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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | (1892-06-17)17 June 1892 Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 1952(1952-03-30) (aged 59) Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Amateur boxing career
He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain in 1920 and 1921. 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.
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.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Samuel Stewart (United States)
- Defeated Xavier Eluère (France)
- Defeated Søren Petersen (Denmark)
References
- "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.
- ^ Post-war ABA winner: Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club website.
- Rawson defeated Petersen, boxing heavyweight final, 1920 Olympics: GBRAthletics.com statistical website.
External links
- 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)
| Olympic boxing champions – men's heavyweight | |
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| 1904–1908: +158 lb (71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: +175 lb (79.4 kg) · 1948: +80 kg · 1952–1980: +81 kg · 1984–2012: 81–91 kg · 2016–2020: 82–91 kg · 2024–: 81–92 kg | |
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