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    That's not Fitzsimmons and doesn't even look vaguely like him dumbass.
     
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  9. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich A lot of people have pools Full Member

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    I don't think that's him.
     
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  10. FrankinDallas

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    There is film on youtube showing Ruhlin fight against Jeffries. He looks terrible, a club fighter at best.
     
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  11. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    He's torquing the **** out of that guy.
     
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    Whoever they are, they look like ****. They wouldn't even beat an amateur nowadays.
     
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  13. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Are you aware that this is not Fitzsimmons? These two are probably actors, not boxers.
     
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    The only film showing Ruhlin is from the last round against Jeffries when he was hurt and tried to run from Jeffries. I don't think that's a good representation of how he fought.
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Yeah, it’s actually Mike Leonard v Jack Cushing, 1894, the first fight filmed and it was captured in Edison’s Black Maria studio. 6 x 1 minute rounds. Only about 38 secs of the orig. film remains.

    Leonard is listed on boxrec with fights around the same time period. Cushing is listed as having one fight in 1900. Neither record lists this match which was obviously just an exhibition for the cameras.

    It was never played off as being Fitz - that’s just an uploader’s spin. There is a reproduction of Fitz v Jeffries using actors - it’s also available on YouTube.
     
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