Robert Fitzsimmons
69–12 · 92 recorded bouts · 1885–1914
Robert Fitzsimmons finished 83% of 69 wins inside the distance — the 82nd percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing competed at 3: middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1890s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Robert Fitzsimmons, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
69–12
101 bouts on record
Finish rate
83%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 82nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
92 recorded bouts from 1885 to 1914. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
30y
1885–1914
Longest unbeaten run
29
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1893
13 bouts
Recorded bouts
92
92 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | W | Jersey Bellew | — | 6 |
| 1914 | W | Dan Sweeney | — | 6 |
| 1909 | L | Bill Lang | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1907 | L | Jack Johnson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1906 | W | Charlie Haghey | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1905 | L | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1904 | W | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | — | 6 |
| 1903 | W | George Gardiner | Decision | 20 |
| 1903 | W | Joe Grim | — | 6 |
| 1903 | W | Con Coughlin | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1902 | W | Mike Ranke | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1902 | W | Steward | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1902 | L | James J. Jeffries | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1900 | W | Tom Sharkey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1900 | W | Gus Ruhlin | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1900 | W | Ed Dunkhorst | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1900 | W | Jim Daly | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Geoff Thorne | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | L | James J. Jeffries | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1897 | W | Lew Joslin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1897 | W | James J. Corbett | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1896 | L | Tom Sharkey | — | 8 |
| 1896 | W | Peter Maher | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1895 | W | Mike Connors | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1895 | W | Al Allich | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1894 | W | Dan Creedon | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1894 | W | Frank Kellar | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1894 | D | Joe Choynski | Decision | 5 |
| 1893 | W | Jack Hickey | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1893 | W | Dan Coner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | Mike Brennan | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1893 | W | Joe Godfrey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | Mike Monoghan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | Alexander Kilpatrick | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1893 | W | Jack Sheridan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | Dan Curry | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1893 | W | Hank Smith | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | Jack Warner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1893 | W | Phil Mayo | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1893 | D | Dan Bayliff | Decision | 4 |
| 1893 | W | Jim Hall | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1892 | W | Jack Britton | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1892 | W | Millard Zender | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1892 | W | Jerry Slattery | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1892 | W | Joe Godfrey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1892 | W | James Farrell | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1892 | W | Thomas Robbins | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1892 | W | Tom Burns | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1892 | W | James Malone | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1892 | W | Charles Puff | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1892 | W | Peter Maher | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1891 | ? | Harris Martin | — | 4 |
| 1891 | W | Abe Coughle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1891 | W | Nonpareil Dempsey | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1890 | W | Arthur Upham | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1890 | W | Billy McCarthy | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1890 | W | Frank Allen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1890 | W | Professor Jack West | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1890 | W | Edward Starlight Rollins | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1890 | L | Jim Hall | KO/TKO | 4 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 92 recorded bouts.
20 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 587 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Bob Fitzsimmons on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.