H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Bob Fitzsimmons
Light Heavyweight · United Kingdom
Bob Fitzsimmons ranks #56 in the H&G All-Time Index at Light Heavyweight, with a 87.61 All-Time Index score and a 60-8-4 professional record. His career span on this page is 1885-1914.
- All-time rank
- #56Notables
- H&G All-Time Index
- 87.610-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 60-8-4Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1885-1914
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Bob Fitzsimmons's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1886 | 1,419 |
| 1887 | 1,436 |
| 1888 | 1,508 |
| 1889 | 1,541 |
| 1890 | 1,558 |
| 1891 | 1,582 |
| 1892 | 1,620 |
| 1893 | 1,635 |
| 1894 | 1,650 |
| 1896 | 1,657 |
| 1897 | 1,656 |
| 1899 | 1,668 |
| 1900 | 1,674 |
| 1902 | 1,650 |
| 1903 | 1,646 |
| 1904 | 1,634 |
| 1905 | 1,586 |
| 1907 | 1,545 |
| 1909 | 1,496 |
Why this ranking
Bob Fitzsimmons ranks #56 with a 87.61 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in 1904, who reached a 1,796 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In 2 cases a result was later reversed, including Jim Hall, whom he beat once but lost to in a later fight. The honest tension is that the sustained head-to-head rating signal sits below the field of ranked fighters, so this placement rests more on résumé signals than on peak rating level. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. The expert prior (a small, fixed nudge from a published all-time list, mainly for early fighters with thin records) lifts this score slightly.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
Put Bob Fitzsimmons next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Bob Fitzsimmons actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Jack Johnson#57 · Index 88 · 1907
- Philadelphia Jack O'Brien#61 · Index 87 · 1904, 1905
- James J Jeffries#71 · Index 86 · 1899, 1902
- James J Corbett#239 · Index 79 · 1897
- George Gardner#433 · Index 76 · 1903
- Tom Sharkey#867 · Index 72 · 1896, 1900
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Tommy Ryan#19 · Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 19 overlapping years (1889-1907)
- Charles Kid McCoy#135 · Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 22 overlapping years (1891-1912)
- Jack Root#152 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1897-1906)
- Marvin Hart#600 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1899-1910)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Bob Fitzsimmons also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 46 bouts we hold full data for from 1885 to 1914, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,674 (peak dated 1900-08-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±221 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.