Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Heavyweight

The heavyweight was one of five boxing weight classes contested on the boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other boxing events, it was open only to men. The boxing competitions were all held on October 27. The heavyweight was the middle class, allowing boxers of any weight.

Six boxers all from Great Britain competed.

Medalists

Bracket

8TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds
RD2 = Quarterfinals
October 27
RD3 = Semifinals
October 27
RD4 = Final
October 27

RD1-team01 = flagIOCathlete|Sydney Evans|GBR|1908 Summer
RD1-score01 = KO1
RD1-team02 = flagIOCathlete|Albert Ireton|GBR|1908 Summer
RD1-score02 = L
RD1-team03 = flagIOCathlete|Frederick Parks|GBR|1908 Summer
RD1-score03 = 2
RD1-team04 = flagIOCathlete|Harold Brewer|GBR|1908 Summer
RD1-score04 = 0
RD1-team05 = flagIOCathlete|Albert Oldman|GBR|1908 Summer
RD1-score05 = KO1
RD1-team06 = flagIOCathlete|Ian Myrams|GBR|1908 Summer
RD1-score06 = L
RD1-team07 = "None"
RD1-score07 = -
RD1-team08 = "None"
RD1-score08 = -

RD2-team01 = flagIOCathlete|Sydney Evans|GBR|1908 Summer
RD2-score01 = 2
RD2-team02 = flagIOCathlete|Frederick Parks|GBR|1908 Summer
RD2-score02 = 1
RD2-team03 = flagIOCathlete|Albert Oldman|GBR|1908 Summer
RD2-score03 = -
RD2-team04 = "Bye"
RD2-score04 = -

RD3-team01 = flagIOCathlete|Sydney Evans|GBR|1908 Summer
RD3-score01 = L
RD3-team02 = flagIOCathlete|Albert Oldman|GBR|1908 Summer
RD3-score02 = KO1

Competition

Quarterfinals

Oldman and Evans both won in the first round, Oldman winning with a right to Myrams' chin and Evans winning with a left to the chest of Ireton. Parks and Brewer went the full three, with Parks doing the lion's share of the hitting but Brewer taking it well.

Semifinals

Oldman received a bye for the round. Parks, who had given most of the punishment in the quarterfinals, found the situation reversed in the semifinals. Evans knocked him out of the ring once and to the mat twice. Parks fought hard, however, and not only made it through the three rounds but managed to land enough punches to deadlock the judges. Evans won by the referee's decision.

Final

In a somewhat anticlimactic final, Oldman put Evans on the rope shortly into the first, landing blow after blow to Evans' face. Within two minutes, Evans had dropped.

tandings

ources

* Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
* De Wael, Herman. "Herman's Full Olympians": "Boxing 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html ] .