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.[1] Each NOC could enter up to 12 boxers.[2] France entered 1 boxer, who withdrew; Great Britain entered 7 boxers, 1 of whom withdrew, and the Netherlands entered 1 boxer, who withdrew.

Men's heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
DateOctober 27
Competitors6 from 1 nation
Medalists
Albert Oldman  Great Britain
Sydney Evans  Great Britain
Frederick Parks  Great Britain
Boxing at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Heavyweight

Competition format

There were three rounds in each bout, with the first two rounds being three minutes long and the last one going four minutes. Two judges scored the match, giving 5 points to the better boxer in each of the first two rounds and 7 to the better boxer in the third round. Marks were given to the other boxer in proportion to how well he did compared to the better. If the judges were not agreed on a winner at the end of the bout, the referee could either choose the winner or order a fourth round.[3]

Results

Bracket
Quarterfinals
October 27		 Semifinals
October 27		 Final
October 27
 Sydney Evans (GBR) KO1  
 Albert Ireton (GBR) L      Sydney Evans (GBR) 2  
 Frederick Parks (GBR) 2      Frederick Parks (GBR) 1  
 Harold Brewer (GBR) 0        Sydney Evans (GBR) L
 Albert Oldman (GBR) KO1        Albert Oldman (GBR) KO1
 Ian Myrams (GBR) L      Albert Oldman (GBR) -
    Bye -    
 

Did not start: A. Goy of France; J.W.H.T. Douglas of Great Britain; H.A. de Bij of the Netherlands

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. Frederick 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. Frederick 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.

Standings
RankBoxerNation
Albert Oldman Great Britain
Sydney Evans Great Britain
Frederick Parks Great Britain
4Harold Brewer Great Britain
Albert Ireton Great Britain
Ian Myrams Great Britain

References
  1. "Boxing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. Official Report, p. 33.
  3. Official Report, pp. 418–19.

Sources
  • 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 .
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