Bob Fitzsimmons, born Robert James Fitzsimmons in Cornwall in 1863, was a Cornish-New Zealand professional boxer and the first man to win world titles in three weight divisions. In 1897 he knocked out Gentleman Jim Corbett to take the world heavyweight title, becoming the first British-born fighter to hold it, and he is recorded as the lightest heavyweight champion, at 167 pounds. In 1903 he beat George Gardiner for the light heavyweight title at age 40, which made him the oldest champion of his time. Nat Fleischer ranked him the third greatest heavyweight ever and a supreme knockout puncher.
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was a Cornish-New Zealand professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion
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