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Bob Fitzsimmons vs Dave Travers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bob Fitzsimmons

Dave Travers

Bob Fitzsimmons (69-12-14) and Dave Travers (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Fitzsimmons

69

Wins57 KO · 83%

12

Losses

14

Draws96 tracked bouts

Travers

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Fitzsimmons leads 1–0

Bob Fitzsimmons and Dave Travers have met 1 time; Fitzsimmons leads 1–0.

Bob Fitzsimmons and Dave Travers have met 1 time; Fitzsimmons leads 1–0.
Met1887Sep 24Series
Bob FitzsimmonsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Dave TraversFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Fitzsimmons 3 · Travers 1 of 4 measurable rows
FitzsimmonsTravers
Record†
69-12-14 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
80% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 57
57 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
82.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
84%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 96
96
1

† 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

Heightnot held
Bob Fitzsimmons: 6′0″
Dave Travers: No height on file
Reachnot held
Bob Fitzsimmons: 72″
Dave Travers: No reach on file
Agenot held
Bob Fitzsimmons: Died aged 54
Dave Travers: No date of birth
Stance
Bob Fitzsimmons: Orthodox
Dave Travers: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bob Fitzsimmons69 wins · from 96 tracked bouts

Bob Fitzsimmons: 69 tracked wins — 58 by KO/TKO (84%), 3 on the cards (4%) and 8 by another method or unrecorded (12%). Counted from 96 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

58 by KO/TKO 84%3 on the cards 4%8 by another method or unrecorded 12%

Dave Travers0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Dave Travers: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Travers yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Fitzsimmons 96, Dave Travers 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bob Fitzsimmons has won two straight since losses to Jack Johnson and Bill Lang. Fitzsimmons last boxed on Feb 20, 1914.WLLWW

Haghey Jan 1906Johnson Jul 1907Lang Dec 1909Sweeney Jan 1914Bellew Feb 19143.3 tracked bouts per year

Dave Travers last boxed on Sep 24, 1887 — 50,803 days ago. Travers had lost the most recent, to Bob Fitzsimmons.L

Fitzsimmons Sep 1887

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Fitzsimmons and Dave Travers ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Fitzsimmons and Dave Travers met once on September 24, 1887, and Bob Fitzsimmons won by KO.
The meeting

WSep 24, 1887 · Fitzsimmons · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Fitzsimmons or Travers?
Bob Fitzsimmons is 69-12-14 and Dave Travers is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Fitzsimmons has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Fitzsimmons69–12–1480%

Travers0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Fitzsimmons or Travers?
Bob Fitzsimmons has 57 knockout wins and Dave Travers has 0. Bob Fitzsimmons has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Fitzsimmons5782.6%

Travers0

The Numbers ↓
Do Fitzsimmons and Travers have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Fitzsimmons and Dave Travers have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fitzsimmons and Travers?
This comparison is drawn from 96 bouts tracked for Bob Fitzsimmons and 1 bout tracked for Dave Travers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Fitzsimmons96bouts

Travers1bout

How They Win ↓

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