Charles Adkins (boxer)

Medal record
Men’s boxing
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Light welterweight

Charles Adkins (April 27, 1932 in Gary, Indiana - 8th July 1993) was a boxer from the USA.

Amateur career

Chuck Adkins was the Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, in the Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) class. In the final he defeated Viktor Mednov of the Soviet Union on a 2-1 decision. The bout was notable as being the first ever boxing match between the United States and the Soviet Union.

At the time of the Olympics, Adkins, was a 20-year old police administration student. Adkins also won the National AAU Lightweight championship in 1949.

Adkins attended San Jose State University, which had a dominant collegiate boxing program.

Olympic results

• Defeated Leif Hansen (Norway) RSC 1
• Defeated Salomon Carrizales (Venezuela) 3-0
• Defeated Alexander Grant Webster (South Africa) 3-0
• Defeated Bruno Visintin (Italy) 3-0
• Defeated Viktor Mednov (Soviet Union) 2-1

References

• The Complete Book of the Olympics

• Professional boxing record for Charles Adkins (boxer) from BoxRec retrieved 22nd Nov 2010

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Name	Adkins, Charles
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Date of birth	April 27, 1932
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Date of death	8th July 1993
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