1993-1996: Britain's Heavyweight Gold Rush
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Welcome back to the 1990s sports page. As excitement grows for a proposed super-fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, in this piece we step between the ropes and take a look at a golden age for British heavyweight boxing. March 17th 1897. Carson City, Nevada British former middleweight world champion Bob Fitzsimmons goes up against widely recognised world heavyweight champion James J.Corbett. Despite suffering facial damage and being knocked to the canvas in the sixth round, Fitzsimmons unleashed a body shot on his opponent that sent the American collapsing in pain. The fight was over in the 14th round and for the first time ever the world heavyweight boxing champion was a Briton. It would be 96 years before another British fighter ruled the world. It wasn't for the want of trying, the likes of Henry Cooper, Joe Bugner and Brian London had all challenged for the world title but found themselves falling short as the division became dominated by stellar names such as Jo...