Ronald Rawson Rawson MC & Two Bars (17 June 1892 – 30 March 1952) was an English heavyweight professional boxer, who won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.[2][3]
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1892[1] Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 1952 (aged 59) Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur boxing career
editHe was the ABA Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain in 1920 and 1921.[4] In 1920 he won the Olympic Gold Medal in Antwerp in the heavyweight division (from 1920 to 1936 this was 79.38 kg/175 lb+), defeating Danish boxer Søren Petersen in the final.[5]
Although he only boxed as an Amateur, he did meet the professional boxer Jack Bloomfield in a "supposed 'exhibition' bout at a charity show at the Brighton Pavilion", where he suffered a knockout defeat in round three.[4]
Olympic results
edit- 1st round bye
- Defeated Samuel Stewart (United States)
- Defeated Xavier Eluère (France)
- Defeated Søren Petersen (Denmark)
References
edit- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Ronald Rawson". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Full birth name Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine: PDF database at the BlackSheepIndex website.
- ^ a b Post-war ABA winner: Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club website.
- ^ Rawson defeated Petersen, boxing heavyweight final, 1920 Olympics: GBRAthletics.com statistical website.
External links
edit- Ronald Rawson at BoxRec (registration required)
- Ronald Rawson at Olympics.com
- Ronald Rawson at Olympedia
- Ronald Rawson at Team GB
- Boxing record for Ronald Rawson from BoxRec (registration required)
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