[13] After these tournaments, Fitzsimmons boxed at least six times in New Zealand, including some bare knuckle bouts, but it is unclear if he received payment for his fights during this time.[14]. [15][16] Fitzsimmons knocked out Dempsey (from whom the later Jack Dempsey took his name) in the 13th round to become the World Middleweight 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. He spent the rest of that year doing exhibitions, and on 2 June, he had scheduled a two-way exhibition where he would demonstrate in public how to hit the boxing bag and then how to box against a real opponent. [19], Earp stopped the bout, ruling that Fitzsimmons had hit Sharkey when he was down. He awarded the decision to Sharkey, who attendants carried out as "...limp as a rag. However, contemporary reports in the, List of light heavyweight boxing champions. [5][a] During one of these tournament, it is often suggested that Fitzsimmons defeated Herbert Slade, a professional heavyweight boxer who was touring with Mace, but Slade was touted as being undefeated in 1883, and it is possible that it was Slade's brother that Fitzsimmons beat. He out-boxed Fitzsimmons for several rounds, knocked him down in the sixth round and badly damaged his face with his jab, left hook and right hand, but Fitzsimmons kept coming and Corbett began to tire. He lost and went back to boxing. Fitzsimmons' "solar plexus" punch became legendary, although he himself may never have used the phrase. In November 1903, Fitzsimmons made history by defeating World Light Heavyweight Champion George Gardiner (also known as Gardner) by a decision in 20 rounds,[25][16] becoming the first boxer to win titles in three weight-divisions. He lost and went back to boxing. The International Boxing Hall of Fame has made Fitzsimmons a member in its "Old Timer" category. "[21], In 1896, Fitzsimmons won a disputed version of the World Heavyweight Championship in a fight in Langtry, Texas, against the Irish fighter Peter Maher. On 22 July, police broke off his fight with Jim Hall after he had knocked Hall down several times. The 1897 boxing match vs Fitzsimmons Jim Corbett lost his Heavyweight Championship to the Cornish British boxer Bob "Ruby Robert" Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada.

His grave lies in the Graceland Cemetery, Uptown. He out-boxed Fitzsimmons for several rounds, knocked him down in the sixth round and badly damaged his face with his jab, left hook and right hand, but Fitzsimmons kept coming and Corbett began to tire. Fitzsimmons died of pneumonia on 22 October 1917 in Chicago, survived by his fourth wife. [6] In 1873, the family moved again; James, Jane and their youngest five children sailed on the Adamant for the 93 day journey to Lyttelton, New Zealand.

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