
Originally Posted by
KananKrus
For me, the greatest British boxer of all time is Robert James "bob" Fitzsimmons.
He was the first three-division champion in the history of boxing. I think he is the only one that I know of, that won the world heavyweight crown, before winning the world light-heavyweight version. He also won the world middleweight earlier on, to make him king of all the three heavier weight divisions in boxing.
He is burried here in our state of Illinois, in Graceland Cemetery, located in about Chicago with another legendary boxing great, Jack Johnson.
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