Ronald Rawson Rawson (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.Full birth name : PDF database at the BlackSheepIndex website.
Amateur boxing career He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain in 1920 and 1921.Post-war ABA winner: Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club website. 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.Rawson defeated Petersen, boxing heavyweight final, 1920 Olympics: GBRAthletics.com statistical website.
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)
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