Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Heavyweight
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Competition
QuarterfinalsOldman 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 Mostyn Parks
Frederick Mostyn Parks
Frederick Mostyn Parks won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics losing to Sydney Evans in the semi-finals.-External links:* DatabaseSports.com* at Olympic.org* Sports Reference...
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 Mostyn Parks
Frederick Mostyn Parks
Frederick Mostyn Parks won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics losing to Sydney Evans in the semi-finals.-External links:* DatabaseSports.com* at Olympic.org* Sports Reference...
, 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
| Place | Name | Nation |
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| 1 | Albert Oldman Albert Oldman Albert Leonard Oldman was a British super heavyweight boxer in the 1908 Olympics in London.-Biography:... |
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| 2 | Sydney Evans Sydney Evans Sydney Charles H. "Sid" Evans was a British heavyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.Evans was born in Aldermaston in West Berkshire.-References:... |
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| 3 | Frederick Mostyn Parks Frederick Mostyn Parks Frederick Mostyn Parks won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics losing to Sydney Evans in the semi-finals.-External links:* DatabaseSports.com* at Olympic.org* Sports Reference... |
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| 4 | Harold Brewer | |
| Albert Ireton Albert Ireton Albert Ireton was a British tug of war competitor and boxer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Ian Myrams |