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Heavyweight (>175 pounds), Men

Date21 – 24 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationFeestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen
Participants9 from 7 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Ron Rawson was probably the most dominating boxer of the 1920 Olympics. None of his three opponents finished their matches with him. His first two matches were stopped in the third and first rounds, respectively, while in the finals he defeated Søren Petersen by a knock-out in the 2nd round. Rawson retired after winning the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association (Britain) Championship. His career record was 28 wins with no losses, and 27 wins by knock-out. Petersen later became a respected Danish professional boxer. In 1924, he was still an amateur and again won the silver medal in the Olympic heavyweight division.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1153Ron RawsonGBRGold
2159Søren PetersenDENSilver
3160Xavier EluèreFRABronze
4151William SpenglerUSA
=5141Jean CreusenBEL
=5154Frank DoveGBR
=5162Sigurd HoelNOR
=5152Samuel StewartUSA
9169Mariano BarbaresiITA
DNS158Archie McDiarmidCAN

Round One

Date21 August 1920
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #121 AugXavier EluèreFRADecisionMariano BarbaresiITA
Match #221 AugSigurd HoelNORbye
Match #321 AugRon RawsonGBRbye
Match #421 AugSamuel StewartUSAbye
Match #521 AugWilliam SpenglerUSAbye
Match #621 AugJean CreusenBELbye
Match #721 AugSøren PetersenDENbye
Match #821 AugFrank DoveGBRbye

Quarter-Finals

Date23 August 1920
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 AugXavier EluèreFRADecisionSigurd HoelNOR
Match #223 AugRon RawsonGBRReferee stops contestSamuel StewartUSA
Match #323 AugWilliam SpenglerUSAKnock-outJean CreusenBEL
Match #423 AugSøren PetersenDENReferee stops contestFrank DoveGBR

Semi-Finals

Date23 August 1920
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 AugRon RawsonGBRReferee stops contestXavier EluèreFRA
Match #223 AugSøren PetersenDENWalkoverWilliam SpenglerUSA

Final Round

Date24 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/224 AugRon RawsonGBRKnock-outSøren PetersenDEN
Match 3/424 AugXavier EluèreFRAWalkoverWilliam SpenglerUSA