James J. Corbett vs Bob Fitzsimmons - Fight Highlights HD COLOR - 1897

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Rare Footage from The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight and edited together to Highlight reel of the fight. The first, sixth and final round of "Gentleman" Jim Corbett vs "Ruby" Robert Fitzsimmons for the World Heavyweight title from 1897. As noted by Seth Abraham, the president of Time Warner Sports, it was the first motion picture to ever depict the championship prizefight. Its nationwide screenings can be regarded as the first pay-per-view media event in boxing history, for the fight produced more income in box office than in live gate receipts. Join our community of boxing enthusiasts and free thinkers on discord: discord.gg/9QzFSw4Tvf I uploaded the black and white footage on my second channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXqUiYGwfq1sisk Exclusive Footage on Patreon, cheaper than a cup of coffee: www.patreon.com/LegendsofBoxing

[@rialobran]

Bob Fitzsimmons one of the all time greats. 66 wins, 59 by KO. 8 losses and 4 draws. The first middleweight to take the heavyweight crown and the first boxer to be world champion in 3 different weight classes, only ever achieved by one other. Said to have had the hardest punch in boxing, ever.

[@LARRY_HOLMES_88]

Thanks for this 🔥

[@Respect12948]

Sorry to break it to you but their are many more than 2 boxers who have been a world champion across 3 weight classes

[@Rokkstxrdevon]

No skill back then

[@Dempsey1873]

​@@Rokkstxrdevonthey would all whoop ur ass

[@megadave1197]

@@Respect12948think he means only one of two. middleweight to be heavyweight champion the other being Roy Jones

[@keepyourhandsup6856]

Was in the Helston museum today and got my first introduction to Bob (Helston is where Fitzsimmons was born) proud to know we have an all time great from our small town. Brilliant upload.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Thanks for stopping by

[@Memoryman12367]

British legend

[@dylanwilliams8533]

My home town!

[@davidharrison3399]

Great bit of history

[@alanleemaxwell831]

To knockout a man that much bigger than you with a body shot shows that power, timing and technique all came into play.... Two all time greats, may they rest well and always be remembered...🙏🇬🇧❤️🥊

[@SocialBat]

Rocky Marciano was better

[@alanleemaxwell831]

@@SocialBat in his era, and probably most others too, unstoppable brutality! 🙏🇬🇧🥊👍😉

[@tabletsam5624]

Corbett was Not only a fighter, he was a genious.

[@tabletsam5624]

​@@SocialBatYou can Not compare them in the ring, different times, rules and gloves. If Rocky and Bob met in a fight without rules Bob would killed him. Fitzsimmons was a London Prizering Rules Champion bevore he gloved up. Bob knew all the traits of wrestling and Holding an opponent Beating to a bloody mess without thrown even by a wrestler. I Love Rocky. Best gloved heavy ever. But Bob was a different Time. Boxing in Rockies Time and ruleset shure he would have lost.

[@SocialBat]

@@tabletsam5624that’s your opinion and nevertheless a terrible one. Records are statistics that support informed decisions with data. Rocky wins more than likely.

[@JoseDiaz-yl9sh]

That was really clear. Great great video. I've never seen this fight. Have a day everyone. 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Have a great one as well!

[@chriso1585]

Wish people hadn’t complained when you added background music to these silent fights, they should’ve just turned the volume off. When they would play the films in silent theatres they would add music as they did with the films of the day, good job on the video thanks again

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

thanks, appreciate it! i think you were the first one to tell me that back then

[@Dayumshawty]

Amazing, here we can see what i think that was the first liver shot filmed in boxing history

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Solar plexus was the finishing blow

[@jjstratford]

This is one of the first boxing matches filmed PERIOD.

[@-Andre-Rodrigues]

This is such a pearl. What a magnificent job. Thank you for uploading this. ✌

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Appreciated

[@haydencorbett4945]

this is like my great great uncle this is so cool to watch

[@Hadrada.]

Are you related to Whayne Rooney as well?

[@JarrodGriffin]

Jim Corbett is my grandfather's relative

[@wheelchairmanjon]

This is amazing today’s technology is amazing. It’s amazing that you can do this.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Yeah right. Things will get better rapidly

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

these are mostly scans by the libary of congress that i worked with. they are much better in quality than most we can find about this bout

[@rockymarcianobrasil317]

Brazilian Republic started 1889. This video is a treasure 😮

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

@@rockymarcianobrasil317 time machine

[@Steven-xv8eg]

Would have been cool to see Sullivan fight Corbett. Thanks for the upload!

[@Honeyiv]

Who do you think took the title from Sullivan?

[@Steven-xv8eg]

@@Honeyiv Corbett. I mean it would have been cool to have seen the actual fight.

[@HDmexsComboCon]

Underrated Fact about this fight. This is the 1st Gloved Boxing Heavyweight Championship bout that ended with a body-shot. You can say, he gave Corbett the Fitz.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Was it? I think the first was the corbett john l sullivan

[@mrknowalltellall572]

It didn’t look like a body shot

[@danielmaroni8402]

No tengo mas palabras que deccirte felicitaciones por tu trabajo. Muy bueno el video tengo entendido que es la primera pelea filmada de la historia. Gracias sigue asi dandonos sorpresas a los amantes del box.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Shout out to you my friend. Everything a boxing historian could need

[@dylanwilliams8533]

I remember learning about Bob Fitzsimmons at school, he was born in Helston, Cornwall. My hometown, this is amazing beings able to watch this

[@polandball694]

If only they edited the rest of the fight in this type of quality.

[@daviddrukarz4232]

Corbett's speed and evasive movement in the first round reminded me of Clay in the first round of the first Liston fight...amazing agility!!

[@Respect12948]

Naww 😂 you really compared this shit to Ali and Liston? 😊

[@afranks8566]

​@@Respect12948I think he meant footwork wise. If you really look at Corbett's footwork, the guy was fast...possibly on par with Ali or at least not too far off.

[@Respect12948]

@@afranks8566 he was also a lot smaller and had terrible punching ability these guys were good at the time but any fighter today could KO them in 1 round

[@afranks8566]

@Respect12948 perhaps, but what's your point? That's pretty much the case for most athletes. They get better as time goes on. The way I see it is that everyone had their Era, and these guys were dominant in their Era, and boxing was a lot rougher back then!! The gloves were thinner, more rounds, no mouthpieces, and a lot of fighters still had to work day jobs back then on top of training. It was a rough way to live. Same thing with MMA, look at how that's progressed. If you were to pluck Royce Gracie or Ken Shamrock out of the 90's and put them in the cage with a Jon Jones, would they win? Most likely not, but they're still legends. They had the mentality to become champions in their Era, and if they were around today, there's a good chance they still would be, just with different coaching and techniques, conditioning and nutrition involved.

[@Respect12948]

@@afranks8566 my point was that they shouldn’t remind anyone of clay and Liston when they’re no where near as fast and his footwork wasn’t good he just moved fast in his feet give him praise for his era but once you compare them to the actual goats of the sport you’re either lying about them or making them terrible

[@Jslvt]

7:05 thought that guy was a time traveler

[@Xgeneration28]

3:22 looked like a glitch on gta lol

[@mubarkqardas46]

Pretty soon AI will be able to re create these old masterpieces in 4k.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

The ai is just a addtion, the real question some needs to upload the first digital copy of the original not only the clips. This needs to happen also.

[@TheBullOfLewisham]

Thank you Mr Fitzsimmons..

[@MorayEel]

A pound for pound great in the most literal sense, weighing sometime 154 lbs and koing heavyweight champions with a body blow. His power was off the charts, only Dempsey and Louis and Marciano could compare and they were all significantly bigger men, all heavyweights. Fitz was only a middleweight yet it didn't matter. He was physically as strong as an ox no matter how skinny he looked. With his Fitzsimmons shift he could get incredible leverage into his blows and he was wise and cagey with a true fighting mans heart.

[@mikelopez9674]

History.. Wyatt Earl once called a fight against Fitz..who disliked him ever after..

[@DerpRulesAll]

That was the Tom Sharkey fight. Fitzsimmons landed the same body blow against him, and Earp called it a foul. Of course, Earp had his money on the American fighter.

[@jogman262]

"Hit him in the slats, Bob!" That was actually Fitzimmins wife that gave him those instructions that did Corbett in. The famous Solar Plexus punch.

[@stevebrothers9470]

Fitzsimmons is under rated. He was legit. Corbett was a bit unusual for that era in that he moved a lot.

[@Dujon41]

Thanks so much for posting this Watched it live at the sportsman’s bar with dad as a kid and always remember the old blokes going off cause they couldn’t hear a bloody thing! Dad told Mum “ You could’ve heard a pin drop Edna!!” when we bloody got back home ha ha bloody miss ya Pop

[@smgaSMGAsmga]

Kudos to these fine gentleman for paving the way of boxing throughout the decades and how it's evolved so much to this day, there's no other sport quite like it 🥊

[@luisaaguilarmoyeda9420]

THE FIGHT OF THE "SOLAR PLEXUS"

[@josephtemple1667]

The fact that he never granted Corbett a rematch proves that Fitzsimmons got lucky.

[@TheLeppus28]

They both hold their hands too low according to todays standards. Corbett uses his quick feet which was quite unique for a Heavyweight at the time. Fitz bends backwards the way some amator boxers of the past used to do. Corbett had quicker hands but sometimes he got carried away. Fitz was a master tactician. As fight progressed he could figure out where to hit you.

[@patrickfallon6192]

Corbets boxing shorts are just a bit disturbing 😅

[@anonnymous1228]

Glad he got knocked out

[@jogman262]

Could you imagine Butterbean wearing those shorts?

[@michaelh.117]

it's a miracle that we have this at all. Still, it's a shame the film technology of that time was too slow to catch that lightning-quick Fitzsimmons shot.

[@andrewr62]

I have always felt Fitzsimmons landed a luck shot. Corbett out boxed him for almost all of this fight. I think it is telling the Fitzsimmons would never step in the ring with him again. No matter how much trash Corbett talked after to get a rematch.

[@Memoryman12367]

Fitzsimmons has the more gifted punch and power punch it seems.

[@TheBatugan77]

You know nothing, andy.

[@andrewr62]

@@TheBatugan77 I big to differ.

[@chucknchar]

Was Corbett the original track star?

[@primaldefender1933]

Itzimmons wife told him to hit Corbett in the slats, whatever that is

[@imperator3649]

The ribs I think

[@alfiedamage9203]

James J Jeffries the next heavyweight champ is the big bloke in Corbetts corner getting into the ring at the end.

[@paulmichael778]

The filming was illegal to... PNM.

[@paulmichael778]

It was illegal to fight in this time in the USA...pm.

[@gan_rr28]

First ever event

[@jahno7154]

This is the 2nd big event the 1st was Sullivan vs Corbet

[@weefyman7330]

It looked a bit amateur, but omg, what a devastating liver punch, thanks for sharing.

[@jjstratford]

I didn’t know MMA was so old! This is a mix of boxing and sumo wrestling, right? At least the attire would suggest that.

[@wheelinthesky300]

I don't see Gentleman Jim applying his renown boxing techniques here. Seems to be just standing in front of Fitzsimmons and exchanging. Mostly exchanging hugging and holding.

[@bsanchez3563]

Strange to think this was considered as the first tawdry/banned from tv programs.. before iirc even mechanical tv existed or if it did was barely an IDEA.. so to have been going to see it as a movie is amusing.

[@ronaldlevao8251]

Fitz came in at 167 pounds, but Corbett still knew he had to be careful with him. A dangerous little guy, as it turned out.

[@chuckf6163]

Alot of shoving and maybe some random wild hay makers. Like two Joe's on the street corner somewhere. Few punches thrown, even fewer landed.

[@victorbarrios6454]

These boxers were good for their time but would get KOed by a Golden Gloves fighter

[@AndreaOldSchoolboxing]

I not think .

[@marcxopoco]

victorbarrios6454 is low mentality even for youtube.

[@fisterklister]

James Corbett in a G-string

[@gqwhite6678]

Can't believe Corbett thought that was a respectable look.

[@historicalboxingsociety]

This had to be agreed upon before the fight no infighting it looks ridicoulus with no infighting. Corbett is rarely set throwing a punch his footwork is dreadful.

[@marcxopoco]

Corbett is always set to throw a punch his footwork is unsurpassed.

[@upbeatmantis86]

Is this boxing? Why so soft, ? Mike tyson would have crush them both all together tbh

[@massimolombardi1367]

Are you serious?In your opinion sport performance in 1897 can be at same level of 100 years after?

[@AndreaOldSchoolboxing]

I not think

[@mariusjns]

Beyond gay

[@Dayumshawty]

dont project your taste

[@Hadrada.]

Both these men would knock you out

[@rickrowlands001]

Moron

[@Dempsey1873]

​@@Hadrada.He knows. He just gotta project to make himself feel more like a man

[@TheBatugan77]

@marius Beyond gay? What... you're into farm animals too?

[@grungetruck8243]

Sqme personalities that are in boxing today lol