Have Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong ever fought each other?

Yes. Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong met once on September 23, 1903, and Bob Armstrong won by KO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Fitzsimmons or Armstrong?

Black Fitzsimmons is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Bob Armstrong is 18-11-7. Bob Armstrong has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Fitzsimmons or Armstrong?

Black Fitzsimmons has 0 knockout wins and Bob Armstrong has 15. Bob Armstrong has more.

Do Fitzsimmons and Armstrong have any common opponents?

Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong share 1 common opponent: George Byers. Bob Armstrong fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fitzsimmons and Armstrong?

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Black Fitzsimmons and 37 bouts tracked for Bob Armstrong. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Black Fitzsimmons vs Bob Armstrong — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Black Fitzsimmons

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Bob Armstrong

Black Fitzsimmons (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Bob Armstrong (18-11-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Fitzsimmons

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Armstrong

Wins15 KO · 83%

Losses

Draws37 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Armstrong leads 1–0

Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong have met 1 time; Armstrong leads 1–0.
Met	1903Sep 23	Series
Black FitzsimmonsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Bob ArmstrongFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR1Armstrong vs Fitzsimmons	1Meeting

Armstrong vs Fitzsimmons · Sep 23, 1903

The Numbers

Fitzsimmons 1 · Armstrong 4 of 5 measurable rows

FitzsimmonsEdge = longer wingArmstrong

Record^†: 0-418-11-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
59.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15: 0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —83.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —83%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 4 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.6: 0.9
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37: 4
37

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held: Black Fitzsimmons: No date of birth; Bob Armstrong: Died aged 59
Stance: Black Fitzsimmons: Not recorded; Bob Armstrong: Orthodox

Black Fitzsimmons left, Bob Armstrong right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Black Fitzsimmons0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Fitzsimmons yet.

Bob Armstrong18 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

15 by KO/TKO 83%2 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Black Fitzsimmons 4, Bob Armstrong 37 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Armstrong better on 11 shared · Bob Armstrong better on 1

FitzsimmonsBlack Fitzsimmons

Opponent

ArmstrongBob Armstrong

Black Fitzsimmons
Loss, TKO 8
1904Mar 1904
ByersGeorge ByersCanada 20–8–21 · Light Heavyweight, HeavyweightArmstrong betterBob Armstrong better — 0–0 to 0–1
Bob Armstrong
Result unrecorded, ND
1898May 1898

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Black Fitzsimmons last boxed on Feb 10, 1908 — 43,353 days ago. Fitzsimmons had lost four straight.LLLL

Armstrong Sep 1903Byers Mar 1904Langford Mar 1906Langford Feb 19080.9 tracked bouts per year

Bob Armstrong had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Walter Johnson. Armstrong last boxed on Dec 26, 1904.WLWWL

Martin Jun 1903Ferguson Aug 1903Fitzsimmons Sep 1903Johnson Apr 1904Johnson Dec 19043.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong ever fought each other?: Yes. Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong met once on September 23, 1903, and Bob Armstrong won by KO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Fitzsimmons or Armstrong?: Black Fitzsimmons is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Bob Armstrong is 18-11-7. Bob Armstrong has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Fitzsimmons or Armstrong?: Black Fitzsimmons has 0 knockout wins and Bob Armstrong has 15. Bob Armstrong has more.
Do Fitzsimmons and Armstrong have any common opponents?: Black Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong share 1 common opponent: George Byers. Bob Armstrong fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fitzsimmons and Armstrong?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Black Fitzsimmons and 37 bouts tracked for Bob Armstrong. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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