Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897
אויף מאַרץ 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, נעוואַדאַ. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
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