On This Day In 1897 Bob Fitzsimmons dethroned world heavyweight champion James J. Corbett when he sent Corbett helpless to his knees with a left-hand under the heart after one minute and forty-five seconds in the fourteenth round at The Race Track Arena in Carson City, Nevada. "I never saw such a clever man in my life," said Fitzsimmons. "He got away from me time and time again when I though I had him. I knew I could wear him out, so I kept coming. He was weak in the last round, and all of his c

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