Bob Fitzsimmons became boxings first three-weight world champion when he out-pointed George Gardner on this day in 1903.What was more remarkable was that the Cornwall-born boxer was 40 years old.Fitzsimmons, who moved with his family from England to New Zealand aged 11, had previously held the middleweight and heavyweights world titles.Despite being 14 years older than Irish-born Gardner, Fitzsimmons floored his opponent four times en route to a 20-round points win at the Mechanics Pavilion in San Francisco.This win was not only testament to Fitzsimmons longevity, but also underlined his status as one of boxing historys best pound-for-pound pugilists. He was one of the earliest boxers to be described as scientific for his placing of punches and was renowned for his debilitating body shots.But Fitzsimmons did not exactly fit the image of an elite athlete in any era. He was bald, freckled, with spindly legs and known as Ruby Robert or The Freckled Freak.Fitzsimmons arrived in America aged 28 in 1890 after five years boxing in Australia under the tuition of Jem Mace -- twice Englands bare knuckle champion in the 1860s who left for the New World after retiring from boxing in 1871 -- and his pupil Larry Foley.A year after arriving in America, Fitzsimmons shot to fame when he upset the odds and beat Nonpareil Jack Dempsey for the world middleweight title.Fitzsimmons stepped up to heavyweight to win the world title from Jim Corbett in 1897. But after two knockout defeats to Gentleman Jim Jeffries in world heavyweight title fights, Fitzsimmons reinvented himself in the new light-heavyweight division.After beating Gardner, Fitzsimmons lost the world light-heavyweight title when he was knocked out in the 13th round of a first defence to Philadelphia Jack OBrien in 1905.There were just five more official bouts on Fitzsimmons record, including a knockout defeat to Jack Johnson a year before he became the first black world heavyweight champion.Fitzsimmons died of pneumonia in 1917, three years after his last fight and only 14 years after he became a three-weight world champion.He remained Britains first and only undisputed world heavyweight champion until Lennox Lewis unified the belts in 1999.Only two other British boxers have managed to win world titles in three weight divisions since -- Duke McKenzie and Ricky Burns.Air Max 90 Store . 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That decision cost them a crack at some of the premium talent their Pacific Division rivals grabbed at the top of the draft.Vancouver does have nice, young players like Jake Virtanen, Bo Horvat and Thatcher Demko, but not enough that you feel confident about the pending transfer of the baton from Daniel and his brother?Henrik Sedin?to the next generation.Vancouver, for now, seems like a team stuck in transition.Best new facesThe Canucks may not have been in the position to dive aggressively into free agency, but Loui Eriksson is a wonderful fit with the Sedins, as he showed in the World Championships and the World Cup.One Swedish teammate called him a third Sedin brother at one point. 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The Canucks are going to need him to be a successful part of a second line if they want to make progress this season.Looking at the rest of the forwards, its hard to figure out where the additional scoring is going to come from. Last season, the Canucks averaged 2.27 goals per game -- a total that was better only than the New Jersey Devils. The lowest Western Conference playoff team last season, the?Minnesota Wild,?averaged 2.60 goals per game, which barely got them into?the playoffs.If the Canucks need to get to that point, where is the improvement going to come from?Sure thingsThe Sedins. If the Canucks arent going to be particularly good the next couple years, its a shame that this is how they will be exiting the NHL. They deserve better.You realize that when you get older, youre down to your last few years, said Daniel Sedin. Who knows how many more games youre going to play?At age 35, Daniel Sedin scored 28 goals last season, a total that was his highest since 2012. Henrik Sedin averaged 0.74 points per game, a number that should rise following the Eriksson addition. The numbers may be declining as the Sedins start to age, but its a sure thing that there will be many nights when they are the best players on the ice.Its just too bad that its going to happen on a team that likely isnt headed anywhere of note.PredictionThe Canucks were lumped in with the Arizona Coyotes, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers last season and all three of those teams improved while Vancouver is treading water. If the Oilers make the strides that everyone expects, it will be Vancouver that replaces Edmonton in the Pacific cellar. ' ' '