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Robert Fitzsimmons vs Tom Sharkey

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Robert Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey met 2 times (1896, 1900). Robert Fitzsimmons won in 1900 by ko; Tom Sharkey won in 1896.

Side by side

Robert FitzsimmonsTom Sharkey
Reach
71″ (180.3 cm)Height68″ (172.7 cm)
Reach advantage
69–12Record37–9
83%Finish rate92%
29Longest unbeaten run13
92Recorded bouts53
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 9. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

Careers side by side

Robert Fitzsimmons

1890 1900 1910 win vs Jack Greentree (1885)win vs Alf Brinsmead (1885)win vs Joe Riddle (1885)draw vs Jack Malloy (1886)? vs McArdle (1886)? vs Australian Billy Smith (1886)loss vs Tom Lees (1886)loss vs Mick Dooley (1886)? vs Steve O'Donnell (1886)draw vs Brinsley (1886)draw vs Pablo Fanque (1886)win vs Dave Travers (1887)loss vs Jim Hall (1887)win vs George Eager (1887)win vs Bill Slavin (1887)win vs Dick Sandall (1887)win vs George Seale (1887)win vs Jack Bonner (1887)draw vs Frank Slavin (1887)win vs McEwan (1888)draw vs Jim Hall (1888)? vs Mick Dooley (1888)draw vs Bill Slavin (1888)draw vs Billy McCarthy (1888)draw vs Tom Taylor (1888)draw vs Dan Hickey (1888)? vs Frank Slavin (1888)win vs Dick Ellis (1889)win vs Professor Jack West (1889)draw vs Pat Kiely (1889)win vs Jim Hall (1889)win vs Arthur Upham (1890)win vs Billy McCarthy (1890)win vs Frank Allen (1890)win vs Professor Jack West (1890)win vs Edward Starlight Rollins (1890)loss vs Jim Hall (1890)win vs Dave Conway (1890)? vs Harris Martin (1891)win vs Abe Coughle (1891)win vs Nonpareil Dempsey (1891)win vs Jack Britton (1892)win vs Millard Zender (1892)win vs Jerry Slattery (1892)win vs Joe Godfrey (1892)win vs James Farrell (1892)win vs Thomas Robbins (1892)win vs Tom Burns (1892)win vs James Malone (1892)win vs Charles Puff (1892)win vs Peter Maher (1892)win vs Jack Hickey (1893)win vs Dan Coner (1893)win vs Mike Brennan (1893)win vs Joe Godfrey (1893)win vs Mike Monoghan (1893)win vs Alexander Kilpatrick (1893)win vs Jack Sheridan (1893)win vs Dan Curry (1893)win vs Hank Smith (1893)win vs Jack Warner (1893)win vs Phil Mayo (1893)draw vs Dan Bayliff (1893)win vs Jim Hall (1893)win vs Dan Creedon (1894)win vs Frank Kellar (1894)draw vs Joe Choynski (1894)win vs Mike Connors (1895)win vs Al Allich (1895)loss vs Tom Sharkey (1896)win vs Peter Maher (1896)win vs Lew Joslin (1897)win vs James J. Corbett (1897)win vs Geoff Thorne (1899)loss vs James J. Jeffries (1899)win vs Tom Sharkey (1900)win vs Gus Ruhlin (1900)win vs Ed Dunkhorst (1900)win vs Jim Daly (1900)win vs Mike Ranke (1902)win vs Steward (1902)loss vs James J. Jeffries (1902)win vs George Gardiner (1903)win vs Joe Grim (1903)win vs Con Coughlin (1903)win vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1904)loss vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1905)win vs Charlie Haghey (1906)loss vs Jack Johnson (1907)loss vs Bill Lang (1909)win vs Jersey Bellew (1914)win vs Dan Sweeney (1914)
winlossdraw / NC1885–1914

Tom Sharkey

1900 win vs Jim Barrington (1893)win vs John Walsh (1893)win vs Jim Harvey (1893)win vs Jack Langley (1893)win vs J. Pickett (1893)win vs Jack Gardner (1893)win vs Martin Mulverhill (1894)win vs Sailor Charles Brown (1894)win vs Jack Marks (1894)win vs Rough Thompson (1894)win vs Jack McAuley (1894)win vs Billy Tate (1894)? vs Nick Burley (1894)win vs Jack Langley (1894)loss vs George Washington (1894)win vs John Miller (1895)win vs William Dunn (1895)win vs Australian Billy Smith (1895)win vs Bob Fitzsimmons (1896)loss vs Reddy Gallagher (1896)draw vs James J. Corbett (1896)win vs Jim Williams (1896)win vs Joe Choynski (1896)win vs 'Sailor' Charles Brown (1896)draw vs Alec Greggains (1896)win vs Joe Goddard (1897)win vs Punch Vaughn (1897)win vs Tom Parks (1897)win vs Pat McCourt (1897)win vs Joe Craig (1897)draw vs Peter Maher (1897)draw vs Jim Williams (1897)win vs James J. Corbett (1898)win vs Gus Ruhlin (1898)loss vs James J. Jeffries (1898)draw vs Joe Choynski (1898)loss vs James J. Jeffries (1899)win vs Jack McCormick (1899)win vs Charles 'Kid' McCoy (1899)loss vs Bob Fitzsimmons (1900)loss vs Gus Ruhlin (1900)win vs Yank Kenny (1900)win vs Joe Choynski (1900)win vs Tom 'Stockings' Conroy (1900)win vs Jack McCormick (1900)win vs Jim Jeffords (1900)win vs Joe Goddard (1900)loss vs Mexican Pete Everett (1901)win vs Fred Russell (1901)loss vs Gus Ruhlin (1902)? vs Peter Maher (1902)loss vs Jack Munroe (1904)
winlossdraw / NC1893–1904

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